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May 25, 2022

Steps of the Tech Recruitment and Selection Process

No two selection processes are the same. They can be quite different depending on the industry and the size of the company. However at Manfred, we know first-hand that the recruitment and selection process in the Tech world have certain characteristics that make it different: conditioned by the high demand for technical talent, compared to the […]

March 24, 2022

How to survive Stackoverflowgeddon? 💊

On January 13th, StackOverflow CEO announced that the company would discontinue Developer Stories, the online CV format used by the popular technical Q&A site. As of March 31, MILLIONS of developers would lose their professional data, created and updated over more than 7 years. Thus, the solution proposed by StackOverflow –exporting the Developer Story as […]

March 8, 2022

Career Paths Aren't Always Linear, and That's OK

My dad just worked for 2 companies in his career, almost doing the same job for 50 years. My career was much different: After now 20 years, I already worked for 7 organizations and changed my profession 3 times. I studied electronics, but fast figured out that I don’t have a passion for hardware. I […]

March 8, 2022

How to Figure Out Your Next Career Move

The desire to change your job can have different motivators: You might be unsatisfied with the current work situation, you want to experience another company culture, or you simply want to do something completely different. Figuring out the next career move can be a very hard and emotional process. The new work, the uncertainty, the […]

February 28, 2022

How to deal with a counteroffer

As you already know, at Manfred we make a mad dash to post releases every Friday. Buuuuut this week, between #Tarugo21 and the little job that’s leading us to nickel-plated onboarding of our Manfredites, allow us to share something else that we hope you’ll find useful. A while ago, David launched a debate on how […]

December 18, 2019

Manfred's Ethical Commitment statement

How would we behave if a Manfredite who asked us for help in finding a new job ended up working for one of our clients? Or if one day that same client or any other company bought Manfred, how would we protect their privacy? Or how would we act if a candidate was already involved […]

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