Internet applications can help organisations to achieve success by greatly improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their activities. Company websites can be made to look more appealing, interactive and responsive by developing applications for processes such as online shopping, registration and data analysis. If a website is more user–friendly for both the customers and employees then productivity is bound to be increased.
IT recruitment agencies can help to recruit both contract and permanent professionals with the relevant skills to develop applications. Recruitment agencies in the UK can cater to various different industries and provide a service tailored to your companies needs. Technologies such as Macromedia Flex, AJAX with PHP and Ruby on Rails Framework, Macromedia Flash/FLEX and XML (AJAX) which can all help to develop cutting edge integrated web solutions. Using an IT recruitment company has many benefits; the knowledge of the consultant can be extremely valuable in a market with such strong competition especially in areas in the South of England such as the Home Counties, the candidates are screened before interview meaning there is little risk of problems arising with References, Visa’s etc. Recruitment consultants will source the best candidates on the market quickly, meaning the whole recruitment process is cost and time effective.
Once a company has recruited a highly skilled professional to work on producing applications, they can start to improve their website’s infrastructure, in an age where the internet is used by so many people this is extremely important to their success.
Impact is proud to deliver specialist IT recruitment agency services. We focus our attention on specialist IT sectors and have established a wealth of knowledge and elite candidates within these fields. We offer a consultancy based recruitment service and, because we are able to deliver results, we work with many of our clients on an exclusive basis.
Monday, 15 November 2010
Friday, 22 October 2010
Using IT Recruitment Agencies to Keep your Competitive Edge
The modern market is challenging, dynamic and competitive. Consequently it is becoming more and more necessary for organisations to work with IT recruitment agencies. Hiring the best IT professionals is vital to staying ahead of the competition. IT recruitment companies have access to numerous professionals both in the permanent and contract market. They recruit for a range of companies across a broad spectrum of sectors and technologies including financial services, blue chip PLCs, communications agencies, government departments and public sector projects.
IT recruitment consultants have extensive knowledge of the IT Recruitment market. They are a portal to market information for their clients and already have easy access to IT Job descriptions, salary surveys and skills testing. All of these services provided added value to the client but the core service of finding candidates doesn’t just rely on a database of CV’s. Your IT recruiter will have spent years developing online social networks and is already in regular contact with the best candidates on the market. IT recruitment consultants don’t just find CV’s; they help their clients find qualified, experienced professionals with the right personal characteristics for their clients business.
IT recruitment agencies invest heavily in different methods of sourcing skilled candidates and developing ways of screening candidates once found. These methods help their clients get a suitable shortlist together before being left with the final and important decisions.
An IT recruitment process will usually involve the following:
• Evaluating the client’s job description and, where relevant, suggesting changes or offering advice based on market conditions.
• Where possible visiting the client to gain a thorough understanding of their company.
• Drawing on existing social networking links to create interest and draw in candidates who may not have otherwise been looking.
• Searching their database of past and present candidates.
• Engaging job boards and drawing on their existing accounts to place adverts.
• Initial interviews, telephone screening or skills testing.
• A full reference checking service.
• Identifying a shortlist for the clients consideration
• Assisting with salary negotiation to ensure roles remain within budget and candidate expectations are managed.
• Managing counter offers and candidates concerns.
This service not only provides the clients with an IT professional capable of doing the job at the right salary but also leaves the client free to focus on their business without getting wrapped up in time consuming HR processes.
IT recruitment consultants have extensive knowledge of the IT Recruitment market. They are a portal to market information for their clients and already have easy access to IT Job descriptions, salary surveys and skills testing. All of these services provided added value to the client but the core service of finding candidates doesn’t just rely on a database of CV’s. Your IT recruiter will have spent years developing online social networks and is already in regular contact with the best candidates on the market. IT recruitment consultants don’t just find CV’s; they help their clients find qualified, experienced professionals with the right personal characteristics for their clients business.
