If you are in a job that is not fulfilling anymore and is bringing your mood down, make that decision to move on, it's now time. 

Do you...

Following my article from last week discussing the 7 Steps to DevOps Hiring Success, it seemed fitting that I continue on this trend and...

In life we have all suffered failures or rejections. We have all had to fight demons and situations that have been negative and have not...

I was glad to be able to enjoy a couple of days off this long weekend and went with a friend to an island in Indonesia just a short ferry...

Has anyone else ever noticed that the School Holidays’ often have a significant impact on their business, despite not having children...

About 2 years ago I bought a set of golf clubs.

That was my logic – in order to get into something that I had been promising to myself and...

Recruitment can be a tricky old game with lots of moving parts. When you’re involved in two way selling any party can change their mind...

The benefits of giving praise, range far and wide and send out nothing but positive energy in my experience. 

Being a family man I can...

I am a German living in London. Despite the fact, that we are all Europeans, we all live in the "free Western world", we all learn...

Working in sales recruitment for 6 years doesn’t sound like a particularly long time, however there has been a massive shift in many...

So last Friday was 'National Bring Your Dog to Work Day' so I finally brought my furry bundle of joy, Jeff into our London HQ. Although...

Do you sometimes feel at the end of a busy day that you have not achieved anything? I know that I often wonder after running from meeting...

Last week I shared 5 tips for employee euphoria and this time it's all about you the employer.

This is how we make sure you keep that...

Last week I went with a couple of colleagues to the Marketing Association’s annual ‘Digital Day Out’, and it was a full day of...

I’d like to start with one of my favourite paraprosdokians:

"I used to be indecisive. Now i'm not so sure."

Hold up, a parapros-what now?...

Why I think ‘job’ is one of the most demotivational words in the English language.

Growing up I’ve always dreamt of a big city career and...

AI Music, Jukedeck, Flow Machines, Amper Music, Aiva. This is just a handful of organisations/applications that are making waves in the...

At the weekend I was lucky enough to spend some very rare time with family from overseas while they were in the UK on holiday.  One of...

Over the course of my studies and career, I have lived in 7 different countries: Austria, France, Spain, UK, USA, Peru and Germany and I...

As a business owner and a recruiter by trade I am often at the coalface when it comes to the new job euphoria that hits. The honeymoon...

When recruiting UX Talent, the devil is always in the detail as UX has such a range of differing meanings to different people. The detail...

Learning when to disconnect from your professional and personal life is sometimes hard. This realisation didn’t hit me until I hosted my...

Having made the move from the UK several years ago I have enjoyed the many thrills, spills and chills of recruiting in the southern...

We all talk about first impressions being important but not everyone knows that the ‘first impression’ requires only a 7 second window...

Stop, somebody get me out of here!

I took a nightmare train home last week, a short train due to a technical problem which resulted in 6...

Quick post this week around my view from the Marketing recruitment desk. 

I believe I could write a blog post on the top ten questions...

Final installment of my '29 things I have learnt at 29': 

http://insight.welovesalt.com/post/102e8c7/talk-nearly-thirty-to-me

How do you unwind after a busy day? By Monday morning are you totally relaxed and ready for the week or do you feel you’ve carried on at...

We all have our moments with procrastination. It's just one of our foibles as human beings that we've come to accept, even chuckle over...

Feedback is your friend.

Probably the best thing I have ever learnt is to value feedback in the most positive way possible. I remember as...

When we launched our year at Salt in January 2017 we spoke about focusing on “you”; bringing out the best in all of us and creating a way...

As many of us in the DevOps scene know, most companies are hiring or at least trying to do so. The required skills and job descriptions...

It is saddening that this is even a discussion topic today.

The huge number of ethical concerns of this policy are obvious but what does...

This month I celebrate my four-year anniversary working for SALT, and it got me thinking, four years is actually an EXTREMELY long time!...

Are you a recruiter or hiring manager who is struggling with negative reviews on Glassdoor? Do you wish they would just go away because...

