The best product hires in retail don’t sound like product people
Featuring Fabrice Khullar, Director of Product, UX & Optimisation at Boots UK, in conversation with Ricky Burns on Episode 1 of On The Pulse. Look at most senior product job specs for a retail business and you’ll see them asking for pure-tech experience, discovery fluency, and time at a B2C product company. But the product […]
Pulse Group launches On The Pulse Podcast
We’re delighted to share that On The Pulse, our new podcast, is live. On The Pulse is where product, technology and go-to-market leaders share what it really takes to build. It’s hosted by Ricky Burns and Tony Mulcock, founders of Pulse Group, and every episode is a candid conversation with Directors, CPOs, CTOs and senior […]
RMP Live London: What it takes to build a recruitment business that lasts
Last week, Ricky Burns, Co-Founder of Pulse Group, joined the stage at the Recruitment Mentors Live podcast event in London, alongside Mike Bott (LHi Group) and Daniel Cox (Edison Smart). The session focused on a simple idea, building a recruitment business that lasts, not just one that grows quickly. Less noise, more honesty With over […]
Why Tech Candidates Aren’t Applying for Jobs Anymore
If you speak to most hiring managers right now, the same concern keeps coming up. Good roles are open, budgets are there, but the applications just aren’t landing. That gap says more about how tech recruitment actually works today than it does about the market being “quiet”. The simple truth is this. Strong candidates are […]
When to Hire a CTO vs a Head of Engineering
If you speak to most hiring managers right now, the same concern keeps coming up. Good roles are open, budgets are there, but the applications just aren’t landing. That gap says more about how tech recruitment actually works today than it does about the market being “quiet”. The simple truth is this. Strong candidates are […]
Why Digital Transformation Projects Stall (and How to Avoid It)
A lot of digital transformation projects start with clear intent. There is budget, leadership buy-in, and a defined outcome. On paper, everything looks set up to work. Then progress slows. Timelines stretch, priorities shift, and what felt like a focused initiative starts to lose direction. Where things start to drift Most projects do not fail […]