recruitment

A report by KPMG and Markit illustrates hiring in Britain’s tech sector is almost at its highest for three years, demonstrating its resilience in the tough economic climate. 

Corporate HR departments are busy. Aside from personnel and recruitment they may deal with payroll, tax, training, legal compliance and more.

When I consider the world of PR, I see confidence and extroverts. Shining the same torch on IT, I find shyness and diligence. The middle ground of social media combines these two in a very unusual way that can produce uncomfortable compromise or magnificent insight.

Some of the best traditional marketeers I’ve worked with lose their confidence when asked to improvise on a live, conversational platform - especially when bombarded with advice such as “keep it natural, don’t sell, accept negativity”. Equally, those people I know who could recode Facebook overnight shy away from using the interface they create, finding it hard to trust their voice in an amphitheatre.

As the saying goes, "many hands make light work". Don't know about light, but we can definitely promise exciting, enticing and engrossing roles working with the Social Media Week London team here at Chinwag.

Like the picture above, enthusiasm and inquisitiveness with a can-do, brainiac, professional approach is what we're after. Interested? Know someone? Check out the info below.

Chinwag has rejoined Digital Shoreditch to bring you the biggest and best Careers Day so far, taking place on Friday 24th May. 

The aim is to find and fill roles within the digital industry.  Here's a scoop: news of the location and a preview of the first companies who will be exhibiting.

Get your free ticket here.

We are excited to announce the 3rd Chinwag Careers Day on Friday 24th May, in association with Digital Shoreditch 2013.

After the success of previous events, you can expect a bigger and better schedule focused on finding and filling jobs in the Digital sector.

Remember the easy ride? Recruiters do. Place advert, await deluge. That’s over, replaced by a more balanced distribution of power between applicant and hirer.

Take my specialism: engineering. Employers now need to convince candidates why they should apply for their jobs over others. Businesses must now market themselves to potential employees, avoiding the most common obstacles to recruitment success:

Are you a job seeker in the digital and social media sector? Eager to get yourself infront of leading brands and agencies? Feel you could do with some advice on improving your CV or Portfolio? Interested in getting an inside view into how recruiters percieve your job profile?

Sounds like you need to sign up for Chinwag's next Careers Day at Social Media Week London, supported by JobisJob UK on Friday 28th September!

Hundreds of graduates, jobs seekers and experienced workers looking for that next challenge will be flocking to the Careers Day to meet the likes of Nokia, Financial Times, Imagination, Tempero, News International and more, so don't miss out. REGISTER NOW - it's free! Check out the Programme below!

The return of Social Media Week London (SMWLDN) 24-28 Sept will see a number of changes to the way SMWLDN works including the creation of several content-specific hubs and the launch of the SMWLDN work experience programme.

We're on the hunt for some space for the SMWLDN HQ in the run-up to September's event to house the team including the work experience folks and our fantastic volunteers that between them mean we can keep the majority of SMWLDN events free for everyone to attend. Can you help?

You want the role, the interview is going well. You've dealt with the inevitable questions about your faults, where you see yourself in five years' time and, if you had to describe yourself as a fruit, which one would you choose, and why?

There's a pregnant pause and the interview catches your eye and asks "Do you have any questions?". Here's seven cracking interview questions to seal the deal...