IT recruitment agencies invest heavily in different methods of sourcing skilled candidates and developing ways of screening candidates once found. These methods help their clients get a suitable shortlist together before being left with the final and important decisions.
An IT recruitment process will usually involve the following:
• Evaluating the client’s job description and, where relevant, suggesting changes or offering advice based on market conditions.
• Where possible visiting the client to gain a thorough understanding of their company.
• Drawing on existing social networking links to create interest and draw in candidates who may not have otherwise been looking.
• Searching their database of past and present candidates.
• Engaging job boards and drawing on their existing accounts to place adverts.
• Initial interviews, telephone screening or skills testing.
• A full reference checking service.
• Identifying a shortlist for the clients consideration
• Assisting with salary negotiation to ensure roles remain within budget and candidate expectations are managed.
• Managing counter offers and candidates concerns.
This service not only provides the clients with an IT professional capable of doing the job at the right salary but also leaves the client free to focus on their business without getting wrapped up in time consuming HR processes.
Friday, 1 October 2010
UK internet usage figures continue to rise
Almost three-quarters of UK households now have access to the world wide web.
Research conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicates that 19.2 million homes are hooked up to the internet (73 per cent). This is a significant increase from 2009. According to the latest study, 30.1 million UK adults now access the internet on a daily basis to conduct tasks such as emailing, social networking, researching and online shopping.
"We have also seen changes in the way people connect and in the frequency of connection, with 31 per cent of Internet users connecting via a mobile phone in 2010 compared to 23 per cent in 2009. The use of Wi-Fi hotspots continued to rise with 2.7 million people using wireless hotspots at locations such as cafes, restaurants, and hotels."
Last month, Ofcom reported that the average person now spends 45 per cent of their waking hours watching TV, using their mobile phone, browsing the internet and networking online.
With this amount of the population spending so much time browsing the web it is becoming increasingly important for companies to have a good presence on the internet in order for them to succeed against their competitors. To do this, companies need to use the skills of IT professionals. The best way to recruit for these highly skilled types of people is through IT Recruitment agencies. IT recruitment agencies can source the best candidates in the market and make the whole recruitment process run smoothly.
Research conducted by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) indicates that 19.2 million homes are hooked up to the internet (73 per cent). This is a significant increase from 2009. According to the latest study, 30.1 million UK adults now access the internet on a daily basis to conduct tasks such as emailing, social networking, researching and online shopping.
"We have also seen changes in the way people connect and in the frequency of connection, with 31 per cent of Internet users connecting via a mobile phone in 2010 compared to 23 per cent in 2009. The use of Wi-Fi hotspots continued to rise with 2.7 million people using wireless hotspots at locations such as cafes, restaurants, and hotels."
Last month, Ofcom reported that the average person now spends 45 per cent of their waking hours watching TV, using their mobile phone, browsing the internet and networking online.
With this amount of the population spending so much time browsing the web it is becoming increasingly important for companies to have a good presence on the internet in order for them to succeed against their competitors. To do this, companies need to use the skills of IT professionals. The best way to recruit for these highly skilled types of people is through IT Recruitment agencies. IT recruitment agencies can source the best candidates in the market and make the whole recruitment process run smoothly.
The Upgrade to Windows 7 to create demand for IT professionals
The need for businesses to migrate from Microsoft Windows XP and Windows 2000 to Windows 7 in a short time period is creating new demand for IT Professionals, it has been reported.
According to research consultancy Gartner, companies are now looking to upgrade their IT systems to ensure they remain on a par with their rivals. Moving to the latest Windows operating system is a key priority for many firms, and this means that demand for IT expertise is likely to exceed supply during 2011 and 2012.
Charles Smulders, managing vice- president at Gartner, said large and midmarket companies are expected to upgrade around 250 million PCs to Windows 7 over the next couple of years.
Companies will need to recruit IT professionals quickly and within budget. The best solution is to use an experienced IT Recruitment Agency. With the IT Recruitment market set for a boost, an upward trend is also likely show in contractor pay rates.
