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Christmas Film Reviews

Over the last few years we’ve amused ourselves at Christmas by watching classic Christmas films and reviewing them with a […]
The subtle art of getting the level right

“Everyone talks about the role….but getting the level right was the key to this hire” Phil Lowe from CloudCapcha talks […]
U-turns, roundabouts and road blocks – government intervention help or hindrance?

The UK has a massive skills shortage. That’s pretty much unarguable at this point – as I write this the […]
What will happen to tech hiring in a recession?

It looks as though we’re in for a recession. It feels like it’s only 5 minutes since the last one, […]
Summer reads!

August is a quite time in recruitment. It’s a people business, and people go on holiday. So it can be […]
Partnering with Vocative to deliver a project

Simone Jordan from Inhealth talks about her experience working with Vocative to deliver a project for the group. What business […]
Attracting the right candidates – The Vocative Conversation

In a tight market, attracting the right candidates is as important as identifying them – how can you make sure […]
Why recruitment is all about the grey areas

Complete with background noise from the school next door, Alastair and Justin discuss the way that nuance and communication are […]
People Solutions in Technical Programmes – Vocative Conversation with Adel de Lange

What’s the most important challenge in turning round a complex technical project? People. I had a great conversation with Adel de […]
“Getting rid of the culture of no” – a conversation with James Alexander

“Change is about removing impediments which are blocking people from doing more exciting, more productive work”. James Alexander and I recently […]
Visa Sponsorship for Technical Roles – new rules

Post Brexit, the landscape for visa sponsorship has changed significantly in the UK, making it easier for SME organisations to […]
Transparent Search Testimonial – Mike Walton, CEO Opsview

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Building a true partnership with customers: Vocative’s Transparent Search

Finding and hiring the right candidate isn’t a linear process. It’s not hard to find someone who can send you […]
Hiring for Change Teams – a conversation with Steve Bruce

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IR35 – How Vocative is helping its customers

Vocative’s partnership with QDos for IR35 The changes, this April, to the IR35 off payroll legislation are designed to move […]
How to be a great candidate – part 3: the interview

How to be a great candidate? Ace the interview! Your CV has presented you on paper and now you have […]
How to be a great candidate – Part 2: the CV

How to be a great candidate? How can you get your CV to stand out in front of a hiring […]
How to be a great candidate

How can you be a great candidate? What is it that makes you stand out from the crowd? How can […]
A few crucial hires will be the key to success in 2021

Most companies will hire in 2021, whatever happens. There will be turnover, there will be unexpected challenges, there will be […]
2023 – The Year of the Expert?

Brexit, Libor, Covid, economic volatility – 2021 is going to be complex. To deal with that complexity, the demand for […]
The challenge of getting the Job Description right

Rob Rowe is an experienced consultant, architect and CTO – and he put an excellent blog on LinkedIn earlier this […]
Recruiting – do you need a person or a process?

Recruiting – do you need a person or a process? “Recruitment” is a ridiculously broad term. It covers high street […]
Being an Expert means knowing where you can help

What does it mean to be an expert? Of course it means being good at what you do. But it […]
Finding the right person not the available person

There are lots of candidates about. But it isn’t about finding the available person, good hiring strategy means that you […]
Getting under the skin of the need….

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Why do you need a recruiter in a recession?

There’s lots of people out there looking for a job. No doubt about it. And there’s a drop in the […]
What’s all this about art and science?

Recruitment’s an art, not a science. You’ll read that all over the place on our website. What does it mean? […]
Shared purpose – the rights and wrongs of hiring for culture

What does it mean to hire for culture? And is it a good thing? Technical recruitment is complex. Finding someone […]
Hiring in a recession – the asymmetric market

In reality, I’m not that old (quiet at the back, please). But I certainly feel it when I realise that […]
Finding the right candidate is a challenge in a crowded market

Finding the right candidate is a challenge in a crowded market. It’s no secret that there are a lot of […]
“Working Lunch” Interview

How can recruiters thrive in a recession? I was interviewed last week on “Working Lunch” – we had an enjoyable […]
Why do people want to work for you?

Why do people want to join your company? In the current market it’s easy enough for companies to answer the […]
Why do companies engage us?

What is “The Art of Recruitment”? One thing recruitment companies are notoriously bad at is articulating how they do what […]
Data insight drives business transformation

Data insight drives business transformation. A decade ago, when I first began recruiting in the data space in earnest, the […]
Why couldn’t you hire them before?

In a market like the one we’re in now, it’s a good time for companies to hire people they couldn’t […]
If there’s one thing we can be certain of, it’s that change is coming

All companies will need to change. There’s not a company in the country – probably in the world – which […]
Back to the office? How to negotiate a flexible return

Offices are opening again as we go into Covid Phase 2. So can you continue working from home after Covid? […]
Flexible Working – The Pros and the Cons

For the past three months, virtually everyone in the technology world has been working from home. It’s a new world […]
How your culture impacts who you hire

I’ve worked in recruitment for 25 years. It’s a pretty hectic business – if all’s going well you’ve got any […]
Three ways remote hiring will help your team

I don’t think many of us thought that the first half of the year would be dominated by remote hiring […]
Productivity and the new normal

As we started to come out of the last recession I wrote the article below. In the current situation it’s […]
Flexible working and successful hiring go hand in hand. Here’s why.

Right at the moment, pretty much every technology team is working fully remotely. That’s because they have to. Once they […]
How to build teams in a remote working world

Hiring is much more than just plugging a gap or getting some skills in. It’s about building a team. So […]
The world of work has changed again – make the most of it

The way we work changes all the time. What’s happening at the moment with remote working is just another step […]
My contribution to the “How to work from home” genre

Now that everybody’s working from home, there’s been a rash of articles by people who’ve been doing it for years, […]
How to future-proof your CV

The job marketplace is about as chaotic at the moment as I can remember it being. How do you make […]
Why you should care about Generation Y’s pay gap

In 2017 I wrote the article below – and here we are in 2020, staring down the barrel of another […]
The value of a commercially savvy technical candidate

I often talk about the importance of commercial value for IT people. Particularly at the moment. It’s the one key […]
Contracting, Covid-19 and Loyalty

I wrote the (long) article below in 2016 as the government started to talk about introducing IR35 changes in the […]
Video Interviewing – the new key skill

The last few weeks have been the oddest most of us will ever experience. Everything has changed. For many that’s […]