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Is being a tech generalist the key to career longevity?

Aoibhinn Mc Bride Content Editor at Jobbio

Is being a tech generalist the key to career longevity?

From AI to cybersecurity, you might be operating under the assumption that in order to excel in tech you need to focus your career efforts in one specific area, particularly in your formative years. But according to Eddy Barker, an engineer at U.S. telecommunications company AT&T, specialising too early in one specific area can limit your techn...

12 July 2024 /people

These are the work skills Brits need to succeed

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

These are the work skills Brits need to succeed

As all industries become increasingly digitised, the need for a digitally-skilled workforce, at all levels, has never been greater. However, digital is just one of the areas affected by the current skills gap in the UK. Leadership-related soft skills, STEM and healthcare, and training and education joined digital in the top four of missing skills i...

14 June 2024 /people

Low productivity? These are the most common blockers at work

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

Low productivity? These are the most common blockers at work

Productivity culture has taken a bashing in recent years, and rightfully so. As many productivity-obsessed people discovered the human toll of getting things done at all costs, productivity has become something of a dirty word. Whether you are working or job hunting (or both), you will likely have daily, weekly, and monthly to-do lists to get throu...

31 May 2024 /people

Majority of UK believes flexible working boosts productivity

Kirstie McDermott Senior Content Editor at Amply

Majority of UK believes flexible working boosts productivity

Flexible working has taken a bit of a hit recently across the financial and tech sectors, as company after company rolls back on pandemic era remote-working policies. Dell’s CEO Michael Dell raved about remote in 2022, saying that it was “the future of work”. He had a change of heart recently, announcing that the company will pass over remote emplo...

17 May 2024 /people

Kirstie McDermott Senior Content Editor at Amply

How to develop green skills

Last year, 39% of UK residents said they were “very concerned” about the effects of climate change, with another 43% indicating that they were “fairly concerned”. Just 4% said they weren't at all concerned, according to the DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker. The figures also show that those who are the most worried tend to be in the over-65 bracket (...

26 April 2024 /people

Survival tactics for hybrid working: A guide

Aoibhinn Mc Bride Content Editor at Jobbio

Survival tactics for hybrid working: A guide

Do you feel as though you are constantly wading through a never-ending sea of video call requests? Or maybe you feel disconnected from your colleagues—figuratively and literally—and are struggling to collaborate on projects, and would much rather you were left alone to focus in peace and complete tasks solo. While hybrid work has afforded many pos...

12 April 2024 /people

Climate anxiety on the rise as environmental crisis looms on the horizon

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Climate anxiety on the rise as environmental crisis looms on the horizon

Global warming, environmental catastrophes, and natural disasters are becoming more commonplace globally. With the climate crisis looming above our heads, there has been a serious negative impact on the general public’s mental health. Along with fear, hopelessness is encroaching on minds globally, with climate anxiety affecting people on a daily ba...

03 April 2024 /people

80% of IT and tech companies will not meet their annual targets in 2024

Aoibhinn Mc Bride Content Editor at Jobbio

80% of IT and tech companies will not meet their annual targets in 2024

While mass layoffs haven’t dominated the headlines in Q1 of 2024 the way they did in 2022 and 2023, the tech industry remains in a precarious position and isn’t out of the woods just yet. That’s according to a recent study commissioned by Gong, a revenue intelligence platform, which established that 80% of tech companies in the UK and US have fail...

29 March 2024 /people

Why savvy job seekers are looking to regtech

Amanda Kavanagh Contributor at Jobbio

Why savvy job seekers are looking to regtech

Lax controls in crypto and fintech companies resulted in global fines of $5.8bn last year, eclipsing fines to the entire traditional banking system by a considerable amount. According to fintech software leader Fenergo, fines in the traditional banking group amounted to $834m comparatively. Of that $5.8bn sum, $4.3bn was the well-reported US crim...

15 March 2024 /people

Why cybersecurity skills are coveted in fintech

Aoibhinn Mc Bride Content Editor at Jobbio

Why cybersecurity skills are coveted in fintech

Despite mass layoffs dominating the headlines in 2022 and 2023, tech professionals are still in high demand. In areas such as AI and cybersecurity, those with the necessary skills and experience are becoming increasingly important for companies safeguarding not only their products and services but customer experience, now and in the future. In the ...

01 March 2024 /people

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Here's how to get hired at Sonovate

Our Breaking into Fintech series presents those looking to get hired in the fintech industry an insight into what skills and values fintech businesses are prioritising in the current market. This time Finextra heard from Elise Lockyer, chief people officer at Sonovate, an invoicing financing solutions company which recently launched internationally...

19 February 2024 /people

Why are British workers experiencing low engagement at work?

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Why are British workers experiencing low engagement at work?

Employee engagement is a hot topic right now, and rightly so. According to Gallup’s latest State of the Global Workplace report, UK worker engagement is just 8%, compared to 10% in Europe, 33% in North America, and 21% globally. These abysmally low scores suggest that the majority of workforces in Western European countries are sitting, wishing, w...

16 February 2024 /people

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