Business owners have known for years that digital transformation will help organisations stand the test of time. Many businesses have faced, and continue to experience, challenges when trying to transition into a digital way of working; whether it’s for employees or customers. However, the COVID-19 crisis has forced this digitisation upon us in ways no […]
Today marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Women are doing incredible things in the science, technology and engineering sectors and the number of females taking up careers in these industries is continually on the rise. However, why is there still so few females in STEM roles? Only 23% of the UK […]
Who was Ada Lovelace? Ada Lovelace, born The Honourable Augusta Ada Byron, in 1815, was the only daughter of Lord Byron and his mathematics enthused wife, Annabella Milbanke. Born to an unhappy marriage, Ada barely knew her father and was raised alone by her mother, a philanthropist, and activist, with her grandmother’s help. Born in […]
In 2019, despite women having paved the way for many of tech’s most brilliant innovations, women are still both underrepresented and underpaid in the tech industry. While steps are being made to make tech and STEM subjects more accessible options for young girls, through initiatives such as Girls Who Code and the Grace Hopper program, […]
What is digital transformation? The term digital transformation sounds complicated. However, it’s very much what it sounds like. As technology advances, organisational processes need to change and adapt to keep up. When a company adapts to these changes on a large scale across the organisation, this is called digital transformation. When an organisation transforms its […]
There is a war for talent in the tech field. According to research, 86% of recruiters said they “find it challenging to find and hire technical talent”. So, why is it so difficult to hire tech talent? In short, there is a limited pool of candidates. Technical innovations over the last few years have, rather […]
Snapchat is one of the most popular social media platforms used by Millennials and Gen Z. In 2019, the total number of daily active Snapchat users is 188 million with 71% of Snapchat users under 34 years old. It is estimated that if you tried to view all the photos shared on the platform in […]
At Talent Works, we work with several clients in tech. So, we decided, on International Women’s Day, to celebrate the women working in tech. Technology is an incredible force for good in our ever-changing world. Yet, it is estimated that only 1% of the tech sector will be female by 2040 if there are no […]
Building your employer brand on social and digital media is not easy. It’s not so much the visibility that is hard to achieve – employers have got their recruitment marketing agencies generating ‘content’ like never before, some good, some not so good. But real audience engagement, beyond just your page impression stats – that’s the […]
Here at Talent Works we are very excited by the response to our upcoming #ITK18 event on 5th June. We are working hard to ensure the content of this event is thought provoking and relevant to a set of recruitment challenges, and actionable both at strategic and practical levels. This first event is on the […]
