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🇦🇺 Imagine telling your mates you're moving to Sydney! Not "thinking about it". Not "one day". Moving. Job lined up, sponsorship secured, flight booked! 🛩️ That's what's on the table here. A Sydney scaleup just opened 9 roles to UK talent. The deal: you sort your first 6 months on a working holiday visa, then they take over with full company-paid sponsorship. They handle the bit that's usually stopped you doing this for the last couple of years. 💼 Engineering. Product. Growth. Ops. Content. One of these has your name on it. 🌊 Swipe through. Comment "Sydney" or DM us. Let's get you on the plane.

The contractor brief from two years ago looks nothing like the one landing in our inbox today. If yours does - that's worth thinking about👇 Clients used to ask for developers, PMs and business analysts. Today it's AI engineers, machine learning specialists, and data scientists who've actually shipped models. Tech leads who can navigate AI implementation inside a live business - not just talk about it in a workshop. 🤖 Businesses have moved from experimenting with AI to delivering it. The contract market has moved with them. A lot of hiring briefs haven't. The contractors who could move your project forward are already working for someone else - because another business briefed better and moved faster. The conversation we're having with the best clients right now isn't "find me a contractor." It's "help me understand what this project actually needs." That's where a specialist makes the difference. 📩 DM us or visit oscar-recruit.com

✨ Oscar are proud sponsors of the Oldham Business Awards 2026! 🏆 We've been based in Manchester for over 20 years. The North West business community has been good to us - this is our chance to give something back. The Oldham Business Awards celebrate the companies and people driving real growth across the region. That's our kind of crowd. If you're entering, shortlisted, or just coming along for the night — we'll see you there. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eQmqJpMJ

You're not losing candidates to better companies. You're losing them to better offers. We've just released The AI Divide: How AI Is Reshaping Tech Salaries & Hiring report - and the data inside will change how you think about your next hire or your next move. Here's what the market is telling us right now👇 🔹 Senior AI/ML Engineers are earning 15.5% more than Senior Software Engineers - same title, very different story 🔹 AI-literate job postings are up 70% year-on-year 🔹 Contractors inside IR35 are taking home £15K–£17K less per year than outside equivalents - most are negotiating blind 🔹 71% of UK orgs report a persistent cybersecurity skills shortage The market is rewarding scarcity, not seniority. This report tells you exactly where that scarcity is. Download it for free 👉 https://lnkd.in/eSa4WZqZ

✨ The Contract team is growing - and we love to see it! ✨ Please give a warm welcome to the latest addition to the Oscar Contract team! Samuel West joins us in Manchester as a Resource Consultant 🥊 A die-hard MMA fan ⚒️ Proud West Ham supporter (we won't hold it against him) 🎬 Favourite film? Revenge of the Sith Welcome to the team, Sam. You're going to smash it! 🤝

✨ Three new faces have just joined the Oscar family in Tampa - and we couldn't be more excited to have them on board 🙌 Chris Brucks joins Oscar Construction as a Recruitment Consultant 🌍 Travelled to 15+ countries 🐂 Ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain ⚾ Played baseball in the Dominican Republic for a summer Tomas Jimenez also joins Oscar Construction as a Recruitment Consultant 🇨🇴 Born and raised in Medellín, Colombia ⚽ Still plays football 4–5 times a week 🍹 Loves cooking and crafting new cocktails Callum Crockett joins Oscar Technology as a Principal Consultant 🌎 Lived in four countries in his 20s and travelled to 25+ 🏔️ Trekked to Machu Picchu on a gruelling 4-day hike 🚪 Started his sales career at 16 doing door-to-door Welcome to the team, Chris, Tomas, and Callum. Tampa - you're in good hands! 🤝🇺🇸

Hard work tastes better with a good meal🥂 The Oscar contracts team took the night off last night - and after the few months they've had, it was long overdue. This is what it's about. Great people, great results and a table big enough for all of them. Watch this space! 👀

🎉 A new face just joined Team Oscar, Manchester! 🙌 Isobel Hill | Resource Consultant 🏆 Isobel used to make trophies for a living in Australia 🎺 She can play the cornet - yes, that's a tiny trumpet 🍺 She is also part of a pub quiz team Welcome to Oscar, Isobel! Big things ahead! 🚀

✨ Consultant of the Month – April ✨ A huge congratulations to Logan McLaughlin for being voted our Manchester Consultant of the Month 👏 Logan has absolutely smashed it last month with his hard work, consistency and dedication across the board. From building strong relationships to delivering outstanding results for both clients and candidates, he’s continued to set the standard every single day. His attitude, energy and willingness to go the extra mile have made a massive impact on the team - and this recognition is fully deserved!💥 Keep up the great work Logan. Big things ahead 🚀

✨ Last night's SocialCode was a good one! ✨ Big thanks to our three speakers for sharing their time and knowledge - Charlie Stephenson, Kendrick Curtis & Sarah Schlobohm. And thanks to everyone who came out and made it the night it was. Great conversations and genuine insight. See you at the next one! 🙌