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Business Intelligence, How does it differ from Artificial Intelligence?

Artificial intelligence started life as a story-telling device used by Mary Shelley in her novel, Frankenstein. I’m sure we all remember how this went down with the village locals! To […]

Why Java is still the top dog

Where it all began Java was first released in 1995 by James Gosling of Sun Microsystems. That company has since been acquired by computer technology giant, Oracle. TIOBE programming community […]

How can DevOps help us reach the future that 80’s Hollywood predicted?

So, 2015 came and went, and disappointingly still no flying cars or genuine hover boards. I guess the writing team for Back to the Future 2 didn’t include Nostradamus after […]

What is Microsoft Offering in 2018?

Last month global research & advisory firm Gartner released their report on the value of the worldwide cloud services revenue to have increased by a fifth from $145m in 2017 […]

Microsofts Acquisition of Playground Games (Revisited)

In June we looked at the impact the acquisition of Playground Games and what this could mean for the industry. With the recent release of Forza 4 we thought this […]

The Rundown on PHP

The acronym PHP stands for ‘Hypertext Preprocessor’ and has been around for the last 24 years. It is a server-side scripting language, designed for web development. It is also used […]

Testing & Quality Assurance trends in 2018

Software testing & QA is an important function for any organisation that produces Software (as a Service (SaaS) or as stand-alone). 2018 has been a busy year for the tech […]

How to Embrace Rejection

Rejection is a word that is often feared, whether it be a teenager putting their heart on the line, or a graduate looking for their first role out of university. […]

Birmingham’s Tech Expansion

In 2017 Birmingham was named the most popular location for Start-up businesses in the UK outside of London for the fifth year in a row. Being based in the city […]

The Secrets to the Perfect Job Specification

The Office for National Statistics recently released their report on the UK Labour Market, the report showed that the pool of unemployed workers had decreased by 64,000 people since March […]

Get to Know our Academy

This week we welcome four new faces to the Applause IT team. Rhianne, Aaliyah, Emmanuel & Vytas have successfully navigated themselves through our recruitment process and now begin their journey […]

How to Attract Top Tech Talent

In 2018 we are deep into the information age, digital brands are now just as important as physical brands, if not more so. As an IT specialist recruiter, we have […]

Recruitment Partnership – Help us, help you

It’s a common misconception that a company either uses an internal recruiter, or an external agency and this opinion may unnecessarily be costing businesses a lot of time and money […]

The importance of Self-Care

The need to look after both body & mind should never be underestimated. Over the past few years there has been a major change in the level of care people […]

Why Birmingham Makes Sense for Channel 4

Channel 4 recently announced that they had narrowed their search for the new home of their headquarters to Leeds, Greater Manchester & Birmingham. Applause IT are very proud #Brummies and, […]

Graduate Employability in the North West

With each university in the process of releasing the finalised classifications to their final year students, graduate recruitment season is in full swing. The technology industry is consistently updating, innovating […]

How to improve and build on client-recruiter relationships

As we said last month in our candidate version of this blog, building any relationship takes a lot of time, patience and effort from both sides. Whether you’re a candidate […]

Microsoft acquires GitHub causing mixed reviews

The tech scene has been on fire these past few weeks. With Microsoft buying GitHub for $7.5bn, in addition to their AI acquisition of Semantic Machines last month, and local […]

The Graduate Interview Guide

So, you’re at the end of your university career, perhaps you’re thinking of what to do next; continue study, travel, work… If it’s the latter, we can help! With our […]

How to build a relationship with your recruiter

Building a relationship takes time, hard work, and a degree of mutual input for it to be a trustful, long-lasting and successful exchange. Recruitment is no different. Here at Applause […]

How can you learn from lost employees?

It’s no secret that employees won’t necessarily stay with the same employer for their entire professional career. Employees will leave through no fault of the company, often due to lifestyle […]

Common mistakes when hiring IT contractors

Hiring an IT contractor is often misconstrued for being an easy job, one that needs little effort and thought. However, just because they are a contractor and not a ‘permanent’ […]

How much does a recruitment blunder really cost?

It’s safe to say that everybody has hired somewhat of a ‘bad’ employee in their time. We invest heavily into our own employees as a recruitment agency, but we’ve still […]

Cybersecurity: Staying safe in the cloud

The business landscape is changing. Flexible working is becoming more of a regular occurrence, with the nature of business changing to accommodate the needs of working families and other personal […]

What’s On: February Edition

This month love is in the air, but if you’re not loving your job it could be a sign to make the change! With over 130 jobs live on our […]

Switching jobs? Here’s how to approach it

Changing jobs is often a path we take to better ourselves. Better work-life balance, better pay, more responsibility, a level-up, a change in direction, a move to follow our passion. […]

Why should you consider a career in recruitment? The graduate edition

As a recent or upcoming graduate, you probably haven’t thought about the possibility of a career in recruitment, maybe because you don’t know much about it, or perhaps you are […]

A Good Salesperson Could Sell a Wig to a Goose

We’ve all heard the sayings about salespeople… A good salesman could sell ice cubes in a snowstorm, sawdust to a carpenter, stilettos to a snail… Sales guides such as ‘How […]

The surprising #1 stress for candidates during their job search…It’s NOT what you think

We asked our candidates what their biggest hurdle was when looking for a new role. Completing tech tasks? Updating their CVs? Nerves during Interviews? Getting feedback from recruiters? It’s […]

The State of Play: Recruiting in the Games Industry

Recruiting in the games industry is one of the best parts of my job. I’ve seen numerous games companies go from strength to strength with new titles and growing teams […]

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