How we said goodbye to 5-day workweeks ??

Happy end of March! We can’t believe that Q1 is already coming to a close.

It’s been a busy quarter and a jam-packed month (And if you’re anything like us, the clocks changing threw us off too.)

With everything going on, we’ve curated a quick read that’s packed with insights and news.

Ready to become smarter at your job in less than 5 minutes? Let’s get into it.

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SEE YOU NEVER, 5-DAY WORKWEEKS??

We’ve been trialling 9-day fortnights. And so far, so good!?

Here’s how we’re approaching it and how you can too:

1. Everyone takes the same days off — every other Friday off with no compressed hours.

2. We set up a cross-functional group to agree on success metrics.

3. Teams get to decide how best to adapt to their work.

4. We listen to our teammates and ask for feedback via pulse surveys.

5. We’re openly communicating our process with the rest of the team, rallying everyone to make it a success.

6. We started a 9-day-fortnight Slack channel where everyone shares what they’ve been up to.

7. At the end of our trial, we’re synthesising our key learnings, optimising the experience, and ideally making it a permanent part of our culture.

We’re really gunning for 9-day fortnights to become the norm. So if you’re curious about making it a reality in your org, let us know. We’re happy to chat and share insights!

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CHATGPT MAKES SOURCING ON OTTA EASIER

With the help of Open AI’s Chat GPT, candidates can now easily update and build their Otta.com profiles. Jobseekers simply link their detailed LinkedIn profile to Otta.com, and voila – clear and concise bullet points are ready to go.

What does this change mean? Better work experience descriptions = more keywords to search = more efficient sourcing. And because we’ve done the heavy lifting of adding 55,000 new work experiences for 15,000+ existing candidates, you can start benefiting from this today.

BIG MILESTONE ENERGY?

Four years ago, we set out to build Otta to make job search less soul-crushing. Our goal has been to help one individual at a time. And since then, we’ve hit incredible milestones that we couldn’t be more proud of:

• We hit 100,000,000+ views on jobs on Otta.com. 68 million in the last 12 months!
• The Otta app is climbing up the ranks, hitting the charts at #12 among all business apps in the App Store last week. (Curious about how we built it? Here’s the scoop on our path from ideation to launch.)