Burns Sheehan's Round-Up
Welcome to our monthly round-up of hiring insights & tech news to help you stay ahead of the curve in a competitive market. ?? In this month's edition we're digging into our Market Report, how to design an attractive employee benefits package, improving your candidate acceptance rate and more!
???Our 2023 Tech Hiring Report has landed?and it’s our most comprehensive to date, offering an exclusive glimpse into the current state of the UK tech job market.
Inside you'll find:
?? Extensive salary benchmarking data for permanent & contract tech roles.
?? Valuable insights on flexible working, employee benefits and tech stacks.
?? An inside look into the perspectives of CTOs in our CTO Pulse Check.
?? Expert hiring insights on enhancing retention, diversity & optimising hiring.
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How have the likes of Beauty Pie, The Economist and Zego updated their benefits packages to retain employees?
With the current tech climate causing significant concern for businesses and employees, firms are re-assessing what they currently offer within their benefits packages to better align with their workforces’ concerns.
From low-cost to big-budget, we’ve pulled together a list of creative initiatives that you can introduce to support your people outside of base salary. Check them out here.
How to Improve your offer acceptance rate & stop last minute drop out
Despite the increase in the cost of living over recent years and news of cutbacks and redundancies across several of Europe’s best-known scale-ups, salaries are still at an all-time high, as is the demand for tech talent.
So, when extending an offer to a great candidate, here are a few things to consider?in order to gain?buy-in and prevent any pre-start date dropouts.
We’re excited to announce that Burns Sheehan is partnering with?Tech Climbers?for their 2023 campaign in Greater Manchester! With successful campaigns in both Liverpool City Region and Yorkshire, Tech Climbers highlights trailblazing tech businesses through a publicised list and spotlights a region’s growth story.??
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??The current state of the European Tech Scene
Atomico?released its?latest 'State of European Tech' report in June, offering a first look at the current state of the industry for the first half (H1) of 2023.
Overall we have seen a general reduction in investment, and an increase in layoffs hitting the tech community. But with a significant increase in funding towards AI, Climate and Purpose industries, plus 1,400 new businesses started by alumni of European unicorns, is it all doom and gloom?
?When Blind Hiring Advances DEI — and When It Doesn’t
"Blind hiring" is a decision-making strategy that involves withholding potentially biasing information about a job candidate until after evaluating their application materials. New research suggests that while blind hiring is generally effective, it may not always help diversify the candidate pool.
?? Check out Sean Fath's full article here
? Job titles matter in a startup, so take the time to get them right!
With the UK tech job market growing by the second, the challenge to bring on the best tech in the game has never been greater. Laura Warnier explores the impact titles have on candidate attraction & motivation and provides advice on how to avoid misunderstandings and set proper expectations in your job ads.
The Start-Up Diaries Podcast
Top 20% of Global Podcasts | No.7 UK Start-Up Podcast | Top 150 UK Business Podcasts?
The Start-Up Diaries is continuing to create a real buzz in the podcast space! As we continue into Season 7, we’re still on the lookout for more Founders & Business Leaders growing the most exciting tech start-ups & scale-ups in the UK to join us as guests on the show.?
If you’re interested in sharing your story, increasing your brand awareness & growing your network, then we’d love to hear from you! Let us know if you’re interested below or read?more here.
That's all for now - thanks for reading ??