by Advaita Naidoo | Aug 27, 2021 | Blog
As an advisor to one of the A-list blockchain venture capital funds in the US, I am privileged to enjoy a unique vantage point in the sector as a result of helping both early-stage and established blockchain and crypto companies with their hiring. For those of them...
by Advaita Naidoo | Aug 16, 2021 | Blog
Each year as we approach Women’s Month in South Africa, I eagerly await the news reports about women in the boardroom or C-suite, and the interviews with great female leaders. At Jack Hammer, our data centre conducts periodic updates on the make-up of JSE top 40...
by Advaita Naidoo | Jul 19, 2021 | Blog
I’ve called it a hiring ‘frenzy’. I’ve even resorted to the cliché ‘war for talent’ when describing the fierceness of the competition for skilled blockchain and crypto professionals. And that’s because the reality of what’s taking place in this incredibly hot market...
by Advaita Naidoo | Jun 21, 2021 | Blog
After more than two decades as an executive recruiter and business leader in frontier and emerging markets, I have lived and worked through numerous waves of hiring splurges as new niches, in new industry sectors and new markets, started to spike. The tech boom in the...
by Advaita Naidoo | Jun 11, 2021 | Blog
Although it’s clear that most companies are far from ready to communicate a comprehensive masterplan about the future of work logistics (according to a recent McKinsey and Company survey, less than one third of companies have a plan that they have communicated to...
by Advaita Naidoo | May 5, 2021 | Blog
An abundance of research now exists to show, beyond a shadow of doubt, that appointing women to the C-suite is not only the right thing to do from an ethical and moral perspective, but also the savvy business strategy. In fact, all high quality, commercially-oriented...
