Administrator on April 27th, 2010

For those seeking to reach the pinnacle of their profession, being effective at public speaking is an art form that they need to master as much as what it is that they do.
It is therefore not enough to be able to “walk the walk” when you want to be the best – you [...]

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Administrator on March 22nd, 2010

Jenrick IT, one of the trusted recruitment agencies of the 7C Alliance, has announced a webinar that they will be doing on ‘12 deadly interview sins’ for both recruiting managers and candidates.
See the posting by Philip Fanthom from Jenrick IT in the 7C Alliance – Open Practice Technology Network for details and registration of interest.

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Administrator on March 7th, 2010

LITCAM March 2010

When:
Thursday 11th March

6pm onwards
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Where:
West London

Featuring:

SOME Project
of the 7C Alliance

and

Art on “Life”

by Ron Best

with

Complimentary Wine

Selected By Members

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Administrator on February 26th, 2010

A seminar on How Agencies Work as well as a workshop on CV Writing Tips and Techniques will be held on Thursday March 18th at the Institute of Directors, 116 Pall Mall, London. See below for more details, or to register interest in attending and reserve a place, then email register@7c-alliance.com
Background
Mark Compton, from Fisher [...]

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Interested in knowing more about what 7C Alliance members think of the regular 7C Alliance events, the value they have got out of them as well as their observations of the current contracting market?
Well, the 7C Alliance Contractor Support Analyst team asked these very questions while doing the first trial of the new contractor health [...]

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Administrator on November 26th, 2009

To better understand the needs and status for IT and Telecoms contract work in The Midlands area, 7C Alliance is getting a few IT and Telecoms contractors, small consulting businesses, contractor recruiters and (hopefully) a few end-client contacts from those attending the Oracle User Group (OUG) Conference, together in Birmingham on Tuesday, 1 December.
We will [...]

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Administrator on November 20th, 2009

Last Thursday, 12th November 2009, 7C Alliance was proud to have Diana Lowe, a professional networker, give a talk on “The Art of Networking” at the LITCAM Monthly meetup.
Diana started well with her intro that engaged the group on how helpful it is to know what makes us notable and known when networking. The example [...]

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Administrator on November 19th, 2009

Did you know that there was a day set aside for us? It has been initiated by the Professional Contractor’s Group and is intended to get recognition of the contribution that freelancers make to the economy. Check out more details on the National Freelancer’s Day web-site

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Sbrown1963 on November 5th, 2009

The next monthly London IT Contractors Meetup is all set to go. It will be held next Thursday the 12th of November commencing at 6:30pm in Bar Blue at Vinopolis, situated on London’s South Bank (a short walk from London Bridge rail and tube station).
The evening will include a short talk on how to [...]

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The 7C Alliance recently hosted a presentation on Information Security and the Data Protection Act, which was given by Mike Barwise, a member of the 7C Alliance. This presentation clearly covered the finer points of the recently released British Standard, BS 10012:2009 Data protection – specification for a personal information management system.Content wise, this could [...]

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