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This week marks the day that, 20 years ago, Greg Holden and Leigh Jones (our illustrious leaders) took a monumental leap and started Holden Jones Financial Recruitment. On the 20th November 1995, two adventurous, eager young men took the keys to thei...

Recruitment consultants don’t always have a great reputation. We’re recruiters and we’re not going to hide from this fact, but we would like to dispel a few myths (for the sake of our industry’s reputation). Fake Adverts Yes, there are...

Last week’s budget was a big one. The first for a majority Conservative government in 19 years and the one that will set the tone for the start of this Parliament. As George Osborne stated at the outset “It sets out bold reforms on tax and welfar...

The evolution of the accounting and finance world might never be described as speedy. More suitable descriptions would be “considered” or “incremental”, but over the last decade there has been a leap in the evolution of accounting. The cloud,...

As recruiters we often speak to clients who want specific experience of particular software - on the face of it, a reasonable requirement. We are instructed to find the perfect person and that’s what we do best, however, what if the perfect person...

LinkedIn is the social network for the serious. With over 300 million users, two new users signing up every second, and a goal of attaining three billion members, LinkedIn is going to get a lot more serious. What started out in 2003 as a great way to...