More than 1.2 billion people worldwide regularly play video games. There is a lot of different types of video games, but the so called ‘action games’ are among the most popular. Researchers have long been interested in the effects video games have on gamers. For example, examining the cognitive profile of action video game players... Continue Reading →
Would you be a good match for a startup? Check whether you have the necessary qualities!
Even though here at PitchMe, we dream of a job-search free of CVs, we appreciate the fact that it might not be immediately possible. Hence, here is a check-list of great information and structural ideas which you should include in your CV.
You are about to join a startup, but your intuition keeps telling you that something might be wrong. Why is that? We share the insight expressed in the Bad Blood, an award-winning book on Silicon Valley unicorn startup Theranos written by journalist John Carreyrou and published in May 2018.
Some time ago the PitchMe team attended a lecture given by the Nobel prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz. The topic of that talk was particularly interesting for us, since Stiglitz addressed the issues of artificial intelligence, robotisation of labour markets and how it all might affect unemployment rates across the world. AI and its implications... Continue Reading →
Nearly every working professional has a CV. I'm sure even you have a one. But have you ever stopped and wondered who created the first ever CV? Who was that man or woman who decided to summarise his/her skills and achievements into one document? Who is responsible for everybody’s job-search headache? Supposedly, the CV was... Continue Reading →
As many business ideas, it all started from a personal experience to find a job and a rhetorical question “why is this so complicated”? 5 years ago, being involved in the Young professional network in London, our co-Founders saw how candidates struggled to find a job, while companies found it extremely challenging to find good... Continue Reading →
What do we know about corporate leadership? Pretty much everything — so many books are written about motivation, leadership styles, team management. Many of us came across a known wisdom “If you can manage three — you can manage thousands”. But is it really true, that person who has managed to get three people to work together on a... Continue Reading →
Thirty per cent of workers in the UK are in occupations either highly likely to grow as a share of the workforce or highly likely to shrink. 70% of UK jobs are much more uncertain. There is an opportunity for people within the uncertain or rapidly changing occupation to improve their prospects by investing in... Continue Reading →
