Why your tech hiring process takes too long (and how to speed it up)
Strong tech and digital candidates don't wait around. The bottlenecks we see most often in hiring processes and how to remove them without lowering the bar.
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Ideas on talent, recruitment and the tech and digital job market.
Employer branding for startups with no budget: what candidates actually look at
You don't need a campaign or an agency to attract talent. What a candidate checks before replying to you, and how to get it right on a tight budget.
Confidential Executive Search: replacing a senior leader without the noise
Finding a successor for a leader who is still in post takes discretion at every step. How to run the search without unsettling your team or clients.
When to outsource recruitment and when to keep it in-house
Not every vacancy needs an external partner, and not every one can be filled in-house. Five questions to help you decide role by role.
Onboarding: why the first 90 days decide retention (and a practical plan)
Hiring well is only half the job. A phased 90-day onboarding plan to help every new joiner settle in, contribute and stay.
Counteroffers: how not to lose your chosen candidate at the last minute
Your finalist accepts, then their employer makes a counteroffer. How to see it coming and reduce the risk without putting pressure on anyone.
Hiring AI profiles in 2026: what to look for beyond the CV
AI engineer, ML engineer, data scientist or LLM product work. How to tell the roles apart, what to assess in each and which questions expose real experience.
Designing fair technical interviews that work
What to measure, which exercise to choose and how to score, so you assess technical candidates fairly without losing the good ones along the way.
Salary ranges in job ads: what the EU Pay Transparency Directive changes for employers
Directive (EU) 2023/970 requires pay information from the job ad onwards. What it changes when you hire, and how to get ready in good time.
Hiring remotely across Spain: what to settle before you sign
Remote work agreements, collective agreements, holidays, expenses and onboarding. What we check with companies before they hire someone in another city.
How to assess a CTO candidate before you hire
What to look at beyond the technical CV when hiring a CTO: your company's stage, how they lead, whether they get the business and references that say something.
How long tech hiring should take, stage by stage
A reference timeline for each stage of a tech hiring process, where the days usually get lost and how to win them back without lowering the bar.
How to brief your headhunter so the search starts right
Much of a search is decided in the first meeting. Who should be there, what to prepare beforehand and what to tell your headhunter, even when it is awkward.
The real cost of a bad hire (and how not to repeat it)
A failed hire costs far more than the salary you paid. How to work out the costs nobody sees, and what to change in your process so it does not happen again.
Contingency, retained search or RPO: which recruitment model fits your company
Three ways to work with a recruitment partner, each sharing the risk very differently. How to choose based on the role, the urgency and your hiring volume.
How to write a job description that attracts senior tech profiles
Senior candidates scan a job ad for a few specific signals. What to include, what to cut and how to structure a job description that actually persuades.