We get that job interviews can be stressful. Having to show off all of your best qualities to a total stranger in a short space of time is no easy task. And on top of being able to talk the talk, you also need to look the part! To make things a little bit easier, Continued »
Smedvig Capital invests £8m in job search engine Adzuna Adzuna is thrilled to announce that it has raised £8m from Smedvig Capital. The Series C funding round sees Smedvig join backers Index Ventures, Passion Capital, LocalGlobe and over 400 Crowdcube investors and takes the company’s total funding to £12m. Alongside the fundraising, and following a competitive Continued »
Employers commonly say that basic errors such as spelling mistakes in a CV means they bin job applications out of hand. But what mistakes are you making as an employer that cause candidates to ignore your job ad? Good ads generate good candidates, so could yours be better? Here’s a few do’s and don’ts for Continued »
The UK’s most abused workers are facing the double whammy of suffering some of the nation’s lowest salaries, as well as the highest levels of violence at work, according to new research by job search-engine Adzuna. The study, which draws on government stats on violence at work*, analysed Adzuna’s live job market data to reveal Continued »
Princely potential: baby Albert would command highest real-world salary The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge might want to consider how the name they choose for the new Royal Baby could affect their offspring’s future earning potential, with Alberts and Arthurs earning the most, according to new research by jthe super smart chaps here at Adzuna. The Continued »
Adzuna is delighted to announce it has been awarded the contract to replace the UK government’s job search platform, Universal Jobmatch. Helping to Get Britain Working Following a competitive procurement process, the company will be providing the new service from Q2 2018. As one of the largest online government services, Universal Jobmatch connects millions of Continued »
Following our recent study into the highest paying languages in tech, the Adzuna team thought it would be a great idea to scope out how well different languages pay in an industry that is all about the figures – the finance sector. With Brexit talks now well underway, have the big banks started investing their bucks elsewhere or do Continued »
Social media had some fun this month, as Sainsbury’s tweeted in response to the news that an online fashion retailer was selling a £70 Puma hoodie that looked strikingly similar to its staff uniform. Inspired by the overlap between work uniforms and fashion, Adzuna decided to take a look at what other companies have uniforms that Continued »
To successfully fill a job opening you need a few ingredients for success. A well-written and clear job ad. Careful promotion of that ad to candidates. And, to really get things cooking, perhaps a sprinkling of programmatic advertising to make sure your ad reaches the right audience. You might have heard of programmatic, but think Continued »