Tennis I notice that it’s retired professional tennis player Zina Garrison’s birthday today.  She is now 56 and living in Texas, but 25 years ago, in … Read More

Exactly 30 years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee and colleague Robert Cailliau were busy inventing the internet. On 12th November 1990 they published a proposal with the … Read More

Since our last update earlier this year (May 2020), a lot has happened.  We’re now in Lockdown 2.0 – although you mightn’t know it.  I was … Read More

At the weekend, current president Donald Trump announced that there would be a “lawyers press conference” at the Four Seasons in Philadelphia, hosted by celebrity ex-mayor … Read More

Donald Trump has today refused to take part in a virtual TV debate.  His exact words, speaking to Fox Business Channel this morning, were: “I’m not … Read More

As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough already, it seems that phishing is back in fashion. We often do specialist IT recruitment work to find security experts … Read More

Has the furlough scheme worked?  It’s coming to an end in just a few weeks’ time, but as the press release below indicates, there will be … Read More

Recruiting and hiring of new employees have always been demanding and resource-intensive processes. As the monetary cost of a bad hire can reach up to 30% … Read More

I started back to work recently after a brief period of furlough – it’s great to be back. While trying to get back into the swing of … Read More

This is a recording of our first ever live webinar: “4 Easy Ways To Drastically Improve Staff Retention And Save Money On Recruitment Fees” from October … Read More

I recently co-hosted a webinar with Rej Abraham, managing director of ABPM Finance Recruitment, about how to conduct contact-free remote recruitment. In a nutshell, it’s challenging, … Read More

These are challenging times for all of us, in different ways, and I thought you might be interested in hearing how the lockdown is affecting recruitment, … Read More

This week I’ve been working from home, and I have done about 30 video interviews with candidates. On the whole I’ve been very impressed with how … Read More

Many of us are working from home right now, due to the government’s recommendations on social distancing related to COVID-19. As we deal with a lot … Read More

Coronavirus. It’s a word you will have heard a lot recently. Whether it be on the news, in your office or pretty much anywhere else – … Read More

As a hard-working and ambitious IT professional, the day may come when becoming an IT manager is a real possibility. And when it does, you will … Read More

Many of us, including myself, have been in the position where we’ve changed jobs more quickly than intended, maybe even more than once, and it can … Read More

Feedback is important. And for businesses, one of the most important sources of feedback is from employees who are leaving. Using exit interviews effectively can hugely … Read More

Professionals who seem like job hoppers present a risk to hiring managers. Taking them on is a gamble. It could be a waste of money if … Read More

“Steph, I’m not sure why you’ve sent me this candidate’s CV.  He looks like a job hopper.  You know we don’t want a job hopper.” This … Read More