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Co-founder of Landing jobs on Shifting Job Dynamics in 2020!

Pedro Oliveira, Co-founder of Landing Jobs sheds light on how there’s less confidence hiring because of the pandemic, downside in supply side, more active talent, passive talent becoming more passive, biggest changes, salary negotiations, change in policies, remote working, future of work, empathic communications, distribution, coping up and surving and more

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Recruitment Industry Shifting From Talent Acquisition to Talent Access

The recruitment industry is shifting from talent acquisition to talent access and there are great opportunities for hiring platforms that embrace change and morph with the latest trends, says an industry professional. “Recruitment fundamentally is about acquiring people for the company: I hire you, you work for me, no one else. But that is a…

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LACS, which is based in Portugal, offers co-working spaces and experiences and is dedicated to creative industries. (Photo credit: LACS)

LACS, a Creative Co-Working Community for “Cross-Pollination” of Ideas

LACS aims to create a space where professionals in different creative industries can evolve through exchanging ideas and establishing meaningful contacts with other individuals, companies, and organizations, says the CEO of the co-working platform.  “Our idea is to create an environment where people communicate, cross paths, and exchange ideas. We want to create a place…

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Digital nomadism is a rising trend. (Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash)

Lisbon, Top “Base Camp” for Digital Nomads in Europe: NomadX CEO

Lisbon is a major hub for location-independent professionals, or digital nomads, because it is a relatively affordable city, is well-placed geographically, and encourages entrepreneurship, says the CEO and chairman of NomadX. “I would say Lisbon is like the digital nomad headquarters in Europe,” David Nicol Williams, co-founder of NomadX—a platform offering affordable rentals for digital…

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Shivam Dhawan is the founder of Getboarded, an Artificial Intelligence and Big Data recruiting service platform in which bots are trained to help university applicants better match their soft skills with open vacancies. Photo credit: Via News.

Talent Analytics Startup Chooses Portugal to Enter EU Market

As the crowds were rushing away from Web Summit 2019 to Lisbon Airport, we used the calmer surroundings to talk at Startup Portugal’s double-decker with Shivam Dhawan, founder at Getboarded. Getboarded is an artificial intelligence and big data recruiting service platform, in which bots are trained to help university applicants better match their soft skills…

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Web Summit's promotional item in Praça do Comércio, Lisbon, Portugal. Photo credit: Rick Morais

Virtuleap’s CEO: Lisbon, a Potential “Top-Tier” Market for Startups

Lisbon has the potential to become a “top-tier” business market but comparing it to Silicon Valley only “discredits” it, says Amir Bozorgzadeh, the CEO and co-founder of Virtuleap. Virtuleap is a health and education VR startup based in Lisbon, which aims to elevate the cognitive assessment and training industry with the help of emerging technologies…

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