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Congratulations to our March Winners
We would like to wish our March winners a big “congratulations!” for all of their achievements last month, making it a brilliant end to Q1. March 2018 was an outstanding month for Evolution UK,...
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Event Review: Women in Tech
Last week, I attended a brilliant event held at UKFast addressing the issue of gender bias in the technology industry, called “In Our Own Words: The Changing Perception of Women in Tech”. I came away...
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International Women's Day 2018: Evolution Continues to Press for Progress
Happy International Women’s Day 2018 from everyone at Evolution Recruitment Solutions! To celebrate and support the women working at Evolution all over the world, we asked a few of our employees to...
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Congratulations to our February Winners
We would like to wish our February winners a huge “well done!” for their individual achievements last month. February 2018 was an extremely successful month for Evolution UK, and many members of the...
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Meet Our Employees!
Over the last few months, Evolution’s Head Office in Warrington has expanded rapidly following the unprecedented growth of a number of our teams. This has included numerous hires for both permanent...
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Meet Our Directors!
In order for our clients, candidates and potential employees to get to know Evolution’s Management Team a little better, we are happy to introduce our Directors in a series of videos, detailing who...
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Evolution partners with Alder Hey Children’s Charity for 2018
At the start of each year at Evolution’s Head Office in Warrington, we hold a vote for a local charity that our employees would like to fundraise for that year.
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Evolution's Achievers' Trip to Food Sorcery
Last week, Evolution's achievers from Q4 2017 were treated to an afternoon at Food Sorcery in Didsbury, where they were taught how to make cocktails and a number of Asian dishes.
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Mentoring a Local Tech Start-Up
Over the last few months, I have been a part of Tech Manchester; a mentoring programme created to help tech start-ups in the North West to meet business owners for guidance on their new ventures.
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Drew Percival achieves £2 million of revenue
An employee at Evolution's Head Office in Birchwood has become the second person in the history of the business to bill £2 million.
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Evolution's 2018 Kick-Off Meeting and Employee Awards
Last week, we held the first company meeting for all employees at our Head Office in Birchwood, to kick off 2018 with the awards for the previous quarter, as well as discussing plans for the year...
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Infographic: Sweden's Tech Scene
Sweden is fast becoming one of the most sought-after European countries to work in for tech professionals.
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Evolution sponsoring Google Cloud Platform Meetup in Manchester
Evolution is pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring Cloud Technology Solutions’ first Google Cloud Platform meetup in Manchester on Wednesday 24th January, starting at 6pm.
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Evolution opens 6th global office in Frankfurt
We are thrilled to announce the opening of our newest office in Frankfurt, Germany, following another record year for the business in 2017.
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Evolution remains 6th Generation Investors in People Standard accredited
We are pleased to announce that following an assessment at our head office, Evolution continues to achieve accreditation against the 6th Generation Investors in People Standard.
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The Graduate: Mark Hollett
Hello! I’m Mark and I am a .NET Recruitment Consultant covering roles in Scotland, and, like Phoebe and Hannah, I’m also a part of the contract team. Even though I’m relatively new to recruitment,...
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Why isn’t salary the most important part of a job for IT professionals?
When it comes to looking for a new IT job, people working in the sector will be looking for a number of aspects to be a part of the next step in their career, depending on their personal...
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Congratulations to our November Winners!
We would like to wish our November winners a huge “congratulations!” for their individual achievements last month. November 2017 was a record-breaking month for Evolution UK, and many members of the...
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Review: JavaScript North West Meetup, November 2017
Following the success of the last few months’ JavaScript meetups, last week we held November’s event, “ReactJS: Bespoke application development”.
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Specialising in SQL: Part 1
I recently decided to work towards the Microsoft MCSA Querying SQL Server qualification. Last month, I took the first of three exams - specifically exam 70-461 - meaning I’m now a third of the way to...
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Evolution is officially Cyber Essentials certified
Following an assessment to measure if Evolution met the requirements of the Cyber Essentials implementation profile, Evolution is now officially Cyber Essentials certified.
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Evolution raises £1,156 for Children in Need
Evolution managed to raise £1,156 for Children in Need on Friday 17th November.
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What IT Professionals REALLY Want
This year, Evolution surveyed over 1,000 IT professionals to find out what they value the most when they’re on the hunt for a new job. We expected that most people would choose their salary as the...
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Review: North West Women in Tech and Digital Meetup
I had another interesting and inspiring evening last night at the North West Women in Tech and Digital Meetup. It was the first of its kind to take place in Liverpool, and with the event being held...
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The Graduate: Hannah Hampton
Hello! I’m Hannah and I am a Scala & Java Recruitment Consultant, working as part of the contract team here at Evolution. I’ve been a working here for about five months now, so I’m still relatively...
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5 benefits of working in IT
Whether you have graduated recently, or you are simply gearing up for a change in career as part of your 2018 New Year’s Resolutions, there are countless reasons to consider a career in the IT or...
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Evolution Receives Princess Royal Training Award at St. James’s Palace
After three months of anticipation, Evolution Recruitment Solutions officially received the Princess Royal Training Award at St. James’s Palace in London this week!
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Congratulations to our October Winners!
We would like to wish our October winners a huge “well done!” for their personal achievements last month.
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3 reasons why interview feedback is important
When it comes to recruitment, we all know how much effort goes into arranging an interview. The recruiter has to take a brief from the company, source relevant CVs, speak to the candidates and find...
