How Searchability are Helping Clients during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Delivering a great service to our clients is always a top priority for us here at Searchability, and during the COVID-19 pandemic we have adapted our way of working so that we can continue to do this at the highest levels, whilst protecting the health and safety of our team. We know that this is […]
Software Engineering Home Counties: Daniel Jones shares his insights during Lockdown
As a recruitment agency who specialises in the IT and Digital sectors, Searchability has witnessed a number of changes in behaviour from companies and candidates first hand, giving them incredible market insights that enable them to successfully place tech talent across the UK. The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an unprecedented situation upon our industry, with […]
Software Engineering London – Steve Williams shares his hiring insights during Lockdown
As the Searchability team works through the UK lockdown, based remotely from their homes to ensure clients urgent tech vacancies are filled, we stopped to take a look back at everything we have learnt from recruiting across the tech digital sector during this time. As one of our largest and busiest recruitment markets, we have […]
Mental Health Support During The Lockdown
Last week we recognised the UK’s mental health awareness week, and while it is clear that over the last few years more and more companies have acknowledged mental health as a priority for their people strategies, very few would have included plans for managing this during a global pandemic. We are all stepping out of […]
How To Keep Furloughed Employees Engaged Through The COVID-19 Pandemic
As the UK’s furlough scheme has been extended until April 2021, a month longer than had been expected. This is something that will undoubtedly help to save thousands of businesses over this period, but it does raise a question of how this will affect employees and how engaged they are as well, so we wanted […]
What impact has the COVID-19 pandemic had on the tech industry?
After two months of UK Lockdown to limit the spread of COVID-19 many of us are slowly starting to adapt to the “new normal” of social distancing and spending the majority of our time at home. When the news first broke about the lockdown measures we saw a lot of organisations hitting the pause button […]
Gabbi Trotter shares her insights from May’s QA Beginners Club Digital Event
The lockdown and social distancing guidelines has lead to a number of tech meetup’s and events being cancelled, however many organisers have adapted quickly to deliver digital experiences that allow attendees to join virtually from their homes. Last night Searchability’s Head of Software Testing Recruitment Gabbi Trotter was asked to deliver a talk at the QA Beginners Club’s first […]
How high street brands are becoming digitilised by women in tech
With the high streets being digitally taken over by the use of smart devices and direct delivery to your door, the retail world is undergoing intense seismic pressures. Alongside this innovation, lots of high street brands are coming to terms with restaurants, charity shops, estate agents, banks and more are having to adapt to these […]
Working from home
When you’re working the normal 9-5 Monday to Friday in an office, working from home seems like a dream, but after spending a few days inside, I feel like I am literally going insane!!! Back at work it was a lot easier to decide when to eat, whether it was allocated-timed breaks or hitting 11 […]
Advice for people starting a career in Technology
Are you looking to embark on a new career in the tech industry? The sector is growing at a crazy rate, with 1.56 million people in the UK now working in tech, offering a multitude of roles to suit every skill set. If you think you can see yourself taking this route then you have […]