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The amount of information we are subjected to daily is simply brutal, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish signal from noise. The impact of AI on recruitment processes is already making waves. According to the 2024 Global Workforce Report by Remote, 3 out of 4 companies are encountering AI-generated CVs that include false information about […]

Salary information is still a pending issue. We cannot really speak of opacity, of lack of transparency. Who can know for sure, with real data, what their salary should be? The reality is that it is cultural factors that play a role in not talking about salaries. But the consequences of this lack of information […]

To what extent should we let you know when we have a job position that matches your profile? This is a question we ask ourselves a lot. Meanwhile, you also made it clear to us that you wanted the chance to opt into some kind of notification system when new job listings were published so […]

We are sharing with you our key financial numbers and business objectives in the December 2022 edition of the Manfred Battle Report, as well as any big learnings and key advice we have collected along the way. We hope all this will prove useful in providing important lessons for others who are in similar situations […]

Our brand new Salary Compass HAS SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. In case you haven't checked it out yet or don't know what the M we are talking about, head over to our post where we give you the lowdown. The Salary Compass is a salary benchmark tool that enables you to gauge your financial […]

Our brand new Salary Compass HAS SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. In case you haven't checked it out yet or don't know what the M we are talking about, head over to our post where we give you the lowdown. The Salary Compass is a salary benchmark tool that enables you to gauge your financial […]

How to manage onboarding is a popular theme (although it has to be said that most of the time, onboardings aren't actually managed all that well). However, very little is said about its alter-ego, offboarding. It is often “that great forgotten one” in the HR world. Probably because until one comes to the kitchen because […]

We are sharing with you our key financial numbers and business objectives in the October 2022 edition of the Manfred Battle Report, as well as any big learnings and key advice we have collected along the way. We hope all this will prove useful in providing important lessons for others who are in similar situations […]

Facing a job selection process is not exactly a pleasant experience. Most of us have been there and know this first hand. A lot of the time, the problem is that we are “heading to the battle field with a wooden spoon in hand”. Well, we can tell you that this is over (serious tone). […]

Structured interviews are used in some organisations to compare candidates better and make more objective, unbiased recruitment decisions. In a structured interview, the interviewer is asking the same question in the same order to every single candidate. There are no unplanned follow-up questions. This way, the organisation can compare candidates' answers more easily. Preparing for […]