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The Must Read for Anyone Planning to Recruit this Year
Grab talent while it’s hot. Recruit fast and beat the competition.
World Cup Glory or World Cup Woe?
Will employers be greeting the tournament with excited anticipation?
No doubt some will, but the majority will be approaching it with some trepidation. If previous World Cups are anything to go by, it’s widely recognised that staff absence and sickness rises significantly on match days and perhaps more worryingly, on the immediate day after a crucial match.
You Can’t Build a Great Company by Tolerating Mediocrity
The market is picking up and most companies seem to have recruiting plans for the next 12 months, however, although many Managers and IT Professionals are still nervous to move, preferring the safety and security of their current employer, regardless if they are 100% happy or 100% effective in their role.
Why Should Somebody Come and Work For You?
In a market where people don’t move for a job title or a salary increase, it is vital to ask yourself that question.
Want To Cut Costs By More Than 50%?
Optimising application development and maintenance (ADM) can slash operation costs by more than 50%…
Report on IT Jobs: London
London sees sharper rise in permanent staff placements in March
The Beginning of the End for the Biro
We are living in an era where technology and science is moving at an incredible pace. Only last week medical history was made by using 3D printing in surgery, along with the discovery of a new Dwarf Planet inside our solar system. It can be easy to forget about the basic items we use daily that will eventually be extinct.
Do You Have Far More Applications Than the Company Requires?
Over 50% of CIO’s and key IT players do…
Budgets, Priorities and Frustrations for CIO’s in 2014
1st April is a matter of days away and budgets are top of the agenda for most UK businesses, but what does this mean for IT? Will it be another year of forgoing software upgrades and simply having to make do with outdated software, or will investments in data management and cloud services make fire-fighting an easier task, freeing more time for projects to help take your business forwards?
Employee Engagement – just a cliché or does it really make a big difference?
There is a trend that is gathering pace in the enlightened companies of the UK – motivated staff are rising to more challenges and are happy to put in longer hours and take on bigger workloads in order to help their business achieve their goals. What great news. But how to they do it?