Harbs' Blog

10 easy ways to improve the candidate experience

Evidence-based hiring is here to stay, and this is why years of experience doesn't matter any more

My thoughts and feelings following a presentation on the Candidate Expectations Report 2024

For TA's and Recruiters, how to really read a CV and extract the relevant information

How to write a Cover Letter. Advice, a template, FAQ's

How to write a CV. Advice, recommendations, FAQ's and a template

Onboarding is easily overlooked as an admin task. I think it should be treated with the same importance as the hiring process

Why unequivocal transparency is so important in the recruitment process

The next steps on my journey to improving the quality and quantity of feedback at Cronofy

We score our feedback at Cronofy, here's the how and the why

We've always valued feedback at Cronofy. Here's how we're going to get even better at it

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...

Note: this blog post has been created for context around my 3 series post Cronofy's Competency Framework Journey. What is a Competency...

Part 3 of my 3 part series on our Competency Framework Journey

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...

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...

Detailing our journey to creating and rolling out a new benefits package at Cronofy

Comparing the housing market to the recruitment market

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...

What started with an innocent tweak to our company handbook snowballed into setting the structure and practices around our review...