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 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 September 23rd, 2009

At the recently held 7C Alliance Job SAW event, I presented a workshop on the Top 5 Challenges in applying for jobs online and the challenges that IT contractors face in getting through to the end-client and to interviews.
Presentation background
These challenges are from a number of market observations gathered by Matt Miller in recent [...]

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Administrator on September 18th, 2009

Introduction and Background to IF workshops
First off, we hope you like the Yoda-style heading to this blog!!
Indeed, the intention of doing that is to announce the force that we are seeking to bring together for helping 7C Alliance members – and UK’s independent IT contractors and IT consultants at large – better understand what is [...]

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Administrator on September 17th, 2009

Introduction and Background to IF workshops
First off, we hope you like the Yoda-style heading to this blog!!
Indeed, the intention of doing that is to announce the force that we are seeking to bring together for helping 7C Alliance members – and UK’s independent IT contractors and IT consultants at large – better understand what is [...]

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Introduction
What would you say to an opportunity to hear about what an industry is like from “the horse’s mouth” (as it were) and not only get an appreciation of what you need to know to work there – but what it is like to work there? That is, besides the work you might [...]

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