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The thing that I most enjoy about

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working at Search Labs is having the 

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freedom and the autonomy

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to build or create whatever you want to.

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We work in an industry that changes really

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fast and clients have really diverse needs

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So, there's always an opportunity to do

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something new, to try something different,

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and the company gives us a lot of freedom

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to do that.

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Personally, I like to come into the office

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and have that team ethic

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and see people but at the same time,

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having the opportunity to work from home

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when you need to, you might not get it at

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many other places.

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The benefits packages that we get here

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the stuff that you can do outside of work

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it’s second to none,

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I can’t fault it at all.

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One of the best parts of working at

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Search Labs is definitely the community

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feel. I made a lot of good friends here,

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it’s probably what’s made the last nine

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years such an important nine years

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of my life.

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So, I'm part of the wider team that looks 

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looks at EDI at Search Labs and my role

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within that group

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is to work with a few people to look at

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how we can improve the number of female 

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leaders in the business.

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We look at everything from the candidates 

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that we're getting in and how we can make 

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that pool of people more diverse,

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and also how we encourage more female

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managers and leaders within the business.

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Working in recruitment,

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I knew standards were really high 

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when we were recruiting new talent 

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and new staff into the business.

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So, when I thought about a career,

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it was a no-brainer.

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 I wanted to move into digital

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and there was nowhere better

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to learn digital than at Search Labs.

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There's a lot of opportunity.

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There's a lot of people that help support

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you grow and improve.

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There's a lot of different routes and

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paths that you can go down, looking for

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different opportunities for different

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people and seeing how we can help them

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move into those different positions.

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That's definitely helped me, I've had mana

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managers over the last nine years that hav

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have really helped guide me 

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and spotted different things that I'm good

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at, and I'm hoping that I can do that

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for other people as well.

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I feel like I've never worked with

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such a kind, supportive bunch of people at

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an agency before

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and, looking at my team and my managers,

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everyone really is your champion and just 

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want you to be the best

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that you can be.

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I met some of my best friends here

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and the atmosphere is brilliant.

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One of the best things about

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Search Labs is obviously all the parties

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that they put on, even all the

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team socials and the little touches that

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that they do throughout the year.

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It really brings everyone together, 

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 it really has a buzz in the office

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and it's just all-round good vibes.