What NOT to put in your CV…

As these troubled economic times continue to bite, we’re seeing much increased volumes of CVs here at Idealpeople towers – and as usual, some are brilliant, most are OK and a few are neither. Regular readers will have read our three-part CV-advice series on the blog, which we’re now condensing into one, downloadable document. [...]

Passionate or just ‘High Maintenance’?

A funny thing happened to us yesterday, and not for the first time. The basic background will be familiar to those of you who regularly propose candidates for high-level or senior positions, but the outcome is what’s even more interesting. It really got us thinking that there is a really fine line between candidates who [...]

Follow me, follow you, follow us on Twitter

Regular readers will know full well that we’re not known for jumping on bandwagons (we prefer to call it “early adoption”), but bear with us for a moment whilst we talk about Twitter – the latest “must-do” in on-line living. Twitter itself has developed a genuine fame over the past month or so – [...]

Petition to Heavily Regulate Or Ban the use of I.T Recruitment Agencies

OK, so no-one’s perfect and reputations are often earned for good reasons, but we couldn’t help but think that this (click me) would perhaps be a little harsh?

Idealpeople Leading Peer1’s European Expansion

We’re delighted to announce that we’re working exclusively with Peer 1 (www.peer1.com), the leading North American Hosting and Managed Services company who are in the process of setting up their European Operation in Southampton. Peer1 are all about customer service, and their desire to deliver the best is only matched by their desire to [...]