Jenrick IT has just exhibited at the SC Expo 2011, held in Bristol, for the very first time.

The event was very well run, with the layout of the venue being ideal for Security Cleared Professionals to make their way round talking to each company and being able to freely approach each stand.

Due to the inclusion of a specific mini-brochure for the SC Expo within the pre-event handout, the attendees understood exactly the security and defence recruitment solutions that Jenrick IT provided coupled with the extensive experience of the consultant team within this sector.

Such a substantial number of people targeted our stand and were queuing to speak with our consultants to find out more about our SC and DV services, as well as using the opportunity to discuss their current employment situation.
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IT trade body Intellect has met with leading members of the coalition government and put the case for putting technology at the heart of the nations growth strategy.

Business Secretary Vince Cable and Communications Minister Ed Vaizey met with members of Intellect and other figures in the IT industry at a roundtable event which put forward the case for technology being used to drive the economy out of recession.

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The IT industry employs nearly 5% of UK workers. Within the UK economy, over three quarters of people now use IT as part of their job role. Use of IT is particularly important for over 90% of managers, professionals, associate professionals and secretarial/administrative staff.

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Thank you to Jane Stevens, UK Service Delivery Manager  at Jenrick IT for writing this article in response to the initial article on EBT Schemes last month.

There have been many schemes set up over the years including EBT (Employment Benefit Trusts) Schemes in order to take advantage of loopholes in the law where trusts or other vehicles are used to reward employees (contractors) which seek to avoid or defer the payment of income tax or National Insurance Contributions.

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Recent studies show that the choice of words people use when writing blogs conveys a lot about their personality traits.

Words convey meaning, but our choice of specific words also conveys details about our personalities, new research confirms. For example, extraverts are likely to use the word “mouth” frequently, and “open” personalities are likely to use words like “folk,” “poetry” and “universe.”

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An artcile by The University of Chicago takes a look at how men and women differ in terms of seeking jobs in which competitioin with their co-workers affects rates of pay.

Men are more likely than women to seek jobs in which competition with coworkers affects pay rates, a preference that might help explain persistent pay differences between men and women, a study at the University of Chicago shows.

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Contract - Market Highlights authored by Jane Stevens, Jenrick IT

Development/ Support

We have noticed a continued demand for experienced developers with the ability to write new code, bug fix and support applications/products within the finance markets. Java and C# jostle neck and neck as the code of choice and there is always a need for developers with strong communication skills who can not only operate within back office / database environments but are also able to sit comfortably within the front office space, having a decent understanding of products and the ability to talk knowledgeably with the business / third party suppliers and end customers.

C++ on both Unix (Linux) and Windows although more niche, definitely has a role to play within the markets. The supply of experienced developers in this field has contracted due to the fact that candidates originally based in the C/C++ arena, have ported their skillset across to what they see in the market as the more saleable C# / .Net skills. However, certainly in the foreseeable future, there will always be a small but definite trickle of C++ requirements for the specialist within this field.

Web based development within the .Net space continues to hold strong and we see this rolling well into next year in the same vein.

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Permanent - Market Highlights authored by Matt Hancock, Jenrick IT

Throughout 2010 we have seen a demand in a wide variety of skills across the board as many of our clients have been looking to deliver on projects put on hold throughout 2009.
Project delivery is still of extreme importance to many of our clients and the launch of various development projects and new application releases are considered critical to remain competitive and moving into 2011.
There has been a large increase in demand for permanent candidates with skills in the following 5 areas:

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At the moment Apple rules the tablet market with the iPad selling millions of units every month. Google is preparing to enter the market with Chrome OS running on a number of different tablets, but we have yet to see any working devices.

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Jenrick IT is reporting that developers are in high demand across all client sectors as we enter into the last quarter of 2010.

This is further demonstrated by the latest ‘top 20′ from ITjobswatch which places developers firmly at number 1 for the second week in a row. Whilst this may sound like great news for Recruiters, demand is outstripping supply resulting in a number of unfulfilled vacancies.

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