Microsoft will support Windows XP for four more years but most migrations will start in the fourth quarter of 2010 and so this is when it is expected for the demand for IT professionals will rise.
According to research consultancy Gartner, companies are now looking to upgrade their IT systems to ensure they remain on a par with their rivals. Moving to the latest Windows operating system is a key priority for many firms, and this means that demand for IT expertise is likely to exceed supply during 2011 and 2012.
Charles Smulders, managing vice- president at Gartner, said large and midmarket companies are expected to upgrade around 250 million PCs to Windows 7 over the next couple of years.
Companies will need to recruit IT professionals quickly and within budget. The best solution is to use an experienced IT Recruitment Agency. With the IT Recruitment market set for a boost, an upward trend is also likely show in contractor pay rates.
Microsoft will support Windows XP for four more years but most migrations will start in the fourth quarter of 2010 and so this is when it is expected for the demand for IT professionals will rise.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Getting The Most Out Of Your Recruiter
By James, Principal Consultant at Impact IT
1) Market intelligence
Specialist IT Recruiters have first hand experience of the market place. They can be the source of knowledge encapsulating your competition, market trends, and benchmarks for salaries for example. Recruiters can be consulted before you decide to recruit and before you have drafted a job description for the proposed role to ensure that you are pitching at the right level and the skills are obtainable. A good IT Recruitment Consultant can advise on suggested skills and experience which should be required, and what is realistic according to the current market. A good recruiter’s knowledge can be invaluable to the smooth process of your next hire.
2) New Vacancies
Emailing a job description is simply not enough to find quality candidates through Recruitment agencies. It is important to provide more information about the team dynamics, type of person who will suit the team, and specific experience required which will add more value to the vacancy. This information can speed up the process, and ensure that suitable CV’s are sent to you.
3) Meet your IT Recruitment Consultant
Meeting your IT Recruitment Consultant shows both parties commitment to the hiring of the best talent, it can be as simple as seeing where the new hires will be sitting, how to get there, the office environment etc so that the Recruitment consultant can build up a picture of what the company is like to work for and therefore pick the types of candidates that are suitably matched. When speaking to candidates you will want your Recruitment Consultant to portray your business in the best light possible, whilst still being realistic! IT recruitment consultants meet many candidates each week and feel that when you meet with them you learn a lot about them and the type of company they are looking to work for. You can learn a lot more from a face to face meeting than a phone conversation which helps when picking which candidates will be suitably matched to your business.
4) Networking
ALL of the Impact IT consultants are on LinkedIn. Networking is a vital tool for IT recruitment and if this is not done correctly then you will not find the best candidates for the roles. Social Networking can be very time consuming so it takes great discipline to manage your time properly and maximize the potential. Some of the best candidates I have placed have been through a long term search for the candidates ‘dream job’. This can take months to search for but you get much better results acting as a consultant rather than just doing a key word search on job boards and, “trying to fit square pegs into round holes,” which is something we unfortunately hear about all too often within the industry.
5) Using Recruitment Agencies exclusively
In order to fill your positions quickly and to get the best IT recruitment service possible you need to give your Recruitment Consultant an exclusive period on the role. Once you have chosen a good Recruitment Consultant, they will devote their time and put the role at a high priority to find you the right candidate. By only choosing one IT recruitment agency it will also free up your time only having one point of contact for all recruitment. Using an exclusive period on a role encourages both client and recruiter to work together to ensure the position is filled. Using more agencies doesn’t necessarily mean more choice; it can actually be detrimental as it becomes more of a game of speed rather than quality. This can also sometimes lead to the dreaded situation where two agencies have put forward the same candidate which no party wants.
Using an experienced, specialist IT recruitment agency can help employers to ensure their next hire is a positive one. When an IT recruitment agency pride itself on delivering the best results they can be seen as an extension to your company. They professionally represent your company when speaking to candidates to ensure that your organisation will be highly regarded throughout the marketplace.
