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Building DEI within your teams takes time. But how do you figure out if you're on track, and whether your current hiring process might be holding you back? Join us for an insightful 1-hour masterclass with experts from Dice, OVO and CharlieHR as they share the metrics and approaches they’ve used to monitor success against their DEI strategy. 📅 Wednesday June 5th ⏰ 2pm UK time 👉 Link to register: https://lnkd.in/gZAwswUE

Scaling a tech team in a competitive market? With a single-person talent team? 🤯 Talent Acquisition Manager Conrad Swift did just that following the Series A fundraise of legal tech scale up Orbital Witness last year. “Seeing how we made our hires last year, it's scary to think, what if we didn't have Otta?” To rapidly scale their technical and commercial teams, and fill hard-to-hire roles, Conrad needed to work efficiently. Partnering with Otta to enhance their candidate experience and build a stand out brand, Orbital Witness ultimately made 1/3 of hires on Otta within 12 months. Read more about how Conrad ambitiously scaled Orbital Witness's team, and what stood out to a recent sales hire.

It's been over 2 weeks since the Flexible Working Act came into effect in the UK, giving employees the right to request flexible working arrangements from day one of employment. ⛰ Has your organisation had to make major changes? 👨💻 Do your hiring managers know how to handle requests? 👀 Have you had many flexible working requests, or made one yourself? Share any tips and experiences below to help more employees benefit from flexible working! 👇👇👇

If you're an in-house talent manager or people professional, how often do you hear things like this from hiring managers? 👇 "Why do we need to focus on diversity in hiring? Shouldn't we just hire the best candidate for the job?" Of course! These aren't mutually exclusive. By creating an equitable hiring process, you will naturally attract the best AND most diverse candidates. It isn't about lowering the bar, it's about widening the net to get the best talent 🌟 🤝 To successfully embed equitable hiring practices, talent teams and hiring managers need to work together to tackle misunderstandings like this. If you'd like more tips for turning hiring managers into DEI champions, join senior tech leaders from Multiverse Attest Recruiting Brainfood and Equitas as they share their experiences on April 30th. Link to register in comments.

If you’re a Senior Talent or People professional looking to roll out DEI hiring initiatives this year, you won't want to miss our next webinar on April 30th 🗓 Hung Lee from Recruiting Brainfood, will lead a conversation with Otta customers Veronica Salcido from Multiverse, Emily Meiklejohn from Attest and Michael Blakley from Equitas as they share creative ways they’ve turned hiring managers into inclusive hiring champions 🏆 Learn more and register 👉 https://lnkd.in/e_RvV4Fq

The Flexible Working Act is now law in the UK 👏 Over 4 million people a year leave their jobs because of a lack of flexibility. It’s no surprise that the #1 thing job candidates tell us they care about is flexibility and well being. So, what's new? 🗓 All employees have the right to ask for flexible working arrangements from day one of a new job ❓ You don't need to explain if it's for childcare, a disability, personal needs or any other reason 2️⃣ You get 2 chances per year to put in a request ⏱ Employers have to respond to the request within 2 months and must consult with you if they decline the request 👶 Employees on maternity, adoption and shared parental leave get additional redundancy protections This is an exciting moment for inclusion in the workplace. Making work more accessible to women, parents & carers, disabled people and more benefits us all. What other inclusive policies and benefits have you seen that are worth shouting out about? Share below 👇

Recruiters often feel that they HAVE to reach out to candidates to see if they're interested in a role. But, this isn't always the most efficient way if you have a lean team or need to scale quickly. Just ask Mike from London-based Serac Technologies who needed to do both. As a single-person talent team, he scaled their engineering & commercial teams, and increased total headcount, by 1/3 in just 6 months from well-matched applications and expert insights from a CSM on Otta 🎯 That's 1 hire every 18 days, including a female engineer within 30 days of posting the role 🎉 “Otta makes hiring for roles less like searching for a needle in a haystack and more like picking the best fruit from the talent tree.” Thanks Mike! Learn more about Mike's experience of hiring on Otta 👇

Small businesses and startups often don’t have the resources to hire a big talent team. But, limited resources doesn’t mean you can’t come up with creative ways to attract the best talent for your business. We sit down with Yasmin Lord-Pottinger (Senior People and Talent Partner at CharlieHR) to explore her top 5 best hiring practises to build a high performing team. Check out her tips in the blog below 👇 https://lnkd.in/eSMA4nzW

It can be difficult for People teams to successfully drive diversity and inclusion initiatives across their business. Especially if it's not a priority from the outset 🤯 So we asked a group of Senior TA and People professionals in tech about their current DEI challenges and what they're doing to overcome them. Here are the top 3👇 Want more DEI content to empower you and your team? Sign up to receive exclusive DEI content from Otta before anyone else 🤩 https://lnkd.in/esuBTKiA #diversityandinclusion #deibestpractices #diverseworkforce #diverseteams

This morning, we had a great time hosting a breakfast & bringing together talent leaders to discuss how to diversify tech teams. A big thank you to our expert panellists Sophie Garrard and Jen Burry - led by Caroline Fischer - who shared some really insightful learnings around the different DEI initiatives they've introduced at Beauty Pie and Sylvera. And thank you to everyone who came along to join the discussion. We often hear that DEI hiring is the top priority for businesses, and there were interesting takeaways including: 🌟  Hiring managers, time and qualified candidates were among the top challenges of the audience in tackling DEI recruitment 🌟  For both panellists, diversity started at the top with the founders from the beginning 🌟  Be transparent when tracking DEI metrics, both internally in the business and in the hiring process 🌟  Involve employees outside of the people team in new DEI initiatives, to help ensure there's buy in across the company We're always looking forward to our next event. Let us know in the comments if you're keen to get involved 🚀 #dei #diversityequityandinclusion #diverseteams