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(Better late than never, right?)
Earlier in the week, we were talking about strategies for getting a job on-line. In this, we announced the relatively interesting finding from some recent research which suggests that 25% of people who find a new job using the internet do so through an advert.
Don’t let such a relatively low […]

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We would like to apologise to DeeDee Doke, Editor of Recruiter, and to Recruiter magazine, for some comments we made in a recent post. Our comments were untrue and unfounded. We intended no offence.
For this reason, we would like to apologise unreservedly for the embarrassment caused to DeeDee.
Further, we would like to thank everyone […]

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You can tell your blog is doing OK when readers start asking you questions )
We’ve had one this week asking us whether non-professional experience counts for much on a CV. It seems that this particular reader has been quite busy at home doing open-source development work that has nothing to do with his […]

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Something funny happened today. A candidate (or a non-candidate as it now seems) replied to our e-mail about an awesome position we’re working on with this:
Hello,
Lady, you come right out of a comic book.
This opportunity needs incinerated.
Steve
[*Idealpeople scratches head*]

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Following on from our recent look at which programming languages are the most sought-after, the next thing on our minds is to the enter the great debate on Operating Systems.
Linux (and indeed the ofther UNIX flavours) evangelists and Windows evangelists don’t get on, or so it seems. A quick search of Google […]

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A few days back, we released the relatively unamazing news that the most high-demand job position within the technology industry was in fact that of Software Engineering. Armed with this information, we thought it might be an interesting idea to work out which particular Software Development skills were in high demand last year. […]

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Welcome to the second installment of Idealpeople’s Guest Author series, and introducing our very own Nick Tooley. Nick is our MD - our player/manager if you like. He’s a renowned Recruiter who has, over the years, developed a real talent for locating Technical Authors (as well as a myriad of other people), particularly […]

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Who’s in demand in IT: Part one of the 2007 hiring trends report
Over the coming month, we’ll be preparing a report into skills trend withint the IT sector in the UK. Whilst it’s in no way ready, we’ll be drip-feeding some of the headlines via the blog.
First up for examination is the answer to […]

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We came across an interesting piece of journalism by the BBC this week, on the subject of the Recruitment tactics of the British Armed Forces. The BBC picked up on a report by David Gee - an independent author working with funding from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
You can check out the full report […]

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Welcome to the latest installment in Idealpeople’s Meet the Candidate series.
We’d like to introduce you to Scott, whose background is primarily in Software Development/R&D Management and whose expertise is in driving increased productivity and efficiency across Development / R&D teams, and delivering high quantities of releases to tight timescales. Having gained experience with market-leading companies […]

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