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...
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....
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...
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...
OK, this may appear a little rambling, but I promise to get to the point (and it is recruitment and job board related). My home town of Airdrie was the first in Scotland to install CCTV cameras in 1992, monitoring the general public. 12 cameras were installed, and a soon after, to measure their effects...
Look, I’m not about to start preaching to you. I don’t think I need to. If you’re reading this, then I think it’s safe to assume you are fairly technically literate, and switched on to most forms of social media. I shan’t bother then, to run through the list of sites, services and points of...
I am possibly one of the worst people you could ever vote for. Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to be an MP. Despite all the bad press of late, I still think it’s a cool job with a huge amount of kudos, deference from others, and absolutely fascinating to boot. However, as an MP,...
It may seem an obscure topic, but today is World Intellectual Property Day. The history is more interesting than you’d imagine. Only two years after the Unification of the Scottish and English Parliaments, in 1707, the origins of copyright laws were established in “The Statute of Anne, the Copyright Act 1709”, or to give it...
I reckon a degree of perspective is required right now, when considering the possibility of a “hung parliament” in the UK. I may be proven wrong by events, but I’m pretty confident in my views. A good friend of mine is THE most devoted Celtic supporter you could ever hope to meet. An intelligent guy,...
This is a response to the stupid article I read, which favours the opposite response. Linkedin is of course the foremost online business network, and the one which most professionals will sign up for, even if they use no other form of social media. It isn’t yet universal, and there are some sections of industry,...
