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Salary information is still a pending issue. We cannot really speak of opacity, of lack of transparency. Who can know for sure, with real data, what their salary should be? The reality is that it is cultural factors that play a role in not talking about salaries. But the consequences of this lack of information […]

To what extent should we let you know when we have a job position that matches your profile? This is a question we ask ourselves a lot. Meanwhile, you also made it clear to us that you wanted the chance to opt into some kind of notification system when new job listings were published so […]

Our brand new Salary Compass HAS SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. In case you haven't checked it out yet or don't know what the M we are talking about, head over to our post where we give you the lowdown. The Salary Compass is a salary benchmark tool that enables you to gauge your financial […]

Our brand new Salary Compass HAS SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. In case you haven't checked it out yet or don't know what the M we are talking about, head over to our post where we give you the lowdown. The Salary Compass is a salary benchmark tool that enables you to gauge your financial […]

Facing a job selection process is not exactly a pleasant experience. Most of us have been there and know this first hand. A lot of the time, the problem is that we are “heading to the battle field with a wooden spoon in hand”. Well, we can tell you that this is over (serious tone). […]

Structured interviews are used in some organisations to compare candidates better and make more objective, unbiased recruitment decisions. In a structured interview, the interviewer is asking the same question in the same order to every single candidate. There are no unplanned follow-up questions. This way, the organisation can compare candidates' answers more easily. Preparing for […]

Amazon introduced the bar-raiser interview back in 1999 to basically keep up a certain standard when recruiting new team members. The aim is not trying to just fill positions with people that can do the job, but with people that can actually improve Amazon. They called it "bar keeper" back in the day, but it […]

A lot of companies are asking themselves: How can we hire a new employee by just interviewing candidates? Talking about the job doesn’t show if the interviewee can actually do the job the way it is expected. The skills required on the job are rarely the ones that are tested during an interview. Doing well […]

Last week we launched a brand new release of our platform under the pretty bold promise of 'The New Manfred'. In this post, we wanted to tell you all about what was developed during the 3 months prior to the launch, which has propelled us to this very exciting new stage: Manfred no longer runs […]

Manfred was born 4 years ago with a Telegram channel and a handful of job offers indexed on GitHub. Even back in the day, we aspired to go far beyond being a simple job search portal. From then to now, we want to shake things up and make things easier for the tech community, without […]