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We’ve gone full Melbourne!
It’s Friday afternoon and an exciting, albeit short week is being wrapped up. I’ve been in the new office of Lookahead Search Melbourne: 673 Bourke Street, right near Southern Cross station.
What's your actual hourly rate?
This blog post was originally published as a guest post on the 88miles blog.
When the timing isn’t right, make your own luck
Recruitment can so often be about good timing. So what do you do if you find yourself looking for a new job when the market is a tad on the quiet side?
Technical tests - coding up a storm
How’s that code test going? Walk in the park or stressing you out?
Great expectations, getting the first week right
You’ve interviewed, referenced and offered and looking forward to having that superstar developer join your team. It’s at this point that you sit back, admire your mad recruitment skillz and put a note in your calendar for a month’s time. That’s how it works right?
Losing out to the clock
89% of job applications that took longer than 14 calendar days ended with a negative outcome. For applications finalised within 14 days of resume submission, this deceases to 52% of applications.
The difference between a CV and a resume
Resumes briefly talks about your experience and should be tailored to the role you’re applying for. Curriculum vitae: (apparently Latin for ‘course of life’) goes into much more detail.
Dear <Recruiter>,
I think there is a misconception out there about why you should write a cover letter and what to include.
Mobile is moving in-house
As the mobile development industry matures there has been a significant change of tack towards bringing app development in-house. Similar to the web development industry a decade ago, brands are recognising the need establish long-term institutional expertise rather than relying on external agencies.
Coding, you know you want to.
I love seeing people passionate about something. We meet so many people who know they want to be programmers but don’t quite know where to start.
Lookahead Log
Feb
A Ruby renaissance? Reams of Rails roles racking up.
Jan 2021
Most clients debating their remote vs on-site split.
Dec
2020. We did it. Happy holidays, friends!
Nov
Welcome to the team, Sarah!
Oct
Happy 7th birthday, SydCSS! 🥳
Sep
Highest demand for Node.js developers that we've seen.
Aug
New site! Send your feedback while the code is fresh in our minds :)
Jul 2020
Noticing an increase in hiring activity. Nearly back to pre-Covid levels.
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