Things have changed a lot since I started in recruitment, my first ever placement (print staff at Printronic in Wimbledon, my first IT placement โ an Ops Analyst in the Old Kent Road for a company that made cigarettes) to our current open vacancies (including a Tech Director role just going live, Product, Snr Devs and Azure Cloud Engineers)
Technology has evolved.
Working practices.
Offshoring is commonplace.
Job titles have changed.
However, the core principles of successful IT hiring have not changed.
๐. ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐
Behind every CV is a person. AI and job boards help, but recruitment is still about human connection.
๐. ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐๐
Some of the most successful placements Iโve made have been with candidates who didnโt tick every skill box, but had the right mindset and attitude to learn skills they didnโt have.
๐. ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐๐๐ฅ
Companies that act quickly secure the best candidates. The longer your process, the more offers your top candidate might get.
๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ
Treating people well pays dividends. One or two of Jump ITโs clients today started as candidates/clients over 20 years ago.
๐. ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ (๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ!)
Thereโs nothing better than matching someone to a role theyโre excited about!
๐๐ก๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ?
The UK job market (IT/Tech, Marketing or other) will keep evolving
AI is changing how we hire; however, at Jump IT Recruitment, our mission remains the same. We want to connect the right people with the right opportunities by talking to people!
If you are looking to recruit into your team or business, and want advice from someone whoโs (just about) seen it all please get in touch with me!
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