Blog | Caitlin Edwards

How to Improve the Candidate Experience in 2021

Candidate experience is one of the most important aspects of the hiring process. A bad candidate experience can negatively impact your ...

Job Hunting Candidate Advice Salesforce | 3 min read

4 Things Hiring Managers are Looking for During an Interview

Whether you're just starting your job hunting or are an interview veteran, it is essential to put your best foot forward during the ...

Technology Candidate Advice Women in Tech Podcasts | 4 min read

Top 7 Tech Podcasts of 2021

The tech industry has a highly engaged community. From community groups to events and tech content, there is always something to catch your ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 1 min read

How Changing Roles Can Benefit Your Tech Career

Unlike in previous generations, changing roles throughout your career has become the new normal, in fact research suggests that on average ...

Candidate Advice Hiring #TechLeaders | 2 min read

5 Top Tips for Success as a Tech Leader in 2021

There is no denying that 2020 was a challenging year for tech leaders. Faced with a global pandemic and a shift in working environment, ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

4 Ways to Advance Your Tech Career in 2021

The pandemic has undoubtedly changed the tech industry indefinitely. Not only has investment in technical solutions and digital ...

Candidate Advice #TechQA | 2 min read

Develop Your Tech Career in 2021 – Advice from the Experts

For many the idea of a New Year relates to a fresh start; an opportunity to grow in your career both professionally and personally. Whether ...

#SalesforceQA #TechQA | 6 min read

#SalesforceQA: Gaurav Kheterpal, CTO @ MTX Group

In our most recent #SalesforceQA interview, we caught up with CTO at MTX Group Inc and Salesforce MVP, Gaurav Kheterpal. Gaurav talks about ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

How to Identify if a Company Culture is Right for You

Company culture emulates an organisations values and attributes. Having a strong company culture is a way to engage with employees and ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

Essential Soft Skills for 2021

Whilst technical ability is important, the pandemic has proven that skills with a human element are vital in order to thrive in this ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

Building Your Tech Career in 2021

One thing is certain; this pandemic has changed the tech industry. Businesses have undergone rapid digital transformation and expectations ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 1 min read

5 Ways a Side Hustle Can Benefit Your Tech Career

A ‘side hustle’ refers to any additional work you take on whilst employed in a full-time role. Side hustles can be related to the role you ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

Setting Yourself Up for a Promotion Within Your Tech Team

One of the main benefits of working in the tech industry is the ability to progress in your career. Whether that’s from one specific area ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

Maximise Your Technical CV With These Top Tips

A Curriculum Vitae (CV) is your first interview when applying for a new role. It is the first thing that recruiters and potential employers ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

Steps to Gaining Confidence in Your Role

Having confidence in the workplace allows you to not only maintain motivation and productivity but enables you to comfortably interact with ...

#SalesforceQA #TechQA Women in Tech | 7 min read

#SalesforceQA: Amanda Beard-Neilson, CXO at ABN PRO LTD

In the latest instalment of our #SalesforceQA series, we caught up with Amanda Beard-Neilson, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at ABN PRO ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

Top Tips For Showcasing Your Non-Tech Skills

Soft skills are essential in the tech industry, as they enable you to innovate, support and collaborate with the other members of your tech ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 2 min read

How to Ensure Your Personal and Professional Values Align

The tech industry provides multiple opportunities for tech professionals to work in different industries, roles, and companies. Whilst ...

Candidate Advice Meetup Women in Tech #Networking | 2 min read

Why Tech Professionals Should Engage With The Community

Communities are a great way for people to collaborate, innovate, support each other, and grow in their career. As part of our Q&A ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 1 min read

Maintaining Motivation During Your Job Search

Maintaining motivation when searching and applying for jobs is difficult. Add on top of that the current pandemic situation, with more ...

Candidate Advice Hiring | 3 min read

Top Tips For Your Job Interview During This Pandemic

Whilst the pandemic has created a lot of uncertainty around job roles in particular industries, with people being made furloughed or even ...

Candidate Advice Hiring #Networking | 2 min read

How Networking Can Advance Your Career

Networking is essential to career progression and staying on top of trends within your industry. It allows you to meet like-minded ...

Candidate Advice Women in Tech Hiring | 3 min read

Are Your Job Adverts Gender Neutral?

Job advertisements are used to attract the top tech talent to fill your role, however, to avoid engaging just one specific gender and ...

Candidate Advice Women in Tech Hiring | 2 min read

Gender Diverse Hiring Should Be a Priority in Your Tech Team

It’s no secret that women are highly underrepresented in the technology industry. Whilst there has been an increase in the position of ...

Candidate Advice | 4 min read

How to Avoid Burnout In Tech Teams

Burnout has never been more prominent in a working environment than during the current pandemic. Burnout is caused by increased and ...

Candidate Advice | 3 min read

How to Communicate Effectively With Your Remote Team

The world of work has changed. As a result of the current pandemic, many employees are now working from home, with little expectation that ...

#SalesforceQA | 6 min read

#SalesforceQA: Tobias Franklin, Founder of Cool Blue Digital

In our most recent #SalesforceQA, we caught up with Tobias Franklin, Salesforce Consultant, Solutions Architect and Founder of Cool Blue ...

Candidate Advice | 3 min read

Relax After Remote Working All-Day

With lockdown measures easing, for many employees their work environment may not be the same as pre-pandemic. Many organisations like ...

Candidate Advice Women in Tech | 3 min read

Steps You Can Take To Increase Diversity in Tech

It is clear that more needs to be done around diversity and inclusion in business. Especially in the tech industry, where only 11% of ...

Candidate Advice | 2 min read

Non-Tech Skills For Tech Professionals

People considering a career in tech, tend to think that the skills most required by recruiters and employers are the technical ‘hard ...

Meetup Women in Tech | 5 min read

Women In Tech Week: Inspiring Advice From Successful Women

As part of our WomenInTech initiative, last week Third Republic hosted its first global WomenInTechWeek, featuring virtual meetups and ...

Candidate Advice | 3 min read

Tips For Changing Jobs Remotely

Traditionally in the world of work an individual would finish school, get a job and stay with that company until retirement, potentially ...

Candidate Advice | 1 min read

Women In Tech Republic: The Podcast

Following on from the success of our #WomenInTechQA series, we’ve created the Women in Tech Republic Podcast! This platform will ...

Candidate Advice Mentorship | 3 min read

Can Mentorship Bridge the Gender Gap in Tech?

Many companies in various industries are now offering a mentorship program to their employees, as the benefits not just for the mentee, but ...

Candidate Advice | 3 min read

Working From Home: The Debate

With COVID-19 changing the way many of us work, multiple studies have attempted to determine whether the negatives of working from home, ...

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