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How Secure is the Cloud?
The digitalisation frenzy is in full swing as businesses race to make the most of the most of the latest tech. Between the promise of workflow optimisation, warp-speed development and lean, mean, D...
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Tech’s Shifting Hiring Landscape: Demand, Skills Gaps, and Rising Costs
Is the candidate-led market over? High vacancies and record-breaking salary averages don’t paint the whole portrait. As pockets of tech take-off (data science jobs are growing at warp speed), the ...
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Embracing Change in Tech: Finding Your Next Role
Adaptability is key in a leaner, greener, AI-enabled tech industry. Layoffs are down, salaries are resetting, and resignation month is right around the corner – if you’re hoping to make the leap to...
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Valuation Matters: Inside the Digital Transformation Landscape
M&A activity is on the up in the UK and the US, surging by 59% and 64% respectively in 2024. It’s largely thanks to a stabilising market, increasing risk appetite, and a focus shift toward operati...
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Episode 33: Blowback, Business, and No-Nonsense Leadership, with Andrew Holmes
Episode 33! SODA’s Managing Director, Oliver Perry, caught up with the insightful Andrew Holmes, author, management consultant, business partner, humourist – the list goes on. Tune in to hear all ...
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Exploring Future-Proof Tech Roles
Are future-proof jobs a myth? Probably. Is the working world in a constant state of transition? Definitely. Building an adaptable skill set is the key to traversing today’s fast-changing tech land...
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Why Tech Contractors Choose Germany
As hiring budgets freeze in the face of uncertainty, the world’s labour markets are facing off against subdued growth, skill gaps, and for some German companies, industrial stagnation.This has cat...
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Top Tech Skills to Watch in 2024
Hoping to future-proof your career in a fast-changing tech world? Now’s the perfect time – not only are upskilling opportunities more accessible than ever, but also the global tech market is desper...
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Case Study - Meta
OverviewAs one of the world’s premier innovators, Meta recruits a wide variety of tech professionals, leveraging a range of skill sets to deliver consistent value to its customers. From software e...
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Tech Trends 2024: Inside the Cloud Exodus
The cloud exodus – while it might not warrant ‘the great’ quite yet, a recent trend of repatriation (companies backing out of the cloud in favour on-site infrastructures) has emerged. Given the wid...
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Overcoming Germany's Digitalisation Gap
Is German digitalisation in need of a reboot? Despite boasting the third-largest economy in the world, a thriving industry 4.0 market, and an innovation-rich startup scene, Germany’s digital lag t...
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Beyond Hiring: What is Community-Led Recruitment?
As tech skill shortages reach record heights, traditional recruitment models fail to keep pace with the demand for talent.The German tech market is a prime example, a thriving, innovation-rich hub ...
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Episode 32: Changing the Tune – Pivoting into Tech with Tim Morris
In this episode of the SODA Social podcast, we sat down with the wonderful Tim Morris, veteran of the live music industry-turned software developer. Tim shared his thoughts on transferrable skill...
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Exploring Swiss Tech Hubs: A Magnet for Talent
Switzerland’s tech hubs are a prime destination for Europe’s top talent, boasting high growth rates, excellent standards of living, and innovation in abundance.As the chronic skill shortage rages o...
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The Responsible Business Initiative Revisited: A New Era for Corporate Accountability?
After being rejected at the ballot box back in 2020, Switzerland’s Responsible Business Initiative (RBI) is finally making a resurgence.The original initiative, designed to improve Switzerland’s c...
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