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The UK Just Banned Under-16s From Social Media. Here's What That Actually Means For Recruitment.

The UK’s under-16 social media ban will change how employers reach future talent, pushing youth recruitment away from TikTok and Instagram towards schools, parents, careers hubs and owned content.

Dereck Maruma

3 days ago6 min read

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WE'RE HIYA. AND WE THINK EMPLOYER BRANDING IS BROKEN.

Let’s be honest: most employer brands look the same. Same stock photography. Same “we’re like a family” messaging. Same careers page that hasn’t been updated since 2022. And then companies wonder why they’re struggling to attract the people they actually want. We started HIYA because we believe there’s a better way to do this, and because we were tired of watching brilliant companies say absolutely nothing interesting about what it’s like to work for them. Why we built HIYA.

Lucas Jeffcoate

Mar 33 min read