Tag: job

  • Recruiting a team

    Recruiting a team

    I’ve been reviewing job descriptions for roles in my team, and some are dreadfully out of date. Thankfully there are a few resources out there which make updating them so much easier than I feared. LOTI Digital, Tech and Data Job Description Library The London Office of Technology and Innovation (LOTI) have a library of…

  • Breaking into User Research

    Breaking into User Research

    Most people in a user research role didn’t start their career there. If someone is thinking of switching from a marketing and/or communications background, then this post is for you they likely have a good grasp of handling sensitive information (knowing what to include/share and what not to) and picking the right angle (what information…

  • How tech giants deal with dissent.

    A few weeks ago I saw this peice on The Register about an Apple employee who was fired as a result of privately making derogatory comments about Apple’s brand and products on his Facebook wall. His undoing was that not all his “friends” were friends, and one printed off the comments and showed them to…

  • This blog is five years old.

    I started blogging on 25 october 2006, with a stupid video of a hamster. Since that day I have moved home 4 times, changed jobs 4 times,  got engaged, got married, brought a flat,  then a cat, then a house in Sussex I’ve travelled to Switzerland,  Italy,  France,  Belgium, and Brazil. I’ve seen friends and family marry in…

  • DARE are recruiting, and I wish more did it this way

    Digital agency DARE are recruiting a few roles, and have have a nice visual way of advertising: Thanks to ewarwoowar.typepad.com