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Kim Nguyen is Co-Founder of Recruitery, which provides headhunting and payroll solutions for remote teams. It helps organisations hire, pay, and manage payroll, tax, and compliance globally. In this candid interview, Nguyen talks about her company’s culture and hiring philosophies. What personality traits/qualities do you look for in potential employees? As the work culture of the world is impacted due to the recent pandemic, I look for the ability to adapt fast in my potential employees. Flexibility in unforeseen situations like the pandemic is vital in efficiently carrying out the assigned work.  I would also love to see ownership in my...

The Puff Box from JAC Vapour | AD Did you know that two disposable vapes are thrown away every second in here in the United Kingdom? That’s a lot of waste! The lithium waste is about 0.15 per unit, which means this is an equivalent to 1,200 electric vehicle batteries a year. Regular vapes are not reusable and usually made from plastics that are rarely recyclable but instead ground down to harmful microplastics. They are also harmful to the environment in other ways as when their batteries and circuit boards break down, they leak toxic chemicals into the environment. Finally,...

Marketing agencies talk a big game. They get you in the door with jaw-dropping case studies and promises of growth, revenue, and return on investment (ROI.)  However, more and more companies are fed up with this smoke-and-mirror approach that overpromises and under-delivers. According to data from SetUp, almost 40% of businesses are considering changing agencies in the next six months. Think about that. All these businesses are so disappointed they’re ready to pack up and move on.  Marketing is not easy. Agencies deal with regular client churn, so they need to constantly bring in new ones to hedge against those...

The New Small Business Making Mid-Century-Inspired Furniture In Australia Creative People by Christina Karras Culture Cush founder Reioni Douglas. Photo – Shannon Wappet The brand launched last year with four modules that can be mixed and matched to create your dream, retro-inspired sofa! Photo – Shannon Wappet And there’s a range of beautiful velvet fabrics to chose from. Photo – Shannon Wappet Photo – Shannon Wappet ‘I think most people are under the impression that furniture upholsterers just work with foam and fabric but it’s much more than that. Whether you’re prepared or not, a lot of furniture is like...

I kept waiting for the Princess of Wales to actually, you know, launch her big new keen awareness campaign during the day on Monday. She did not. Probably because she was getting her wiglet conditioned and some fresh Bo, all to make a glitzy appearance at the BAFTA headquarters in London on Monday evening. You might think “wait, what’s happening at BAFTA?” This was the launch event for Shaping Us, yet another “the early years are important y’all” awareness-raising campaign. It has nothing to do with BAFTA. The reason they got to use the space is because William is BAFTA...