Would you be a good match for a startup? Check whether you have the necessary qualities!
10 personality traits that would make you a good fit for a start-up
8 skills you can acquire by playing Call of Duty, GTA and other action video games
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 →
Talk about CVs. How to write a CV, what to include, what to omit. Ultimate check-list.
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.
5 signs you’d better stay away from that startup. What ‘Bad Blood’ teaches us
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.
7 Thought-Provoking Ideas About AI And Robotisation Of Workplace From Nobel Prize Winning Economist Joseph Stiglitz
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 →
Three unusual lessons that can be learned from the world’s first CV
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 →
PitchMe celebrates a re-launch!
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 →
Do you need to study programming if you want to become a chef?
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 →
