Publications featuring Saberr
17/08/2017
Can robots be recruiters?
HR Magazine
Making the switch from gut feelings to more informed data-driven choices using just enough technology gives companies the chance to hire the best candiate for thier team
04/08/2017
AI vs HR
People Management
Saberr's CoachBot features as one of the applications revolutionaising the HR industry
01/08/2017
Work teams need these 6 things to be successful
HR Zone
Tom Marsden, CEO of Saberr, outlines 6 key attributes required for greater job satisfaction and superior job performance
07/07/2017
Collaboration: The high wire act
Virgin
Collaboration is no panacea. There’s a balancing act between productive, innovative collaboration and collaborative overload. A tipping point between innovative discussions and endless meetings
30/06/2017
These 10 recruitment startups are helping companies hire top talent, and candidates find their dream job
Techworld
Saberr named as one of the top ten recruitment startups are helping companies hire top talent, and candidates find their dream job
15/05/2017
101 Tech Disrupters
Business Cloud
Saberr features as one of Business Cloud Magazine's Top Tech Disrupters for 2017
10/05/2017
Anthony Joshua: five early signs of leadership greatness
Smallbusiness.co.uk
Team Coach George Karseras explains what business leaders can learn from how leading boxer Anthony Joshua goes about his work.
06/05/2017
10 exciting start-ups changing how people get hired
Silicon Republic
10 of the best companies to help recruit based on referrals, fit or know how
26/04/2017
Bringing HR into the 21st century
Virgin
While consumer technology is designed to engage and delight users, the same can rarely be said for business software, particularly in the HR space.
25/04/2017
The six key ingredients to a successful team
Real Business
Tom Marsden, CEO of team analytics company Saberr, investigates what really makes a happy and successful team.
12/04/2017
The rise of the AI recruiter: is HR tech the next to challenge human intuition?
Growth Business
New recruitment platforms use artificial intelligence and machine learning to help tech companies source the best talent, begging the question whether 'gut feel' in decision making is outdated as traditional HR
04/04/2016
In Search of a Perfect Team at Work
WSJ
companies from startups and online businesses to incumbents in all industries will experience the effects in far-reaching and transformational ways.
28/03/2017
My Agenda: Tom Marsden
Digital Agenda
Saberr CEO Tom Marsden explains how we can use tech for good, to support individuals and teams to be happy at work
27/03/2017
Twelve Forces That Will Radically Change How Organizations Work
BCG
A tidal wave of change is coming that will soon make the way we work almost unrecognizable to today’s business leaders. companies from startups and online businesses to incumbents in all industries will experience the effects in far-reaching and transformational ways.
16/03/2017
There's no I in team
PWC Fast Growth Companies Blog
The people analytics startup using data to help companies design and manage high performing teams
22/02/2017
Beyond quotas: what are the ingredients for true diversity
HR Zone
Diversity in the workplace is a good thing. It’s amazing to think that there can be so much confusion and controversy over such a seemingly simple statement.
21/02/2017
Is team effectiveness more important than happiness in a business?
Virgin
The ability to affect happiness at work is something that should be taken seriously but it’s not about an expensive quick fix
16/02/2017
Hiring an external CEO can be a piece of tactical masterclass
Real Business
Why Saberr looked outside of the business when hiring a CEO
06/12/2016
These 10 recruitment startups are helping companies hire top talent, and candidates find their dream job
Techworld
Saberr named as one of the top ten recruitment startups are helping companies hire top talent, and candidates find their dream job
01/12/2016
Why are collaboration and compromise important in business?
Virgin.com
Collaboration matters. Hard problems are not only solved more easily by collaboration but actually require it, so if we want to solve problems and fulfil ambitions, we need to get better at working within and managing teams.
18/11/2016
Why startups fail: the main reasons why tech startups fail, from market fit to burn rate
Techworld
Life at a startup often means working in small teams, in close quarters and within highly stressful environments. Interpersonal relationships and team dynamics often fall low down the priority list for startup founders and managers, but this shouldn’t be the case
11/11/2016
What do the election results tell us about our values
HR Grapevine
Most of us will have had a visceral reaction to the US election result. Why? Because, much like with Brexit, it touched upon our values
19/09/2016
Can LinkedIn find your next rock star employee?
Personnel Today
LinkedIn's tool allowing companies to search for 'career doppelgangers' is a great way of narrowing down a pool of hires. However, there’s a danger that this innovation reinforces an existing bias to focus on the visible “hard” skills, rather than the less visible but critical “soft skills”. Saberr CEO, Tom Marsden, looks at how employers can also ensure cultural fit.
01/09/2016
Management needs to change, but holacracy is not the answer
Virgin
In recent months we've seen more organisations opting to get rid of old, hierarchical company structures in favour of self-managing teams. However Tom Marsden of Saberr suggests such a radical approach might be a step too far, as more research is done into the science of workplace dynamics, companies are in the fortunate position of being able to foster managers who will inspire happy and high-performing teams.
18/07/2016
Are better connections the secret to a more enjoyable work life?
Virgin
We spend most of our lives at work so it's important the hours we spend in the office are enjoyable. The key? Better connections. And the best connections are formed when we allow ourselves to ourselves. We want to create working environments that encourage people to bring their 'whole self' to work rather than a contrived, 'work ready' persona.
