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Adzuna announces further global expansion

This week, Adzuna has announced the next stage of its international growth, celebrating an exciting Joint Venture with Australian media giant Fairfax to provide their brand and technology to recruiters and job seekers in Australia. To consolidate it’s global presence, Adzuna also launched in France, Russia, India, Poland and The Netherlands this week. These launches mark Continued »

The Adzuna API: Opening up our data to all!

At Adzuna.co.uk, we love finding new ways of using our data and real-time job market stats to help people make better decisions. Whether it’s an individual looking for their next career move, a family trying to figure out where to move next or the government looking for insights into how to spend more effectively across Continued »

Adzuna crowned one of London’s hottest start-ups

London’s tech community is at the top of its game thanks to many of Britain’s brightest and best entrepreneurs. Today WIRED announces its Top 10 Hottest Startups in London and we are so excited to reveal that yours-truly has made it to 5th place. Without further ado here’s the rundown of London’s coolest startups. London’s Continued »

Adzuna visits Number 10!

Earlier this month, my Adzuna co-founder Doug Monro and myself were very excited (and honoured) to be invited to Number 10 Downing Street to meet with Rohan Silva, the PM’s Senior Policy Adviser & General Tech Ninja.  We spent a good deal of time chatting to Rohan about the UK job market, how the government Continued »

What celebrity musicians did before they were famous

This month we thought it would be fun to have a look at what jobs various celebrities had before they became famous. Each week we will be focusing on a different group of celebs, so without further ado…this week the spotlight is on UK Musicians. Adele – Vinyl Record Store The UK chart topping sensation Continued »

One year ago today….

We took a huge step in our journey to change the way people find the perfect job, property or car. It’s been a wild ride since last July and we’ve had tremendous success. We want to thank you for your support so far and to celebrate with you what we’ve achieved in our first year. Continued »

6 useful tips for your first job

It might seem like getting through the interview process and landing your first job is the big achievement. (If you haven’t yet conquered this step, make sure you check out all of the entry level vacancies on Adzuna.) But the work has only just begun. Here are our top tips on what to do—and what not Continued »

Why you should never lie on your CV

Hot off the press this week is the naming and shaming of Scott Thompson, the Yahoo CEO who lied on his CV claiming to have a degree in Computer Science. Now, we’ve all, at some point in our careers, told a little white lie, stretched the truth or exaggerated our achievements, but when do these go from foolish Continued »

How to nail a job interview in 60 seconds!

“So tell me about yourself?” The grandaddy of all interview questions. Simple enough question but for some reason it has the power to reduce you to a fumbling, stalling, um-ing and arr-ing fool.  At Adzuna HQ we have decided that these four little words have the ability to make or break your interview.  Flop at Continued »