Jenrick  is currently exhibiting at the SC Expo 2011, being held in Bristol and opened today, to showcase the SC and DV Recruitment Solutions provided by the company.

Visit Jenrick at Stand 8

In attendance are two of Jenrick’s most experienced staff within the defence and security sector, Miriam Lee and Philip Fanthom. (more…)

We just received this very short article from The Harvard Business Review. It complemented The Daily Telegraph Career Discussion recently given by Jenrick IT’s Managing Director, Philip Fanthom, and as such we wanted to post it on the blog for others to benefit from:

Far too many people toil away in jobs that leave them dissatisfied. To avoid - or remedy - an unhappy job situation, find a position that allows you to do three things:

1. What you like to do. If what you enjoy doing most is useful, it ought to be part of your career.
2. What you do best. Many people spend years trying to improve areas of weakness. Focus your energy on mastering what you’re good at.
3. What is valuable to the organization. Figure out how your particular strengths can be used to better your company, unit, or team. A sense of contribution will make you feel more engaged.

If your current role doesn’t fulfill all three, talk with your manager about changing some of your responsibilities. If there is a real mismatch, consider switching organizations or careers.

This short piece reiterates the exact message delivered by Philip and we hope it continues to confirm the importance of pursuing a career that you are passionate about.

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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Jenrick IT Managing Director, Philip Fanthom, has been announced as one of the headline speakers at The Daily Telegraph’s Careers Event on January 25th 2011.

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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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Over 1/3 of Contractors are NOT updating their skills and accreditation’s frequently enough - a recent Linked IN opinion Poll confirms.

Jenrick IT recently ran an opinion poll within an exclusive Global IT Contractor Group on Linked IN. The Group has in excess of 550 members from a complete spectrum of IT roles and industries. (more…)

Please let me explain to you why I have wanted to SKYDIVE since the age of  16 . . . .

“At the age of 16 I was fortunate and unfortunate; unfortunate in that I broke my neck (C6 vertebrae in two places), but very fortunate in that I suffered no long term damage (i.e. paralyses, speech problems, breathing issues…etc).

The recovery phase for this particular type of incident is estimated at between 20 – 60 weeks, which for a 16 year old lad (who enjoyed the pleasures in life) is particularly disheartening and potentially devastating.

My life, as far as I was concerned was ‘sh*t!’.” (more…)

Demand for professional contractors has continued to increase, together with the numbers of contractors who seem to be preferring the Limited Company course of contracting.

Philip Fanthom (Managing Director, Jenrick IT) commented:
“we have not seen this level of contract activity since 2007. Demand has been increasing month on month since October last year. In addition, we have noticed a sharp increase in rates for some skills, in particular; developers with C++, C#, and Java” (more…)

I was reading The Sunday Times this weekend and one particular article really reminded me of a subject that Ade McCormack touched upon during his presentation at our recent IOD event – Work / Life Integration, which is to be the focal topic of our forthcoming Whitepaper. (more…)