1) Market intelligence
Specialist IT Recruiters have first hand experience of the market place. They can be the source of knowledge encapsulating your competition, market trends, and benchmarks for salaries for example. Recruiters can be consulted before you decide to recruit and before you have drafted a job description for the proposed role to ensure that you are pitching at the right level and the skills are obtainable. A good IT Recruitment Consultant can advise on suggested skills and experience which should be required, and what is realistic according to the current market. A good recruiter’s knowledge can be invaluable to the smooth process of your next hire.
2) New Vacancies
Emailing a job description is simply not enough to find quality candidates through Recruitment agencies. It is important to provide more information about the team dynamics, type of person who will suit the team, and specific experience required which will add more value to the vacancy. This information can speed up the process, and ensure that suitable CV’s are sent to you.
3) Meet your IT Recruitment Consultant
Meeting your IT Recruitment Consultant shows both parties commitment to the hiring of the best talent, it can be as simple as seeing where the new hires will be sitting, how to get there, the office environment etc so that the Recruitment consultant can build up a picture of what the company is like to work for and therefore pick the types of candidates that are suitably matched. When speaking to candidates you will want your Recruitment Consultant to portray your business in the best light possible, whilst still being realistic! IT recruitment consultants meet many candidates each week and feel that when you meet with them you learn a lot about them and the type of company they are looking to work for. You can learn a lot more from a face to face meeting than a phone conversation which helps when picking which candidates will be suitably matched to your business.
4) Networking
ALL of the Impact IT consultants are on LinkedIn. Networking is a vital tool for IT recruitment and if this is not done correctly then you will not find the best candidates for the roles. Social Networking can be very time consuming so it takes great discipline to manage your time properly and maximize the potential. Some of the best candidates I have placed have been through a long term search for the candidates ‘dream job’. This can take months to search for but you get much better results acting as a consultant rather than just doing a key word search on job boards and, “trying to fit square pegs into round holes,” which is something we unfortunately hear about all too often within the industry.
5) Using Recruitment Agencies exclusively
In order to fill your positions quickly and to get the best IT recruitment service possible you need to give your Recruitment Consultant an exclusive period on the role. Once you have chosen a good Recruitment Consultant, they will devote their time and put the role at a high priority to find you the right candidate. By only choosing one IT recruitment agency it will also free up your time only having one point of contact for all recruitment. Using an exclusive period on a role encourages both client and recruiter to work together to ensure the position is filled. Using more agencies doesn’t necessarily mean more choice; it can actually be detrimental as it becomes more of a game of speed rather than quality. This can also sometimes lead to the dreaded situation where two agencies have put forward the same candidate which no party wants.
Using an experienced, specialist IT recruitment agency can help employers to ensure their next hire is a positive one. When an IT recruitment agency pride itself on delivering the best results they can be seen as an extension to your company. They professionally represent your company when speaking to candidates to ensure that your organisation will be highly regarded throughout the marketplace.
Tuesday, 17 August 2010
The Recruitment of PHP Developers
PHP is an open source technology and is used by the majority of web development programs. PHP Developers with experience in the UK market are in very high demand and most employers use the services of IT recruitment agencies to recruit for these positions. IT recruitment agencies assist employers in hiring suitable developers with the right skills sets and the capability to enhance workplace practices and web offerings. The hiring process for PHP Developers has various merits because these developers are required to develop and customise various applications, directly affecting a businesses ability to operate in a streamlined manner. Employers regularly use IT recruitment agencies when it comes to hiring PHP developers because they are able to identify the best candidate on the market at any one time and ensure they meet the required specification.
Developers proficient in PHP can deliver diverse results and produce highly appealing, interactive and e-commerce driven websites. PHP Developers are able to incorporate various customised solutions which can help organisations to increase their return on investment. They can also produce common command procedure which can help organisations to attract more customers and achieve growth and success.
