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Hanna Neuborn
on 25 October 2022

How we hire at Canonical


Hiring in a global remote first organisation is complex and takes considerable effort to create a truly fair and consistent process. Assessing talent from a large, globally remote talent pool means that we need to do things a little differently.

Hear our CEO, Mark Shuttleworth and Global Head of Talent Science, Hanna Neuborn discuss how we hire talent here at Canonical and what we are trying to achieve.

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