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How to make your new employees an asset to your team

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 […]

Saying no to impossible IT

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 have been short-listed in the Marketing and Digital Recruitment Awards 2015

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 […]

How the role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) is changing

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 […]

Home grown IT and digital skills are needed to boost the UK economy

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 […]

Can gamification improve your recruitment strategy?

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 […]

Communication and getting the message across, there’s a need to get better at IT!

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 […]

Your Guide to Recruiting with Social Media

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, […]

Is our intelligence a match for AI in the battle of the humans ‘vs’ robots?

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 […]

How to sell the job role to candidates

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 […]

Our top 6 funniest job adverts

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 […]

8 tips for writing the perfect CV

As recruiters we receive hundreds of CVs every day, some good, some bad and some that are just downright ugly! It’s difficult nowadays to stand out from the crowd when […]

What Are You Doing After Graduation? 20 Tips To Land Your First Job

With only 57.4% of young graduates being employed in high-skilled* roles it is imperative that you conduct your job search and application strategy in the most productive and effective way […]

6 killer questions candidates can ask in an interview

Ask most people what is the worst part of a job interview is and they will tell you it's the bit where the interviewer says “so, have you got any […]

Fixing a technology recruitment strategy

There are two old sayings that we can use here which are both prevalent to the subject matter. A company is only as strong as its employees and ‘if it […]

Should you be concerned if a candidate is not on LinkedIn?

If you believed everything you heard, you could easily be led to believe that if you aren't on social media you don't count for much. So much is written about […]

Cloud Blog Awards 2015 – Top blogs for amazing tech tips.

Each year we’ll be hosting the blog awards to highlight the very best in tech related blogs, including the first in the series, the Cloud Blog Awards. If you’re looking […]

Engaging graduates is the future of IT

According to a leading supplier of e-recruitment software, the two key elements essential for the recruitment of IT graduates are strong brand awareness and online engagement. An event held last […]

Social Recruiting – the Definitive Guide

Recruiting using social media is one of the most important and challenging skills to have when you’re looking to select the cream of the crop in terms of talent. It’s […]

Giant tech entrepreneurs who started life in IT jobs

If you thought that some of the leading tech entrepreneurs in the world just 'got there' then think again. The majority of them started life at the bottom of the […]

Creative ways to showcase your talent

We have mentioned in previous posts how to make your CV stand out but what about taking things a stage further and being creative with your approach, particularly if you’re […]

Applause IT show continuing commitment to quality and best practice

An IT recruitment specialist, Applause IT, is now approved as a full APSCo member. APSCo (The Association of Professional Staffing Companies), regulates quality across the recruitment industry, the accreditation bears testament […]

Using the growing appetite for video as part of your recruitment armoury

Back in the age of snail mail, soda streams and fax machines, if you had a vacancy to fill there was really only one way of doing it. You would […]

IT recruitment is at its most competitive

If you are struggling now to find top notch IT talent to fill your vacancies you’re not alone. According to every respected industry indicator, which is reiterating what we have […]

How cloud computing has changed the face of IT

We all know how IT works, the traditional way of building an IT network involves servers, hardware, licenses and software, all of which is an expensive process involving many IT […]

Tips for finding the right recruiter

An online job search or a general recruitment agency might not be the best source for getting help with finding a job or a career. Savvy job seekers are turning […]

Bitcoins, the future of eCommerce?

We're guessing you've heard of the Bitcoin millionaire? Way back in 2009 Kristoffer Koch, a Norwegian man spent $30 buying 5,000 units of new digital currency Bitcoin. Like many a […]

The battle of the Christmas apps

The countdown to Christmas has started, that can only mean one thing, the battle of the Christmas Apps. Fresh out of the starting blocks are Google and Microsoft (with North […]

5 most obscure facts about your mobile

We all know that modern mobile phones, or smartphones, are packed with technology. These small, hand held devices do everything except sing, dance and bring is a coffee in the […]

The new home of IT recruitment

The new home of IT recruitment We're growing at a rapid rate! Our new office move is well under way, we have a new location in the heart of Birmingham, […]

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