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  Bigger salaries, who wouldn’t want one? But before you go asking employers for more money, you need to consider a few key points. We’ve put together 5  factors you need to address before negotiating with your current or future employer over raises or salaries.   Know The Job Landscape What you earn is reflected […]

Role: Senior Java DeveloperSalary: Senior – £400-450/Day Contract: 6 months  Location: Berkshire   Key Skills: Java, Spring, Spring Boot, AWS, AngularJS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NoSQL, RESTful APIs Description: This opportunity to join a growing Consultancy company working with some of the largest companies in the UK. You’ll be building and extending Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines and toolchains and […]

  Role: Senior Java Developer x5          Mid-Level Java Developer x3   Salary: Senior – £55k-£65k Mid-Level – £45k-£55k   Location: Central London   Key Skills: Java, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Kafka, MySQL, PostgreSQL and RESTful APIs   Description: The Java Developer will be working for a well-established Real Estate Company within a small team of 10, […]

We all know that AI, automation, and robotics are going to have a massive impact on the workplace, in general, in the years to come. Stories abound about how many jobs will be lost because of artificial intelligence. Although much of this is expected to hit traditional blue-collar workers, the IT sector will certainly be an […]

As PR disasters go, TSB’s online banking crisis/chaos (both fit) is up there with the worst of them. However, as the bank counts the cost of its IT meltdown and the damage caused to its brand, the whole debacle has raised another issue: Just how reliant are we now on technology? Are we equipped to […]

The phrase ‘life-long learning’ is often bandied about these days. This is the case for one very clear reason: never has the need to learn new skills, to re-skill and up-skill on a consistent basis, been more pressing at every stage – not just of our schooling – but of our entire lives. We need […]

GDPR creates major challenges for the recruitment sector. For agencies, it will require something of a culture shift. It means people, processes and systems need looking at. Organisations need to consider carefully how personal data is acquired and stored, as well as how it is used. The effect on recruitment agencies can be broken down […]

The debate about the importance of qualifications has never been as fervent as it is today. Successive governments continue to tinker with school qualifications. The GCSE and A level system is currently in the midst of its biggest shake-up in a generation. The Tory government – after seemingly trying to push pupils down a narrow, […]

‘If the Luftwaffe had dropped snow on London, they would have won the war.’ This pithy joke, whilst slightly off-key, refers to the fact that London, the beating heart of the national economy, grinds to a shuddering halt in the face of inclement weather. Attribute this to laziness, unfamiliarity, genuine hazard or some other factor […]