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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 […]

Hiring Tips for 2018

A little well-spent time thinking about your hiring strategy now could lead you to your most successful Q1 ever. Hiring tips for the festive period 1. Be PROACTIVE Take […]

Changing company can be Scary…

Changing company can be scary. Heart palpitations, shallow breathing, and sleepless nights. Sure, there is a healthy slug of excitement in the mix too, but leaving the team you know […]

We Find Out: What does ‘Top-Tier’ Talent Really Mean?

Tired of hearing about top-tier talent? Is it just alliteration? What does top tier talent mean? Whatever it means to your business; you should figure it out quickly. From Indeed’s […]

Supporting Macmillan’s Biggest Coffee Morning 2017

If you stepped into the Applause IT offices last Friday, you’d be forgiven for thinking we’d made an almighty leap into the bakery biz. All the key contenders were there: […]

Elephant Pumps with AquAid

We at Applause IT love getting in our 7 glasses of H20 a day to keep our staff members hydrated and keep us performing our best. As a result, we decided […]

Going on a Bear Hunt!

If you’ve visited the West Midlands recently, you’ll undoubtedly have seen Birmingham’s Bears as part of Wild in Art’s ‘The Big Sleuth’ bear hunt! Sally-Ann Wilkinson and Charlie Langhorne, Directors […]

Why #WITBragDay matters

Last weekend site reliability engineer at GitHub, Alice Goldfuss, started something we wanted to shout about: an open invitation for women in technology across the globe to brag about their careers […]

Should you ever divulge your salary to a recruiter?

]A couple of weeks ago I came across an article by Josh Doody, author of “Fearless Salary Negotiation: A step-by-step guide to getting paid what you’re worth”. The article, warns candidates […]

Pride levels: Beaming! Welcome Tom, Edward & Alice to the team!

We’re ecstatic to announce our second wave of recruitment graduates have earned their stripes in our training academy and are now specialist IT recruitment consultants! They know the road to […]

What we can do to help close the #paygap

Unless you’ve been living on Mars this week, you’ll have noticed that the UK is a flood with discussion on how to achieve equal pay for women, for people of […]

Applause IT Day at the Races

Remember when we were having a sweltering summer heatwave? Looking out at the Birmingham skyline today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that summer was a distant memory. Last Wednesday we […]

Ultimate Job Interview Preparation: How to get hired with the best TED Talk tips!

Setting aside time to schedule in a face to face meeting shows a certain level of commitment from both sides of the table. They’ve processed your CV and assessed your […]

Digital Digbeth for BBC’s Digicities at Fazeley Studios

We want to send a huge thank you to everyone involved with Digicities Digital Digbeth at Fazeley Studios. You looked after us, inspired plenty of Thursday Thought time and most […]

Interview Guide: How to Answer Competency Interview Questions

Worried about how to answer competency-based interview questions? Competency questions are an opportunity to leverage your past performance to showcase your abilities for the future. There's no need to rehearse […]

Top 5 Interview Tips for Graduates #interviewtips #graduatejobs

Graduating this summer? We want to send huge congratulations to everyone donning their graduation gowns. For all the highs and lows of university life and the stress of exams- you […]

The Largest Ransomware Attack in History Infects the World in Just a Few Hours- What Happens Next? #WannaCry

Last weekend, the WannaCry ransomware became the largest ransomware infection in history. In just a few hours over 237,000 computers across 100 countries were infected. Thanks to the quick thinking […]

Are you Graduating this Summer?

Can you complete our word search of buzzwords you’ll need to be our next recruitment superhero? Only joking…you don’t need to have endless time to waste on word searches…unless you […]

Congratulations to our Recruitment Academy Graduates!

Today we’re proud to congratulate our talented group of trainee recruitment consultants on their final day of Applause IT’s recruitment academy. They know their Java from their Javascript, their C# […]

Spring Budget ’17: How Will it Affect Employment?

As recruitment consultants, we speak with the spectrum of workers daily from employees to employers, contractors and self-employed personnel to Ltd company owners. All of whom are directly affected by […]

Giving Ourselves a Pat on the Back

We know we're not supposed to harp on about our strengths, but we're pretty proud of our ability to build long-lasting relationships and want to share this with the world […]

How to Get Over Your La La Land Life Crisis

If you haven’t seen La La Land yet, beware, this article contains *SPOILERS* look away and come back to us as soon as you leave the movie theatre. La La […]

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