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Recruitment can be a minefield at the best of times, but when you are a startup and looking for your first ever workforce there is even more pressure to find […]

In the changing landscape, there is more to a job than simply the responsibilities involved. At one time, a job title basically covered the role and job ads covered roles […]

With over 5 years recruitment behind me. I've had the privilege of speaking with some truly brilliant, intelligent University leavers who have gone on to great successes.  But something I've found […]

Whichever way you look at it, recruiting the most impressive employees to your business is one of the hardest processes you will go through.  There is only so much top […]

The high demand for talented software developers means they often hold more cards than we would like. Top developers can earn over £75k per annum with the average salary being […]

You can bet your bottom dollar, at least one member of your team has lost interest in their job and your company, it may only be a temporary thing or […]

In a recent survey from CIPD stated that 22% of new employees leave a company within six months. A startling statistic if you’ve just spent time and money recruiting a […]

Regardless of the size of the business the benefits of having a happy workforce should not be under estimated. Any good manager will have the happiness of their team and […]

We’re delighted to be shortlisted for the Onrec Online Recruitment Awards 2016, the second time we have been shortlisted for a recruitment award in the last six months! The awards […]

The role of a modern HR professional reaches far past the realms of hiring and firing, the human resources team take on many roles within the business they work for. […]

As of the start of 2016, the software industry in one of the last sectors that is still wide open and accepts those into the fold who don’t have a […]

Do you have any real idea of the cost of employee turnover to your business? An organisational expert did the maths and discovered that it costs, on average, £47,000 to […]

What is your mission? The fate of the galaxy or perhaps the fate of your business can rest on making the right decision when it comes to hiring your Jedi […]

With the economy continuing its slow walk to recovery there is one thing that is becoming pretty clear; it is now a candidate's market. A study released by Career Network […]

It has never been easy attracting the very best applicants for a vacancy, as far as cost effective recruitment goes it can still difficult to generate enough interest from your […]

If you’ve been tasked with your organisations mobile development project you may find you’ll be looking to expand your team to look for the specialists that are mobile developers. It […]

Despite your best efforts the perfect recruitment process simply doesn't exist. What you can do, however, is reduce the risk of hiring the wrong person for the job and avoiding […]

We’ve all been there, many of us on either side of the desk and one thing is true in both cases, interviews can be difficult. You often have a candidate […]

Have you ever heard of the expression 'the Internet of things'? You know how we often talk about bringing dead things back to life using technology? Well the Internet of […]

Finding and hiring a new employee costs a company in both time and money, and however good their credentials look on paper you have no idea how they will actually […]

Judging by how many times you are asked to do it, you would think that by now 'delivering the impossible regularly, and under budget' would part of the job description […]

We are delighted to announce that Applause IT have been short-listed in the Marketing and Digital Recruitment Awards 2015.  The Marketing and Digital Recruitment Awards were founded in 2010, they are designed […]

You probably don't need us to tell you that the role of CIO is changing, or that all executives now need to understand IT. The question is how is the […]

The UK economy could be losing out on billions due to a shortage of key digital skills. This is the stark warning sent out as the result of a few […]

Before we dive into the detail it’s probably wise to make sure you know exactly what we’re discussing here. Gamification is a term which is often misunderstood and people tend […]

There are many misconceptions surrounding IT, one of the main ones being that it's actually some kind of parallel universe. Other departments tend to think of the ‘IT guys’ as […]

Social media and recruitment should go hand in hand, they are a perfect match. If you’re recruiting properly you should be selling the story of your business, the brand, ideas, […]

The news that robots are ready to take over our jobs and indeed the world is nothing new, anyone watching the new channel 4 programme Humans will no doubt believe […]

You would imagine these days with unemployment figures still being fairly high that to sell a job to potential candidates you almost have to just write a snappy job advert […]

As an employer it can be hard to stand out from the crowd when you’re looking to add talent to your team. We sometimes find it difficult ourselves to make […]