Learnings, insights and community
Discover tips, interviews, and updates in our tech recruitment blog - your go-to resources for industry insights and community news
Favourite Tech Tools & Resources
We've asked our friends in the tech industry to share their go-to tools and resources, and why they love them so much. From team scheduling and tackling time zones to code troubleshooting, these tools can help you be more efficient, creative and well-organised.
12 Things We've Observed In 12 Years of Lookahead
Lookahead turned 12 this month 🎉 Over a decade in tech recruitment, we've seen a thing or two. Here are some key insights and thoughts from our team.
Tech Events & Meetups
We've compiled a list of awesome tech events and meetups in Australia (and overseas) where you can learn, get inspired and mingle with your people.
Don’t make it hard to leave, make it easy to stay
The success of any company rides on the strength of its people, and while building the A-team is every founder’s dream, keeping it is just as important. So, what is the secret sauce to making a company where people want to stay?
Write a career journal
Struggling with interviews? You're not alone! Prepare like a pro by creating a career journal full of memorable stories - your brain's cheat sheet for those tricky questions.
Work-related advice from our friends in tech
We love collecting tips and insights from peers in our monthly newsletter interviews. We started publishing these valuable nuggets in a series of blog posts called 'We asked friends in tech'. Most recently, we shared our friends' excellent hiring tips. Today, we’re highlighting their one-sentence work-related advice.
Hiring advice from our friends in tech
We asked friends in tech for their one-sentence hiring advice. Here is a list of our favourite nuggets, plus our team's top-notch tips when hiring your dream team.
4-day work week: a 2023 update
With more and more companies trialling a 4-day work week, we revisit this increasingly popular topic with new tips and insights.
Jo Montanari
We chatted with Jo for our Ducks in a Row newsletter interview and learnt about modo, her favourite reads and the power of the glue.
Questions to ask at the end of the interview
Keep that conversation going strong with our list of questions to ask employers at the end of the interview.
“Although I’m not coding on a daily basis, I’ve really enjoyed meeting developers and chatting with them. Having that technical background definitely helps me understand what developers and companies are after. I’ve also spent a lot of time giving people general advice on job searching and resume writing. They really appreciate that.”
Join our team
We don’t just hire for other companies; we’re also building our own dream team.
We hire people who care about technology and train them to become great technical recruiters.
Are you a developer looking for a more people-focused role? Or a product manager who wants more autonomy?
If you love technology and want to work more closely with people, Lookahead could be the perfect fit.