This post originally appeared as a ghost-written piece for a HRTech start-up. The battle for the best talent can sometimes feel like David versus Goliath. Against the Googles of the world, it can be tough for a start-up to compete. However, offering a generous pay package, free lunches and ping pong tables aren’t quite the attractions they used to be. Employees are now considering the overall ‘deal’ that they get when they work for a company, including career development and

With Stan Lee’s passing, a comic icon has left the star-lined streets of Hollywood. Whether diehard DC or Marvel, fans everywhere put aside their differences and paid tribute to the late comic legend. Still, the battle for supremacy in Hollywood rages on between DC and Marvel - with both jostling to lead in box office sales, screen time and financial performance. Marvel vs DC: a real-life Infinity War There are many fronts where DC and Marvel are at loggerheads. If you consid

Ditching the 9 to 5 and a cramped office cubicle for a pristine beach might seem like a dream, but behind-the-scenes is a lot of hard work and preparation. Digital nomads are used to round-the-clock travel, temporary homes and consistently working throughout. But for some, the lifestyle is worth it - otherwise digital nomadism wouldn’t be on the rise. Pieter Levels, the founder of Nomad List, predicts that there’ll be 1 billion digital nomads by 2035, all living and working r

For many, receiving a monthly paycheck is the norm. But there’s a growing number of people who earn their keep in other ways, either through the gig economy, freelancing, cryptocurrency, playing the stock market or numerous other passive income sources. That’s only set to rise as alternative ways of working become more popular. The majority of the U.S. workforce is predicted to be freelance by 2027. Then there’s the added pressure on jobs from artificial intelligence (AI) and

A little while ago, hiring a data scientist was the most innovative, hip thing your company could do. They were heralded as unicorns - seemingly impossible to hire, with six-figure salaries as a result. But change is afoot and although data scientists are still much in demand, social scientists will soon strut the halls as the ‘hot new thing’ for businesses. In the clamour to develop technology, often businesses will forget about the humans who will use such tech. But it’s no