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Archives for June, 2010

Pick Up the Fucking Phone!

Pick Up the Fucking Phone!

This isn’t an original thought, but it’s my spin on it. This week I met with a large number of recruitment agency directors at a UK Recruiter networking event.  James Caan was speaking, and two other guys.  No offence to the 2 other guys, one from Barclays Capital, I think, and the other was a [...]

Twitter SEO

Twitter SEO

This is in response to @JamesMayes post about http://thetwitcleaner.com/ and Twitter Follower Analysis.

Both @LouiseTriance and I tried this today, and apparently we’re clean, but a whole load of follows we have are hollow and pointless. It’s probably a good thing, because I just couldn’t read tweets from so many other people.

I’m also interested [...]

Got the Time Mister?

Got the Time Mister?

As anyone who has spent more than five minutes as a recruiter will know, there are many aspects to the industry, and many different types of personality which work well in the space.  I’ve been in several positions myself, from perm and  professional contractor recruiter to agency owner, technology director, and very rarely, temp recruiter. [...]

Who can I slag off next?

Who can I slag off next?

Right, Who can I slag off next?

It seems that in order to take umbrage with certain groups of people, you need to be entitled to do so, by dint of having walked a mile in their shoes.  To do otherwise, would be offensive in the extreme, as you clearly “don’t know what you’re talking [...]

Tabloid Myth No1

Tabloid Myth No1

It’s often stated as supposed fact, but I heard this said again recently.  I was told that in the UK, the general public loves to build up an individual to an extreme level, and then relish the pleasure in tearing them down again.  Another version of this, is that in the UK we resent and [...]