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Candidate experience: 10 easy ways to improve every touchpoint
10 easy ways to improve the candidate experience
Mark Harbottle
Apr 104 min read
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Evidence-based hiring is here to stay
Evidence-based hiring is here to stay, and this is why years of experience doesn't matter any more
Mark Harbottle
Feb 114 min read
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What speaking at the world's largest TA event taught me about candidate experience
My thoughts and feelings following a presentation on the Candidate Expectations Report 2024
Mark Harbottle
Oct 14, 20244 min read
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How to read a CV
For TA's and Recruiters, how to really read a CV and extract the relevant information
Mark Harbottle
Aug 14, 20248 min read
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How to write a Cover Letter
How to write a Cover Letter. Advice, a template, FAQ's
Mark Harbottle
Aug 7, 20244 min read
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How to write a CV
How to write a CV. Advice, recommendations, FAQ's and a template
Mark Harbottle
Aug 1, 20247 min read
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Onboarding matters more than you think
Onboarding is easily overlooked as an admin task. I think it should be treated with the same importance as the hiring process
Mark Harbottle
Mar 21, 20244 min read
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The invisible value of transparency
Why unequivocal transparency is so important in the recruitment process
Mark Harbottle
Aug 31, 20236 min read
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The importance of feedback (Part 2)
The next steps on my journey to improving the quality and quantity of feedback at Cronofy
Mark Harbottle
Aug 23, 20234 min read
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The ACID test - feedback scoring
We score our feedback at Cronofy, here's the how and the why
Mark Harbottle
Aug 1, 20233 min read
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The importance of feedback
We've always valued feedback at Cronofy. Here's how we're going to get even better at it
Mark Harbottle
Apr 24, 20235 min read
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It's been a year...
I can remember sitting at this exact desk 12 months ago and writing a blog post about all the things I achieved in 2021. I also remember...
Mark Harbottle
Dec 16, 20224 min read
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Competency Framework - Design Guide
Note: this blog post has been created for context around my 3 series post Cronofy's Competency Framework Journey. What is a Competency...
Mark Harbottle
Dec 16, 20222 min read
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Competency Framework Journey - Part 3/3 - Measuring Success
Part 3 of my 3 part series on our Competency Framework Journey
Mark Harbottle
Dec 1, 20223 min read
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Competency Framework Journey - Part 2/3 - Content
Recap Welcome back to part 2 on our Competency Framework Journey. If you haven’t already, I’d advise reading Part 1 to understand the...
Mark Harbottle
Oct 11, 20222 min read
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Competency Framework Journey - Part 1/3 - Designing
Intro That’s a long title. Well our journey to creating a Competency Framework and rolling it out across our business was a really long...
Mark Harbottle
Aug 9, 20223 min read
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Launching benefits
Detailing our journey to creating and rolling out a new benefits package at Cronofy
Mark Harbottle
May 27, 20224 min read
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Trying to hire? Try buying a house...
Comparing the housing market to the recruitment market
Mark Harbottle
Jan 11, 20224 min read
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Learning from successes
As I'm coming to the end of my first calendar year as Head of Talent at Cronofy, I've reflected on the successes and lessons. TL;DR, it's...
Mark Harbottle
Dec 17, 20217 min read
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Review my review
What started with an innocent tweak to our company handbook snowballed into setting the structure and practices around our review...
Mark Harbottle
Oct 1, 20214 min read
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