Jobsite win double at Onrec Awards

Jobsite.co.uk came home a double winner last night, winning both the Best Technical Innovation and the Innovative Offline Marketing awards at Onrec.com’s annual online recruitment awards bash.

Jobsite (the company I work for), won the Offline award for our recent branding campaign, which including heavyweight TV advertising starring Max Beesley. The other finalists were Fish4Jobs, TheLadders.co.uk and Graduate Yorkshire.

Perhaps more interesting for this blog is the Best Technical Innovation award we won for ‘BeMyInterviewer’.

If you’re not familiar with the product, it’s an interactive video-based service that enables you to practise your interview technique with a panel of some of the UK’s most successful businesspeople. Topping the bill is Duncan Bannatyne from the Dragons’ Den, along with interviewers from Ernst & Young, Virgin Atlantic, ITV, BSkyB and O2.

Other finalists for the Onrec award included Monster.co.uk, Guardianjobs.co.uk, s1jobs.co.uk and Workhound.co.uk.

10 Signs You’re Addicted To Twitter

“My name is @garyr0binson and I’m a Twitterholic”

Okay, maybe not, but you have to admit, it can get very addictive. Who hasn’t found themselves saying to someone “be with you in a minute, just need to check something first…”?

C’mon, @leeodden, @yoast, @the_gman or @scobleizer or @avinashkaushik might have just tweeted something I need to know right now.

Now obviously I’m not saying the following signs are all from my symptoms, but let’s just say I would score pretty highly if we checked.

Let me know of any others you have experienced, so we can draw up an early warning checklist for those that can still be saved.

10 Insider Tips to Win a Search Agency Pitch

When you’re a search agency pitching to potential clients, how many times do you wonder:
What is it that they really want?
What are they thinking right now?
Are we doing okay?
Was this tie/shirt combo a good idea?
The last question is anyone’s guess (spots over stripes, really??) and whilst you can never truly tell [...]