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You know that time on a Friday night when you have a couple of drinks and your partner has dozed off and then you have a … Read More

In IT, projects rarely go exactly as planned. Budgets shift, timelines slip, and priorities change. Yet even when a project isn’t delivered 100% successfully, there are … Read More

The end of the year is rarely the moment to overhaul your hiring strategy — and you know what, that’s okay! But a little light reflection … Read More

Going through the archives of our blog, I was reminded that back in 2013, we posted an article entitled ‘What we’ve learned about recruitment from 10 … Read More

At Blues Point we work in partnership with ABPM https://abpmrecruitment.co.uk/ – experts in Financial Recruitment, who are having a very busy December! You can view all … Read More

In a world of recruitment giants, automated processes, and conveyor-belt candidate pipelines, it can feel like you’re shouting into the void when you need to hire. … Read More

Many years ago, I worked with a client who asked us to recruit for a senior technical role.  We were directed to HR for all communications … Read More

Just days after Storm Claudia battered the UK, another kind of storm arrived — a digital one. When Cloudflare went down on Tuesday, millions of users … Read More

It was March 2020, and like many people I was on my first nervous day of being a remote worker, having evacuated our Burton offices for … Read More

At Blues Point, we specialise in helping organisations find and assess skilled IT contractors quickly and confidently. The best contractors are often in high demand, so … Read More

  When we recruit for IT professionals, it’s easy to be distracted by the candidates’ technical abilities and qualifications.  Of course, these are very important.  But … Read More

We talk to IT professionals every single day — from software developers and data specialists to cloud architects and project managers — and one thing is … Read More

Let’s be honest, the IT job market has cooled in 2025, particularly in the latter part of the year. Hiring freezes, delayed projects, and tighter budgets … Read More

In IT, top performers aren’t just the ones who fix issues faster or write flawless code — they’re the people who innovate, inspire, and keep operations … Read More

When it comes to hiring in IT, job titles might seem like the least of your worries. After all, surely what matters most is the role … Read More

Let’s be honest: hiring in the IT industry isn’t easy. The market is competitive, good people don’t hang around for long, and if you’re hiring managers … Read More

If you’ve ever written a job description and thought, “Well, no one’s going to tick every box, but let’s shoot for the stars,” then you’ll know … Read More

People are always asking me: “Why do you even exist?” When I ask them to clarify, they explain that they’re actually talking about recruitment agencies, not … Read More

  Here are five key mistakes that hirers are making in 2025, based on current trends and insights, and our experience!  They apply to both permanent … Read More

I had a damp issue in April – and by that I mean that there was a water leak from a pipe in the bathroom.  Stressful, … Read More