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4 min read January 2026

Avoiding the Recruitment Robot-Wars: Why Maritime ..

The digital landscape of 2026 has reached a strange tipping point. As a recent Economist report highlights, we are currently witnessing a “recruitment arms race.” On one ..

2 min read December 2025

Are the young ditching their screen time?

For all the doom and gloom about phone-addled youths, says John Harris in the Guardian the “defining cultural theme” of 2025 has been the dawning realisation that a life..

4 min read December 2025 AI Maritime Recruitment

AI in Recruitment: Are We Really Ready?

Legal, Ethical, and Technical Realities HR Teams Can’t Ignore Artificial intelligence is reshaping recruitment faster than most organisations can adapt. From automated CV..

screenshot of the hood career hub with automatic status update sent to candidate option

3 min read December 2025 automatic status update job ghosting

Stop Ghosting Candidates: Why It’s Quietly Costing..

In a competitive maritime labour market, candidate experience is no longer a “nice-to-have” — it is a currency. Yet one of the most common and most damaging habits in rec..

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