• Fergal O’Brien trained Bradley wins at Sandown Park

      Feb 20, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Fergal O’Brien trained Bradley to win the Royal Artillery Gold Cup at Sandown Park  on Friday 17th February. Fergal O’Brien Racing is sponsored by ISL who provides the stable staff with outdoor clothing as part of its sponsorship.  Our polo shirt was prominent as Bradley is led into the winners enclosure. For full results pleas e visit the Sporting life website

    • Cloud computing and the public sector

      Feb 20, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Legislation has mandated that more public sector IT moves to the cloud, but what are the implications of this move? Will it be cost effective? Will it benefit the environment? How will it affect recruitment in IT in the public sector? Why is the government moving to cloud computing? As part of the EUs IT strategy, the European eGovernment Action Plan 2011-2015 has mandated member states to “increase the use …

    • Recruitment advice – The secrets of how to give a great interview

      Feb 6, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Everyone has an opinion on what you need to do to perform well in interviews. Some employers will not even interview candidates who haven’t polished their shoes and others will not interview candidates who are late. Some recruitment sites suggest you write your CV in a standard format others suggest you make it individual to stand out from the crowd. Whilst there are general common sense rules such as turn …

    • Companies now hiring based on attitude not just technical expertise

      Jan 31, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      With the increase in workforce from China and India and a surplus of candidates with relevant qualifications and expertise, companies are now looking at new ways to distinguish the top candidates and are now rating attitude as a way of assessing potential employees.  Results show 89% of failed new hires are for attitude reasons “When our research tracked 20,000 new hires, 46% of them failed within 18 months. But even …

    • CHELTENHAM CHARITY RACE – MARCH 2012

      Jan 25, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Jelly O’Brien, wife of Fergal O’Brien, the National Hunt Racehorse trainer whose yard we sponsor, has been selected from a huge list of applicants to ride in the Charity race that is run as the last race on the Thursday of the Festival in March. Jelly has committed to raising at least £5000 for Cancer Research UK. She has extensive experience in the amateur version of National Hunt racing, riding …

    • The future of e-commerce in 2012 …

      Jan 17, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      How will e-commerce change in 2012? After a year when online shopping went mobile and social what will be the major changes in e-commerce in the next 12 months. 2011 saw e-commerce go from the desktop to the phone with the huge growth in tablet sales and the greater adoption of Android and iPhone smartphones. Social e-commerce moved online shopping within the social networks with the Facebook e-commerce solution growing …

    • Do job titles mean the same thing in a startup and an established company?

      Jan 10, 2012 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Will the marketing director in a 6 month old rapidly growing company of 20 employees have the same roles as one in an established company with well known products of 20 years? Probably not. Job titles mean very different things in different companies particularly when comparing startups and older businesses. Startups and established companies are completely different entities. Although new companies have business plans, marketing strategies and a product list …

    • EFFECTIVE LEADERS NEED TO BE GOOD COACHES

      Dec 11, 2011 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Machiavelli’s tombstone bears the following words:  “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in it’s success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things”. In those days the requirements of leaders were very different.  People’s horizons were limited by the prevailing transport communications and production systems and society’s leaders used such restrictions to maintain their …

    • Data scientists – what are they? and why are they in such demand?

      Dec 6, 2011 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      Every day we write emails, we surf the web, we purchase items in shops, each time creating data. Data that someone, somewhere can analyse and use. With the increase in use of the internet, digital communications and the digitalization of almost every process on the planet there is growing need for people that can analyse these gigabytes, terabytes and even zettabytes of data and convert it into useful information. Big …

    • Successful job seekers are social so recruiters should be too

      Nov 28, 2011 ISLUK | Leave a comment

      “According to a recent survey, successful job seekers are increasingly social, which means organizations aiming to recruit sought-after, educated and tech-savvy workers should be too”. talentmgt.com This trend is something Incite Solutions consultants have become increasingly aware of and as a result have invested substantial time in learning how to make best use of the social networking sites such as Linked in, Facebook and Twitter. If you look at the …