Retaining IT talent is an important factor in determining whether a company’s IT strategy will succeed or fail. Every time you lose an IT professional you lose, not only their current skills, you also lose the experience they gained in your organisation. Experience is huge when it comes to productivity (think about the person knowing…

Is HMRC going to unleash IR35 onto the private sector? The law, is meant to stop employees pretending to be contractors, in order to pay less tax. It’s not new, what has changed is now public sector organisations have to decide whether a contractor falls under IR35. This was something the contractor was responsible for…

IT Recruiters view CVs differently. Mainly due to the volume of CVs they processes. Looking through lots of CVs, forces you to see patterns and strategize on how to get information most efficiently. This results in an optimal format that IT Recruiters prefer. Recruiters will try to review a CV’s skills, work history and (sometimes)…

Certification is one of the ways we try to measure how good a candidate is. A face-to-face technical interview is better, but it’s not practical to do that for every applicant. That’s where certification comes in. The Bad News: Not all Certificate holders are equal Like all things in life, some people find ways to…

This should be one of the most obvious things anyone has ever said. Unfortunately, a lot of people are still working roles that they have no interest in. If somehow you’ve been passively pushed into a role you’re not particularly interested in, it’s never too late to retrain and do something you’re passionate about. You…