Jenrick IT is pleased to report that demand for permanent IT staff continues to grow healthily despite a slowdown in the wider jobs market, the REC’s monthly Report on Jobs has revealed.

On an index where a score above 50 denotes growth, demand for permanent IT staff was measured at 57.2 in October, the highest of any sector.

In addition, demand for IT contractors was measured at 52.1.

Responding to the research, REC Technology Chair Jeff Brooks said:

“It is striking that demand for qualified IT professionals remains healthy. It has long been clear that the jobs of the future will be in technical, highly-skilled areas such as IT.”

Further information:

If you are an IT professional seeking to advance your career, then please contact the Jenrick IT consultant team directly on (01932) 245 500 or view our current IT job opportunities and apply online.

ARTICLE SOURCE:

• rec.uk.com - The Recruitment & Emploment Confederation
  

Wednesday 23rd November 2011 marks the third National Freelancers Day, organised by PCG.

Freelancers provide flexible solutions and are working hard with their clients to assist economic recovery.  In a drive to gain wider recognition for the contribution that freelancers, consultants and contractors make to the UK economy, PCG has declared 23rd November as National Freelancers Day.

National Freelancers Day will:

• Highlight this flexible, agile and expert community to UK businesses, educating on how to engage and work with freelancers to help beat the credit crunch

• Celebrate Freelancing as a valid career choice, highlighting the community and support network

• Underpin that to unlock the full potential of freelancing, Government must recognise that freelancers are in business and entitled to clear and fair taxation laws

Jenrick IT appreciates the value of freelancing and would like to show their support by sharing the following links to spread the word.

Are you fit to freelance? Why not find out in the ‘Fit to Freelance’ quiz to test your freelancing knowledge! Simply click on the link below.

• Try the ‘Fit to Freelance’ quiz

FURTHER INFORMATION

For more information on National Freelancers Day (NFD) please click on the link below.

• nationalfreelancersday.org

Jenrick IT, the award-winning IT recruitment agency, is considering a new scheme to help IT workers that have been made redundant or have lost their contract due to budget cuts.

Many such IT professionals are being told that “they have become de-skilled,” possibly due to the fact that they were supporting legacy systems.

There is nothing more frustrating both for a good agency and hard working candidates than finding no suitable roles in this current market place.

As such, Jenrick IT is currently considering an initiative to launch its very own grant programme, which would enable a limited number of IT professionals to be partially or totally funded to attend re-training programmes, to up-skill their knowledge in order to find new work opportunities.

I (Jane Stevens, specialist IT recruitment consultant)  wondered what the market thought of this proposal, whether there was a view on what amount of funding would be appropriate and whether it should be a question of candidates applying to us and then selection either by “first name out of the hat” method or whether some other criteria could be used.

Any ideas on the above would be warmly received.

Please contact Jane Stevens, Jenrick IT: 01932 245 500 - jane.stevens@jenrick.co.uk with your thoughts.

I (Jane Stevens, Specialist IT Recruiter) have written a few Blog articles recently regarding AWR (the Agency Workers Regulations) which came into affect from 1 October 2011. The Regulations have brought firmly into the spotlight the need for contractors, agencies and clients to work closely together to ensure employment legislation compliance. Often within this mix will sit umbrella companies and the need to choose the right one.

Having worked within IT recruitment for fifteen years now, I often find that contractors (especially those new to the contracting market but sometimes even more established ones) are not always fully aware of whether they are better off working through their own limited company or through a third party umbrella company and if an umbrella, which company to use.

As in any sector, you will find the good, the bad and the ugly. The challenge the contractor has is to establish the bonafide players who are able to run their contracts as compliantly as possible and therefore minimise the risk to the contractor.

To re-cap, before AWR hit, the clients were less likely to be aware of how each contractor ran their own business. Post AWR clients need to know how the contractor is operating in order to make sure they and/or the agency supplying the contractor on site are operating AWR compliantly. (more…)

Jenrick IT are reporting a marked rise is salaries for qualified IT staff as the competition to acquire top talent for 2012 starts to ‘hot up’. Philip Fanthom (Managing Director), from specialist recruiter Jenrick IT commented:

“The war for talent within the technical sector shows no sign of abating. Clients are looking to attract and retain good people. We have seen a significant rise in salaries being offered across a range of I.T. disciplines, as clients are looking to tempt talent from their competitors. Key skills in demand are Java Developers, Implementation consultants with SQL, Business Analysts, Technical Testers, and Trade Floor support (FI and Derivatives)”.

