Latest15 Feb
State of Remote [Infographic]
Check out the original report here: Buffer ‘State of Remote’ 2019 Find yourself a role incorporating Remote Working now
Read More31 Jan
Automated Testing, a Developers’ role?
Automated Test Developers In September of last year, I spoke about the trends in the world of Software Testing & QA in 2018. A major trend across the year that […]
Read More23 Jan
Yorkshire’s most exciting tech companies
Kingston-upon-Hull | Est. 1902 Kingston Communications (KCOM) are better known as simply ‘KC’. As a company, they have been trading since 1902 starting life as a telephone operator in the […]
Read More14 Jan
Agile working and how it has evolved in recent years
What is Agile working? Agile working refers to the refining and streamlines of processes & systems with the goal of delivering results in a timelier fashion. The Association for Project […]
Read More22 Nov
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 […]
Read More02 Nov
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 […]
Read More25 Oct
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 […]
Read More17 Oct
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 […]
Read More04 Oct
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 […]
Read More02 Oct
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 […]
Read More24 Sep
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 […]
Read More18 Sep
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. […]
Read More06 Sep
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 […]
Read More30 Aug
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 […]
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23 Aug
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 […]
Read More16 Aug
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 […]
Read More07 Aug
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 […]
Read More02 Aug
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 […]
Read More25 Jul
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, […]
Read More24 Jul
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 […]
Read More25 Jun
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 […]
Read More12 Jun
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 […]
Read More31 May
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 […]
Read More21 May
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 […]
Read More24 Apr
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 […]
Read More12 Apr
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’ […]
Read More26 Mar
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 […]
Read More13 Mar
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 […]
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