The following market update has been kindly provided by Lindsay Hill, an IT Clinical Statistician recruitment expert.

Lindsay is very pleased to feedback to everyone concerned, that the Clinical Statistician Jobs Market has continued to thrive, in contrary to much of the macro economic jobs market, following on from her previous market reviews on the Clinical IT Job Market. (more…)

Further to Jenrick CPI attending a meeting with MPs at the House of Commons, a question was raised at Prime Ministers Question time this week, which has left us scratching our heads again. Only last week we had confirmation from the government that the AWD would be delayed until October 2011, but here we have the PM giving very different signals. (more…)

Following-up our earlier article from SJD Accountancy, titled ‘Recession Busting Tips for Contractors,’ we have another article which highlights the current rates of pay for IT Contractors.

Thanks again SJD and keep these excellent articles coming! (more…)

The economic climate, although bottoming out, is still tough for contractors. With this in mind, our friends at SJD Accountacy have put together some recession-busting tax tips to help contractors maximize on their earnings! (more…)

As a key member of APSCo, Jenrick CPI were amongst a select group of organisations invited to attend a meeting with MP’s at the House of Commons on Tuesday 20th October to discuss the Agency Workers Directive.

The AWD was adopted by the UK government in May 2008 after a last-minute deal between unions, government and the Confederation of British Industry (CBI). Designed to protect vulnerable agency workers, the AWD will give equal pay and employments rights to agency workers after 12 weeks working for the same client. (more…)

Article by Jenrick IT:

As many of you are aware, I have been rigorously researching career development trends in the Video Game Industry, with particular reference to Video Game Jobs in London (as this is the location which most of our enquiries originate from).

This research culminated by me publishing a detailed blog article a few weeks ago titled “Career Development in the Video Game Industry – what skills do developers need?” (more…)

As you might be aware, the data brought back from the ice by Pen and the Catlin Arctic Survey (CAS) team, has, over the last 6 weeks, been analysed by Prof Peter Wadhams and his colleagues at the Polar Oceans Physics Group at the University of Cambridge. In close partnership with the WWF this analysis has been presented at a press conference in London, within the last few days.

Peter Wadhams and Nick Toberg the report authors, highlight the vulnerability of the Arctic Ocean sea ice, supporting a consensus view that the Arctic will be ice free in 20 years, but with much of it happening within the next decade. (more…)

Congratulations to Kerry Mumby from Jenrick Engineering who nominated Gosset Ward Special Baby Care Unit for the October 2009 Helping Hand incentive.

Gosset Ward is located within Northampton General Hospital specialising in Neonatal Intensive Care for premature babies and babies who need close care in the first few days of their lives.

Kerry’s nephew was born premature at 29 weeks and was immediately admitted to Gosset Ward who cared for him for his first 11 weeks of life. Gosset don’t just save the babies, they support parents through difficult times. The nursing staff provide parents with an incredible amount of support, guidance, shoulders to cry on, hugs and laughter.

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Following on from our previous blog articles regarding introduction to Scrum Agile and also career opportunities in Scrum Agile, we have now investigated the benefits of IT Professionals taking their Scrum Master Certification, highlighting where people can take the courses, the cost involved and also the direct impact it can have upon their career.

We started our research by posting several questions within Linked IN to a number of Scrum Agile Professionals, asking them why they took their Master Certification and what they believed the benefits were.

Here is a summary of their feedback, followed by the essential information regarding gaining your Scrum Master Certification: (more…)

Tories want ‘best’ migrants in UK

Shadow Minister for Immigration, Damian Green, has identified the Australian immigration system as the one he wants the UK system to most closely resemble. He has said that the Conservative party would keep the government’s points based migration system, but place an overall annual limit on numbers, in an attempt to cut low skilled migration but push for more highly qualified migrants to come to the UK. (more…)