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Mark Harbottle
Oct 14, 20244 min read
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
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Mark Harbottle
Aug 14, 20248 min read
How to read a CV
For TA's and Recruiters, how to really read a CV and extract the relevant information
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Mark Harbottle
Aug 7, 20244 min read
How to write a Cover Letter
How to write a Cover Letter. Advice, a template, FAQ's
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Mark Harbottle
Aug 1, 20247 min read
How to write a CV
How to write a CV. Advice, recommendations, FAQ's and a template
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Mark Harbottle
Mar 21, 20244 min read
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
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Mark Harbottle
Aug 31, 20236 min read
The invisible value of transparency
Why unequivocal transparency is so important in the recruitment process
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Mark Harbottle
Aug 23, 20234 min read
The importance of feedback (Part 2)
The next steps on my journey to improving the quality and quantity of feedback at Cronofy
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Mark Harbottle
Jul 31, 20233 min read
The ACID test - feedback scoring
We score our feedback at Cronofy, here's the how and the why
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Mark Harbottle
Apr 24, 20235 min read
The importance of feedback
We've always valued feedback at Cronofy. Here's how we're going to get even better at it
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Mark Harbottle
Dec 16, 20224 min read
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...
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Mark Harbottle
Dec 16, 20222 min read
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...
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Mark Harbottle
Dec 1, 20223 min read
Competency Framework Journey - Part 3/3 - Measuring Success
Part 3 of my 3 part series on our Competency Framework Journey
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Mark Harbottle
Oct 10, 20222 min read
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...
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Mark Harbottle
Aug 8, 20223 min read
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...
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Mark Harbottle
May 27, 20224 min read
Launching benefits
Detailing our journey to creating and rolling out a new benefits package at Cronofy
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Mark Harbottle
Jan 11, 20224 min read
Trying to hire? Try buying a house...
Comparing the housing market to the recruitment market
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Mark Harbottle
Dec 17, 20217 min read
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...
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Mark Harbottle
Sep 30, 20214 min read
Review my review
What started with an innocent tweak to our company handbook snowballed into setting the structure and practices around our review...
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Mark Harbottle
Sep 23, 20213 min read
The difference between People and HR
Intro Human Resources, HR, People, Talent, Talent Acquisition, Personell, Human Capital... the list goes on. Typically this (mine) field...
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Mark Harbottle
Sep 7, 20214 min read
My first 30 days as Head of Talent
(published 24th Feb 2021 on Cronofy) "Who's your best friend going to be?" was the question running around my head as I opened up my...
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