IT recruitment agencies ensure developers are checked and screened before they are sent for interview. This saves employers the huge amount of time and resource involved in the recruitment process. Fully validating candidates is something which is vital because, with so many PHP developers on the market, candidate quality can vary widely. IT recruitment agencies will identify candidates with UK Citizenship or appropriate working visas and ensure they have a good grounding of English language, thereby protecting their clients’ from employment issues and ensuring better interaction between the placed developer and the client’s existing team or client base.
Using an IT recruitment agency such as Impact IT can help to make the recruitment process run smoothly. It is more cost effective in the long run; the developers are more likely to stay with the organisation for a longer period of time because they are better matched and validated before entering into the interview process.
PHP Developers can provide organisations with cost effective solutions and assist companies with high expert services. Their skills can positively affect an organisation at various levels but placing the wrong developer can be a costly mistake with the potential to set a project back by months.
Using an experienced, specialist IT recruitment agency can help employers to ensure their next hire is a positive one.
Developers proficient in PHP can deliver diverse results and produce highly appealing, interactive and e-commerce driven websites. PHP Developers are able to incorporate various customised solutions which can help organisations to increase their return on investment. They can also produce common command procedure which can help organisations to attract more customers and achieve growth and success.
IT recruitment agencies ensure developers are checked and screened before they are sent for interview. This saves employers the huge amount of time and resource involved in the recruitment process. Fully validating candidates is something which is vital because, with so many PHP developers on the market, candidate quality can vary widely. IT recruitment agencies will identify candidates with UK Citizenship or appropriate working visas and ensure they have a good grounding of English language, thereby protecting their clients’ from employment issues and ensuring better interaction between the placed developer and the client’s existing team or client base.
Using an IT recruitment agency such as Impact IT can help to make the recruitment process run smoothly. It is more cost effective in the long run; the developers are more likely to stay with the organisation for a longer period of time because they are better matched and validated before entering into the interview process.
PHP Developers can provide organisations with cost effective solutions and assist companies with high expert services. Their skills can positively affect an organisation at various levels but placing the wrong developer can be a costly mistake with the potential to set a project back by months.
Using an experienced, specialist IT recruitment agency can help employers to ensure their next hire is a positive one.
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Finding an Exceptional Apple in an Ordinary Bunch. The role of The IT Recruitment Consultant.
The modern commercial sector is essentially dependant on the IT recruitment consultant for the provision of skilled technical candidates. The increasing pace of development within the IT industry has raised the bar for skilled professionals. In addition, the increasing number of candidates pursuing a career in IT and the expanding global employment market has made it even harder to distinguish between candidates. Stafford Carrington , owner of Impact IT talks about the new wave of demands on the IT recruitment industry “Most of our commercial clients demand a high level of technical competence that cannot be found through traditional job boards alone. 10 years ago it was easier to spot good talent because the market was in its relative infancy and IT workers were fewer in numbers. Now the market is inundated with candidates from all over the world and universities are pouring out IT graduates, filtering the good from the bad is becoming more difficult”
The number of candidates sent through most online job boards can be unwielding and CVs are not filtered which leaves the client searching through hundreds of CVs to find the right candidate. Furthermore, job boards only tend to be used by candidates actively seeking work and many candidates still prefer to use agencies. Employers using job boards and standard advertising methods may not be opening themselves up to the wider market. While a job board will deliver large numbers of CVs the quality of candidates can be reduced. Stafford was quick to disprove the theory that receiving a greater number of CVs is preferable “At http://www.impactit.co.uk/ our IT recruitment consultants take a lot of pride in providing a manageable number of candidates who have been thoroughly assessed. We very often make a placement from the first shortlisted CVs sent. This isn’t because it’s easy to find candidates, it’s because an IT recruitment consultant has already invested weeks making links with top quality candidates and has spent days sourcing the best CVs for a specific role. If you are receiving good quality CVs in small numbers it’s a good indication your recruitment consultant has spent days sourcing, testing and interviewing candidates”.
