It has been a choppy few years for those working in fintech and the wider financial services sector. Redundancies have cut headcount across a swathe of companies and organisations. In 2023, PayPal, Coinbase, N26, GoCardless and Synapse were just some of the companies which slashed jobs.
11.02.2025
For Gen Z, aka digital natives, the idea of seeing a job advertisement in a newspaper, writing a physical CV with pen and paper (or a typewriter if you were lucky) and sending it off via post sounds prehistoric.
12.11.2024
We are in an era of BYOAI. That’s ‘bring your own AI to work’, for the uninitiated. AI has come in like a tsunami, and around 18 million people aged between 16-75 have already used generative AI tools in the UK
29.10.2024
If your phone alarm is what wakes you each morning, then the easiest thing in the world is to slap the alarm off, roll over and start scrolling before you even get out of bed. From quickly checking email and Slack messages to browsing Instagram or getting your morning news fix, if you do this, you’re definitely not alone.
15.10.2024
Sometimes in work, things just click. You get absorbed in a task, time seems to fly by, outputs are strong, and achieved with minimal pain. Professional athletes call it ‘being in the zone’, and this phraseology works well when you have one core objective. However, most workers have multiple projects, tasks and deadlines to manage, and you can’t ‘be in the zone’ all the time, can you?
24.09.2024
Imagine this for a job-hunting scenario: you’ve spent months looking for a perfect job and finally, after plenty of false starts and hopes raised and dashed, you’ve gotten an interview. It’s a remote call, and you log on, ready and eager. But instead of the human recruiter or hiring manager you’d expected, you’re met with a bot.
10.09.2024
When you work in tech, there’s a misconception that tech bosses are tapping into the latest technologies to streamline processes or are tuned into groundbreaking advances and poised to implement new strategies at any moment.
28.08.2024
As the Great Return to Office (RTO) debate continues to rage across the UK, many workers are investing in new lunchboxes, planning in-office outfits, and preparing for the squeeze of a daily commute.
13.08.2024
British workers are more stressed, more overworked and taking less holidays than ever.
23.07.2024
A lot of buzzwords get thrown around about work these days. Quiet quitting, for example, is a pandemic era trend around doing the bare minimum - older generations would likely have known it as work to rule.
09.07.2024
In today’s globalised job-seeking market, tech candidates need to stand out from the crowd more than ever.
11.06.2024
While there’s no disputing AI’s impact on the job market, the human versus computer narrative surrounding AI entirely replacing humans feels slightly premature.
28.05.2024
Traditionally, your salary was the barometer by which success was measured, whether you worked on a factory floor or dictated orders from a swanky corner office.
14.05.2024
When offered a post with more responsibility, it’s natural to feel a range of things, from excitement to overwhelm. And yet amid these mixed emotions, there is clear opportunity; a chance to further your career while making tangible changes that have a positive, lasting impact.
09.04.2024