Interesting article about how the modern CEO role is having to change and become digitally focused. Core skills need to be focused on...

Let’s face it, being positive all the time and keeping a happy chirpy attitude can sometimes be hard work, especially if you’re someone...

Earlier this month I attended the IoT Tech Expo (IoTTE) in Berlin, which promotes itself as being the largest IoT event in Europe. As a...

What is the problem with giving people time to grow and time to flourish, why have we created such an environment that is so demanding of...

I grew up in a family of hard working and successful salesman, entrepreneurs, two self-made millionaires and another very fortunate one...

We all know the theory around the saying “you get what you pay for”, so don’t feel obliged to heed my advice.  After all, I don’t want to...

All the research tells us that diverse teams and organisations produce better financial returns so why are we still so focused on age. I...

So there's one topic that has been thrown around the Hong Kong office a lot lately: Ownership. Who takes ownership of a client? Who takes...

The topic of ‘values’ has been echoing through the corridors of ‘corporate speak’ for a number of years now, but I would like to attempt...

This last few days have been testing for me, I found out my younger brother had been taking into hospital and was going to be operated on...

There’s never been a more interesting time to be in public relations (PR). If we look back on its early days in the 1900s, we’ll see just...

We've all been there, spending all day making business development calls to no avail. Then finally you strike gold and that client you...

A couple of months ago I shared this great little piece and it's timely to revisit, especially as winter closes in on NZ, and hibernation...

So, we know that the concept of linking gamification to improving employee wellness that has taken shape over recent years, the idea of...

As some of you may recall, in 2015 when to us mere mortals Artificial Intelligence was just a term associated with aliens, there was a...

How would you feel if your child was sent to prison for something they may do in the future?

I recently read about a case where an...

Yes, I am serious – why not? If you are running a business and looking at the hard facts when making a hiring decision, let me give you...

To take a total sidestep from my usual topics I post, I wanted to highlight that although we face bone chilling terror on the streets,...

In short, my job is to help both my clients (companies that are recruiting) and candidates (job seekers) to reach their end goals.

I have...

Do you find yourself getting frustrated with having to repeat yourself numerous times? Don’t you just wish the person you’re speaking to...

Do you think you are brave enough to strike a pose and ask for change? Do you put yourself out there and make it happen? 

Subtle changes...

This day and age we are relying more and more on helpful tools like autocorrect and spellcheck – but these clearly are not entirely...

Last week, I wrote about how chatbots are coming whether we like it or not.  And we should like it!  Because it saves us from saying the...

Keeping up the theme of the lighter side of the recruitment function.  Today I attempt to uncover if there is an alternate career for the...

It is great to see that New Zealand's leading tech organisations have put together a manifesto of NZ's Digital Future. The report has...

Last Thursday night at the RCSA Awards (Recruitment Consulting Services Association) I was honoured by my peers and industry body as I...

I was recently sitting in the waiting room for my chiropractic when I picked up a book called Mindful 2.0 by Vikki Kelly - The first line...

Living in Sydney is fantastic. We have beautiful weather, awesome scenery and some of the world’s greatest restaurants, it's truly is an...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about the importance of crafting a strong personal brand (Personal branding: What's your story?

A narrative that seems to have gained pace and popularity recently across the recruitment sector is ‘disruption’ by digitisation and new...

I wish I had a simple answer. I'm sure everyone does, but making a winning team cannot be answered simply, if at all. It's not a formula....

I have been recruiting people into 'Big Data' jobs since 2014. Coming into the industry at that time allowed me to watch huge changes...

A continuation of my recent blog ’29 things I’ve learnt at 29’. Part one (1-11) can be found here…

Why do we not listen to each other? The first reason is because we'd rather talk! The average person talks 225 words per minute, but we...

Before getting started on this blog I first want to apologise. Apologise for what might seem like ANOTHER blog about ‘women in tech’,...

I am about to turn 29. I am dangerously close to 30 and I am officially a grown up (apparently). At this age my mum was married,...