There is no doubt the increase in the use of job boards by candidates and employers alike has changed recruitment. Employers now have access to far more CVs than ever before. In reality thought, how many job board responses are relevant to the role in question? How many have the right qualifications, live in the region and have the correct working visas? Upon questioning, Stafford didn’t entirely discourage the use of job boards but stated “Job boards are a grate tool but the IT market has been and will always be unique. The industry moves so fast and the best candidates are in high demand. They get phone calls from recruiters every week. These people aren’t on job boards because they don’t have to be. We use multiple job boards at any one time and have access to other methods of sourcing. Before a recruitment consultant has even touched a job board they will have searched their own database, contacted the candidates known to them and scoured resources like twitter and Linked In.” It’s just not feasible for an employer to do all that for one role.”
It is not only the availability of good candidates which leaves job boards and advertising in question. A job board does not technically test candidates, interview or have years of experience. A recruitment consultant will manage the recruitment process and managed a candidate’s expectations. Their work is done when an offer has been made and accepted. Furthermore, it is within their interests to ensure the candidate is still committed 1-3 months later when their notice has been served and they are due to start. A job board’s objective, on the other hand, is simply to provide CVs to match criteria.
While businesses look for cost effective methods of recruitment the employment of an individual is a large financial commitment and for those operating in the SME market one which they can ill afford to get wrong.
Friday, 5 March 2010
Impact celebrates in Stockholm
Two of Impact’s consultants were rewarded for their hard work during 2010’s first quarter with a company team building event to Stockholm. James Lafferty, Head of Development and Adam Thompson, Software Consultant, jetted off with our MD, Stafford Carrington to spend the weekend in Sweden’s capital. They battled through the Nordic winter snow and took in the sights and sounds of one of Scandinavia’s most beautiful cities. It wasn’t all sight seeing though, found time to sample some of the city’s most famous clubs and bars including the world renowned Berns Salonger.
Well done and thank you to James and Adam who had worked so hard over the last few months to meet the requirements of their clients and provide the quality of service Impact IT prides itself on.
If you like the sound of our team events and think you have what it takes to become an Impact Consultant we would love to hear from you. Send us your CV together with a covering letter explaining why you think you have what it takes to recruitment@impactit.co.uk.
Two of Impact’s consultants were rewarded for their hard work during 2010’s first quarter with a company team building event to Stockholm. James Lafferty, Head of Development and Adam Thompson, Software Consultant, jetted off with our MD, Stafford Carrington to spend the weekend in Sweden’s capital. They battled through the Nordic winter snow and took in the sights and sounds of one of Scandinavia’s most beautiful cities. It wasn’t all sight seeing though, found time to sample some of the city’s most famous clubs and bars including the world renowned Berns Salonger.
Well done and thank you to James and Adam who had worked so hard over the last few months to meet the requirements of their clients and provide the quality of service Impact IT prides itself on.
If you like the sound of our team events and think you have what it takes to become an Impact Consultant we would love to hear from you. Send us your CV together with a covering letter explaining why you think you have what it takes to recruitment@impactit.co.uk.
Friday, 29 January 2010
Hi there,
below is some interesting news we picked up form our google feed today.
A recent report which revealed that the worldwide spend on IT services is to reach $3.4 trillion (£2.09 trillion) in 2010.
Figures from the forecast by industry analyst Gartner, estimated that Western Europe will notice a 5.2 per cent growth in its IT market.
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Hi there,
Impact IT has started a Company blog. We are specialists in IT Recruitment and we are currently looking for candidates to fill roles in the following areas:
- IT Support
- Web Development
- Software Development
- IT Contractors
We also have a Security Recruitment business called 'Impact Security'.
Check out our website. You can even submit your CV. wwww.impactit.co.uk
keep watching becuase we will be posting many of our jobs on here and our consultants will be on hand to offer advice and guidance.
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