24/06/2016
UK entrepreneurs react to Brexit vote
VentureBeat
Tom Marsden, Saberr CEO shares his thoughts on Brexit, “In light of this result, the UK will have to work harder to maintain our obvious position as the technology hub in Europe."
17/06/2016
Why most of London's tech sector believes Brexit will prove a disaster
Tech Crunch
How Brexit will affect the UK Tech sector: The U.K. suffers from a classic skills gap problem, particularly in development, UX and product management which quitting the EU will only exacerbate.
27/05/2016
Forget Myers-Briggs, algorithms can better predict team chemistry
The Guardian
Saberr has taken a contemporary, big-data approach to an area that all organisations have struggled with – making teamwork part of the selection and review process. It is pioneering with this type of approach. Their model stands up to scrutiny and they are doing a good job.
08/05/2016
Recruiting by algorithm
BBC Radio 4 In Business
Peter Day discovers, that to get through to an interview, you often have to impress a computer algorithm first. Traditionally a subjective process, Peter looks at this huge change in the way people are selected for jobs and asks whether technology can achieve the recruiters' aim of eliminating bias from hiring.
06/04/2016
Tech City analytics company Saberr bags £1m
Startups.co.uk
Saberr is able to assess whether a company’s new hire will work well within the team using an algorithm-based on data from online dating sites, classical psychology and behavioural economics
05/04/2016
Saberr pockets £1m to create workspace harmony, as it has for Coca-Cola and Microsoft
Real Business
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05/04/2016
A London startup that helps Microsoft to hire the right people has raised £1 million
Business Insider
The behavioural economic approach to HR, combined with Tom and Alistair's vision for Saberr really makes it an exciting investment opportunity. The company's successes to date with the likes of Coca-Cola and Microsoft are a great springboard for the truly innovative and intelligent technology
10/03/2016
Time to use data to improve your staffing
Raconteur (The Times)
People analytics are the latest buzzwords to hit human resources and talent management. But these two words should not be dismissed as just another piece of management speak as they sum up the potential for businesses to drive decisions based on the use of data, drawing on insight that has up to now been unattainable.
02/03/2016
Saberr founder Alistair Shepherd believes that online dating can change the way offices work
IT Pro
Saberr claims it can predict the performance of your office team based on how well you get along, using an algorithm informed by online dating. Founder, Alistair Shepherd, uses the software to make all his hires – and even spot which startups are about to fail so he can poach their staff, which is how the company picked up its current CTO
29/02/2016
HR analytics tools promise edge in war for talent
Computer Weekly
Saberr could prove valuable in taking a stage out of the recruitment process, freeing up valuable time in the business. It could also be used to select the best teams to work on client projects from the internal pool of talent.
29/02/2016
Matchmaking in the workplace: how online dating can improve team effectiveness
Alphr
The way Saberr test its effectiveness is to look at the performance or outcome data of teams that have been operating for the past couple of years. They run analysis and compare which teams should have had the highest performance over the past couple of years. The data matches up remarkably well and it's surprising how predictive Saberr is when it comes to forecasting performance considering skills, experience and demographics are not measured. – all things you consider when you're interviewing somebody.
18/12/2015
London-based startup Saberr can predict if someone is the right fit for your company with its predictive recruitment algorithm
Techworld
The University of Bristol were hosting a business plan competition and Saberr wanted to see if they could predict which team would win without any knowledge of their skills, experience, demographic nor the idea they were working on. They got the precise ranking of all eight teams spot on. The probability of getting this correct is 1 in 40320.
16/12/2015
This startup can predict if your business will fail with questions like 'do you like horror films?'
Business Insider
Seedcamp (an early stage venture capital fund) had a list of 21 companies they were considering investing in. Saberr claimed they could predict who they were going to invest in and we how they're going to fare. The Saberr tests revealed one company that they thought would fail and one week after the Seedcamp paperwork was signed that company folded for the reason Saberr had suggested.
20/11/2015
Three tips for entrepreneurs creating the perfect team
Virgin
"The most important thing for you as an entrepreneur trying to build something is, you need to build a really good team" Saberr examines the three key ingredients for designing successful teams
27/10/2015
Six HR ideas that really deliver
CIPD People Management
Hiring people has a lot in common with finding a date: positive characteristics are sought, bad habits are best avoided and there’s a general sense that everyone involved needs to have the same basic values. It’s hardly surprising, then, that a recruitment tool based on a dating app is proving successful.
20/10/2015
V3 startup spotlight: data analytics SaaS firm Saberr
V3
Teamwork isn't magic, it's science. Saberr have proven that it's possible to improve employee performance by over 20 percent simply by helping companies design teams and hire new employees who are more likely to work well together.
24/08/2015
The end of the annual appraisal: what's next for performance management?
Personnel Today
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11/05/2015
How does a good team impact employee happiness?
Virgin
Despite this fast-growing evidence that happy, productive individuals work within happy, productive teams, they are often the forgotten force when it comes to maintaining employee well-being. Saberr explain what can be done about this.
26/02/2015
Bosses don't bother with talent data
Raconteur (The Times)
Talent analytics should be viewed as an investment which can deliver a tangible return when properly implemented. People are typically 70 per cent of the cost of business in mature economies, yet hiring decisions for example are still driven by the gut.