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The 4 Horsemen of the Hiring Apocalypse

Hiring can be a hot mess of bust-up traditions, psychometric snake oil, technotopian crypto-babble and downright quackery… but I’m still…

Jul 27, 2018

The 4 Horsemen of the Hiring Apocalypse

Jul 27, 2018

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Finding Needles in Haystacks

How we write copy for humans

At Applied we believe applying for jobs is miserable enough and that language can help. Copy has been my responsibility so far, but as we…

Jun 21, 2018

How we write copy for humans

Jun 21, 2018

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Finding Needles in Haystacks

The 3 best ways to assess candidates

Or, how I learned that my gut feeling is sometimes just gas.

Apr 26, 2018

The 3 best ways to assess candidates

Apr 26, 2018

Richard Marr
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Finding Needles in Haystacks

We need to talk about James

In which I gingerly skip through the warzone that is the Google Memo debate and try to make sensible points without getting blown up by a…

Aug 11, 2017

We need to talk about James

Aug 11, 2017

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Finding Needles in Haystacks

We made Elon Musk’s résumé even shorter than that other one

A couple of weeks ago, CV company Novorésumé released a tongue-in-cheek bio of Elon Musk, aiming to use his pretty spectacular career to…

Jul 4, 2017

We made Elon Musk’s résumé even shorter than that other one

Jul 4, 2017

Richard Marr
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Finding Needles in Haystacks

12 Things Worth Knowing About Technical Debt When You’re Dead, Or In Denver, Or Something

In which I mouth off about Technical Debt, broadly to prod my ego which took a pounding recently

Jun 26, 2015

Jun 26, 2015

Richard Marr

Why Companies in the Charity Sector Aren’t Evil

“Hang on, you’re making a profit from charitable donations? Isn’t that evil?” asked Max, a razor-sharp guy with fantastic stubble and a…

May 29, 2015

May 29, 2015

Richard Marr

Richard Marr

Occasional outragious claims. Moderate or good. Founded @BeApplied, @HeyGuevara. Formerly @Justgiving. Invented A/B testing.

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