Fanthom’s comments were given further credence by a recent report from Robert Half.

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Jenrick I.T. is pleased to confirm that we will be attending the Security Cleared Expo at the Royal Horticultural Halls in the heart of Westminster on Thursday 20th October 2011. Jenrick is a niche recruitment consultancy who specialise in placing SC and DV Cleared IT Professionals into jobs within the Government and Defence Sector.

Our reason for attending this particular event coincides with one of the key philosophies that Jenrick was founded on - building relationships.

David Delve, one of the Jenrick Career Team attending the exhibition, provided this insight into why Jenrick is exhibiting:

‘People’ is what makes Jenrick as a company thrive, we understand that career change, whether permanent or contract is a major decision which holds not only professional, but personal impact also.

We aim to guide all our candidates through the recruitment process, with an emphasis on meeting them face to face in order to build rapport, understanding, and trust, so that we can find the best possible career for them. (more…)

Jenrick IT are reporting a continued demand for specialists within the financial trading arena. Philip Fanthom (Managing Director) commented:

“…despite all the current negative press, our experience is one of high demand and continuing challenge to supply. Our clients are looking for IT experts with financial trading experience, current demand includes; Java Developers, Testers (Functional and Technical), Solutions Architects, Business Analysts, PMO leads, Linux System Administrators/Engineers and Oracle (DBAs, Engineers)”.

In addition to this consistent demand for IT Consultants from Jenrick IT, the BBC have reported that it is the Computer experts who are running the world’s financial trading , as in the article below:

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Yes, it is completely true!

In one of their latest features titled “Tomorrow’s technology on display at the British defence show,” The Metro highlights the following . . .

“Among the frightening and bizarre weapons, such as gold- plated machine guns and rubber hand grenades, was a hidden gadget show previewing awesome new technology.”

From memory, Jenrick was the only company at DSEi to carry these ‘covert weapons,’ as the statement from Jenrick’s Security and Defence Specialist Recruiter, Miriam Lee, explains below:

“We took them there for a bit of fun, they were just stress products formed in the shape of grenades.

However, they quickly became the ‘give-away’ of DSEi! (more…)

Jane Stevens, Specialist recruiter with Jenrick IT was requested to give an interview with City AM  as an expert on job creation and some of her comments have been published on Wednesday, 28 Sept 2011.

• Click here to view the full City AM article - Is Ed Milband Right to Target Private Equity Firms?

Jane’s commentary follows on from a report published by the International Labour Organisation and highlighted in The Guardian on Monday, 26 Sept 2011:

The world’s major economies are heading for a “massive jobs shortfall” by the end of next year if governments do not change their tack on policy, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) said in a study published on Monday.

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It’s always hard to decide how to market your product or service to potential customers. However, here is an interesting article that Jenrick IT recently found regarding 10 new technologies that can help market your business.

1. Facial Recognition

Giving away free product is a great way to build your brand, right?

Unilever, the company that makes things like Lipton soup and Suave shampoo also makes ice cream and figured it would use some of it to get customers to smile-literally. It worked with the high-tech marketing company SapientNitro in London to make a vending machine called “Share Happy” that uses facial recognition to give people ice cream bars for smiling.

They even designed the box so people can upload their smiling mugs to Facebook, pushing the brand even farther out into the consumer space. When the machine debuted in Lisbon last year, it vended 52,000 ice cream bars in two days with no media support or advertising. That’s about 600 percent more than a regular ice cream machine.

The award-winning box is now on world tour doling out brand recognition as it goes.

“Facial Recognition is being used not only on experiential campaigns but even on digital signage,” says Rob Gonda, global head of emerging technology and innovation for SapientNitro. “For instance, a lot of our installations…detect things like gender, age bracket and start serving more targeted advertising on digital signage and digital displays.”

What’s different today compared to a few years ago, Gonda says, is brands have to be situationally aware and contextually relevant.

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