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More placements made by Alexander Chase

on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 16:28

Alexander Chase was pleased to report the start of the week that another placement had been finalised. Graham Saunders MD says, "We were delighted to start the week with another successful placement this month. A happy client and a happy candidate. The investment we are making in the Alexander Chase brand is starting to pay off and I am excited to see upsurge in activity."

Alexander Chase recieved a brief from a client who had been working on a vacancy and seeking the right candiate for over 3 months. Within a week Alexander Chase had found a match.

Alexander Chase: 
Alexander Chase provide a unique tailored recruitment service. Our team of consultants are trained to provide high quality recruitment solutions. We work with top companies in a range of sectors including PR, Marketing and Digital.

PR Account Manager

This is a great opportunity for a PR Account Manager with a proven track record in B2C PR to join one of the London’s leading Independent PR Consultancies.

Established coming up to 10 years ago this PR Agency is considered as one of the most successful news generation agencies in the UK. The Agency offers its’ clients a consultancy service that provides strategic insight, and measurable PR and communications campaigns that deliver effective results.

Clients include a major retail brand and a large European wide designer retail village consortium with sites all over Europe.

Is RSS a job seekers most useful tool.

Searching for job vacancies isn’t especially easy if you are currently in a role. Calls from job agencies with all sorts of different positions can be distracting. One of things that can be made to work for you is a simple tool called RSS or Really Simple Syndication!

What is RSS. According to wikipedia..

RSS(originally RDF Site Summary, often dubbed Really Simple Syndication) is a family of web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format.An RSS document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or

6 reasons to learn to code

  1. More jobs are expecting higher levels of social media and web awareness- the more you know the better.
  2. Technical web skills are rising across the board. ‘Don’t fall below the ‘mark’
  3. Take the enigma away from websites. It’s the same as learning a language – hard work but rewarding.
  4. Impress yourself and improve your web confidence.
  5. Put to good use. Most people are members of societies and committees could your new found skills be useful here?
  6. This website was developed by someone with no IT training.

If you are interested in learning code there is great ‘bite-sized’ free service here.

5 things the government could do today to help the recovery.

1. Champion enterprise

It is not rude to make a profit. Politicians need to be more ‘pro-business’

2. Lend to SMEs

Why is there a massive disconnect between what we hear from the chiefs of banks and what SME MDs say is going on ‘on the ground.’ They can’t both be right.

3. Cut corporation tax significantly for smes to promote growth.

4. Support business. Business Links have gone, Regional Development Agencies gone… Chambers minding their own business. Where is the damn support?

5. George and David like their carefully orchestrated PR with their safety helmets and luminous jackets on a

10 reasons why we might be over the worst

The last few years have seen a tough trading environment for many. Although I hope I'm not tempting fate these are 10 reasons why I think we are over the worst.

1. Banker bashing seems to be very old skool now and there was a ground swell of opinion last week telling us to stop bashing business. Love it.

2. Merkozy 'seem' to be maneuveringthrough the worst of the Euro 'chop'

3. Interest rates are still remarkably low - Low mortgage payments yippee

4. Even if we 'double-dip' this quarter. The only way is up right...?

5. Chance we might get a full Tory mandate in a couple of years.

Top 10 tips for a great CV

on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 20:35

Top 10 tips for a great CV.


1. No History
Your career history should be called Professional Experience

2. Outcomes
Where did you make a difference - Give examples......

3. Numbers
Numbers have impact. Don’t know the number try a percentage

4. Font
Choose a contemporary font at the right size

5. Forget Borders
Keep borders and shading to a minimum

6. Leave the picture out
Unless you are applying in Europe where it is accepted

7. Careful with links
LinkedIn links etc keep to cover letter

8. Social Media
Make sure your LinkedIN matches your CV!

9. No bullets like this (-)
Its a