Our Jumar Blog
Explaining gaps in your CV
Monday March 18th, 2019
CV gaps are not necessarily a turnoff for potential employers. It’s the way you communicate and explain these gaps that can let you down.
Perhaps you were made redundant, or you may have taken some time out to travel, to study, […]
A career in recruitment: Two years in
Sunday March 17th, 2019
Gaz joined us in April 2017 with no recruitment experience. Two years, three promotions, and many changed lives for job seekers later, he’s loving life as a successful Senior Resourcer.
We caught up with Gaz to ask him about his recruitment […]
There are only three interview questions (ever)
Friday March 15th, 2019
You know the scenario.
You’ve booked in an interview for a company you’d love to work for.
You have all of the experience the job advert says is required, and so the pressure is on to do well.
Time to prepare for whatever […]
Jumar celebrates milestone of 100 employees
Monday March 11th, 2019
Jumar’s aim has always been to deliver the best possible outcomes for its clients’ digital transformation projects. To meet the growing demand for Jumar’s services in IT projects and IT recruitment, we’ve invested in expanding our highly talented team, which […]
Working at Jumar: Nutritionist visits
Wednesday March 6th, 2019
Our employees do an amazing job of giving their all to look after our clients and candidates, but its also important they look after themselves too.
Jumar is always working on ways we can support our people and their health and […]
Jumar welcomes new government framework aimed at raising the bar in permanent recruitment
Tuesday January 1st, 2019
Solihull-based Jumar Solutions, which has provided IT recruitment services to government for two decades, has welcomed the introduction of a brand new procurement framework.
The Permanent Recruitment Framework allows the public sector to procure permanent staff through an approved supplier list […]
Java Developers: Is it time to learn Scala?
Friday October 26th, 2018
Scala’s growth in popularity over the last few years has caused quite a stir.
With organisations such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Sony preferring this concise programming language, taking the time to learn Scala is looking like a sensible investment for […]
The pros and cons of contracting
Thursday October 4th, 2018
Businesses often prefer to hire contractors for projects when they need specific skills for a short amount of time. As a contractor, you probably appreciate the benefits enough to contract for such businesses.
However, at Jumar we’ve noticed a trend in […]
Automation: Is your job at risk?
Monday September 17th, 2018
The replacement of jobs by machines has been happening continuously since the Industrial Revolution, but there is growing speculation that the figures are set to boom over the next decade.
Last year saw IT giant Infosys release 11,000 jobs due […]