2012 IT Directors' Survey
This survey provides the industry with useful information regarding what happened in our sector in 2011 and what plans it has in 2012. This year we will be making a charitable donation to our chosen charity, Cancer Research, for each response we received.
ReThink Candidate Interview - Senior Business Analyst
Adam is a senior business analyst within the Hedge Fund, Investment Banking and Asset Management sector. He leads a team in the delivery of detailed data analysis and development and production of front, middle and back office systems within an asset management company.
ReThink Candidate Interview - IT Support Analyst
Meryem works as an IT Support Analyst in an Asset Management company, providing technical support to a busy trade floor. She is generally the first member of staff at hand whenever a trader has an IT problem and helps to ensure their clients are given the best service possible.
Getting the best out of meetings
Meetings and those dreaded meetings about meetings generally just get in the way of doing real work. However, without meetings, we may have any real work to do. While technology has made communication instant and convenient it has not eradicated the need for face-to-face meetings. Most people would agree that you’ll get more done and employ all the most convincing types of communication to get your point across.
2011 IT Directors’ Survey
Leading IT recruiter ReThink Recruitment’s 2011 IT Directors’ Survey has highighted that confidence among IT Directors has improved significantly over the past year, following the budget cuts and headcount reductions which dominated responses in 2010.
IT jobs market continues to expand
The fourth quarter figures for 2010 show that the IT jobs market for permanent staff continued to expand between the third and the fourth quarters where there were 4.6% more jobs advertised. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand.
The UK Analytics Market
This information is aimed at providing you with a regular quarterly update on the UK Analytics market. Detail includes updates on trends in recruitment, salary survey results and current job oppportunites in the Analytics space.
Succeed in a job interview by treating it like any other business meeting
Nervous about a job interview? It’s essentially just another meeting with another business person, so as long as you’re prepared and behave accordingly, you’ve got nothing to worry about. You already know how to handle an important business meeting; try applying these general principles to your interview style.
Writing a compelling CV
One of the biggest barriers people come across when it comes to updating their CV is knowing where to start. Starting a fresh CV will make sure that each job listed on your CV is consistent and, more importantly, written with hindsight to present these jobs in a context that helps get you an interview. Our tips will help you create a CV that people want to read.
Five consecutive quarters of growth in demand for IT professionals
Despite the concerns over the impact of the public sector cuts we are pleased to report that IT recruitment levels continued to rise during the third quarter of 2010. We have now seen five consecutive quarters of growth in demand for IT professionals, with the rate of demand more pronounced through 2010 – 4.4% in Q1, 8.1% in Q2 and 7.6% in Q3.
