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    <title>Roq and Role - Episodes Tagged with “Talent”</title>
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  <title>Matthew Riddiough Boylan - Ex-Forces - Test Manager</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>This week we chat with Matthew, a ROQ Test Manager with a military background.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Ahead of the launch of Roq's Academy Apprenticeship which is tailored towards creating the ideal opportunity for ex-forces or return-to-worker, we talk to ex-forces Test Manager, Matthew Riddiough Boylan.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Matthew tells us all about why he switched to a career in Quality Engineering, how it's similar to his previous life in the military, best things about working for Roq and much more! &lt;/p&gt;
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  <title>Sean Gray - Talent Acquisition Specialist</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>ROQ and Role is the brand new podcast, hosted by ROQ Career Support Manager, Steven Knowles, interviewing a variety of ROQ colleagues from all roles, backgrounds and expertise. The podcast series aims to give you a flavour of what it’s like to work for ROQ as well as explore how some of our guests got in to their careers in testing. Steven will also cover some technical aspects of the testing world, in addition to some softer, wacky and fun questions.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;This episode is a little different as we stray from our path so far which has been mostly around the technical roles we have at ROQ, and we focus on a role in our 'People Team'. Meet Sean Gray, ROQ's Talent Acquisition Specialist, the man you'll be speaking to if you apply for a role within ROQ. During this podcast episode Sean gives us an insight in to his daily life and also highlights some of the things he's looking for in an ideal candidate, as well as some top tips when going through the recruitment process. &lt;/p&gt;
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