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Chaos to Calm: BI Reporting
Every SQL developer or DBA’s worst nightmare… “My report is taking ages to load!” “The figures on my report are wrong!” “My two reports are showing different revenue figures!”
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James Dyson Celebrates His 5-Year Work Anniversary at Evolution!
Congratulations to James Dyson on reaching his 5-year milestone work anniversary!
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The Graduate: Phoebe Love Lowe
Hello and welcome to my first blog! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Phoebe and I’m a Big Data Recruitment Consultant here at Evolution, working on the contract side of the business. My...
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Evolution Takes Home the Recruitment Titans Pub Quiz Trophy!
Last night was a big night for Evolution! A few members of the team headed to Tiger Tiger in Manchester for the Recruitment Titans Pub Quiz, hosted by I-COM. Ten teams from recruitment companies all...
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Evolution’s Contract Recruitment Team Enjoy a Tex-Mex Teambuilding Evening
Evolution’s Contract Services Director, Matthew Fleet-Jones, very kindly hosted our contract recruitment team at his home this week.
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Forward Ladies Regional Final 2017
With Forward Ladies being the UK’s biggest celebration of women in business, I was absolutely thrilled to be nominated in The Rising Star category this year at the Forward Ladies North West, Wales &...
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6 warning signs to spot a nightmare boss
Seeing as many of us spend most of our lives at work, it’s important that you have sufficient job satisfaction and enjoy the time that you spend in the office. Everyone has bad days at work, and...
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Evolution wins IT Security Recruitment Company of the Year for the third year running!
For the third year running Evolution has been awarded the IT Security Recruitment Company of the Year at the Computing Security Awards. To win this award for a third time is really special. The IT...
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Goal Mapping: The driving force behind success
Around four years ago, I was introduced to Goal Mapping through Evolution by attending a Goal Map workshop, which was delivered by an internal trainer. At the time, I found that I didn’t fully...
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Yoga at Evolution: Promoting Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace
Evolution has now launched weekly yoga sessions for employees, in order to help support and encourage staff to be aware of their health and wellbeing.
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Evolution’s Quarterly Achievers’ Trip to Benalmádena!
Here at Evolution, we reward our staff with quarterly trips, alternating between UK activity breaks and a European holiday. This quarter our achievers travelled to Benalmádena in Spain for a...
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Congratulations to Evolution’s Quarterly Achievers!
Yesterday was another quarterly achievers’ awards meeting at Evolution. Every month, we give recognition, awards and champagne to our employees who have been promoted or exceeded their targets, and...
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7 Inspirational Women in Tech: A Timeline
The #WomenInTech movement has been prominent in the news and on our social media feeds in recent years, and for good reason; despite it being 2017, fewer than 1 in 10 women are in leadership...
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Scrumdog Millionaire: The quest to maximise value produced by our IT team
As part of my ongoing quest for knowledge in the world of agile software development, I recently attended a two-day course in Manchester, provided by the Scrum Alliance (the inventors of Scrum - one...
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Review: Women in Technology North Meetup, September 2017
I had a very insightful and interesting evening last week at the Women in Technology North Meetup; this month’s topic was “Increasing Resilience”. The first talk was by Sue Evans, who has a...
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Review: JavaScript North West Meetup, September 2017
For the past few months I have been organising the JavaScript Meetup group, taking place at the Evolution office in Warrington, on the third Tuesday of every month. This month’s JavaScript meetup...
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Computing DevOps Summit: A Review
Tuesday was an insightful day for myself and my colleagues, Chris Nicholas and Mark Hollett, as we attended the Computing DevOps Summit at the Hilton Tower Bridge London.
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Evolution sponsoring Scala Manchester Meetup on Monday 25th September
Evolution Recruitment Solutions is sponsoring the Scala Manchester Meetup on Monday 25th September 2017.
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Defining Our Purpose
When starting Evolution 17 years ago (from the cellar of my house!) our goal was to create an outstanding IT recruitment company for our employees, candidates and clients. I started the business with...
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Evolution champions National 4pm Finish Day
As part of Red Bull’s challenge for UK businesses to take part in “National 4pm Finish Day” on Friday 15th September, staff at Evolution’s Head Office turned off their computers and put down their...
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Evolution awarded Cybersecurity Recruitment Firm of the Year
Evolution is thrilled to have be awarded the Cybersecurity Recruitment Firm of the Year 2017 award, by the Global Defence Security (GDS) Review.
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Top 7 Interview Tips
Interviews can be daunting, no matter how many you’ve done or how many years you’ve been working for. Whether you are feeling confident about your upcoming interview or a little more nervous than...
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Join us at the Docker Manchester Meetup on September 19th 2017!
Evolution want to invite you and your colleagues to the next Docker Manchester Meetup on Tuesday September 19th 2017 at 6:30pm. We are pleased to present two talks for you on the evening and the...
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Top 5 CV Tips
Writing the perfect CV often seems like an arduous task; how many pages should it be? What should and shouldn’t you include? What format should it be in?
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Evolution sponsoring Computing DevOps Summit 2017
Evolution Recruitment Solutions is proud to be sponsoring the Computing DevOps Summit on Tuesday 19th September 2017, as well as exhibiting at the event.
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Friday Fun Day at Evolution!
Following a record month in July, on Friday 25th August, the team at Evolution was treated to an afternoon full of pizza, beer and softball down at the local park.
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The 2017 Polymer Summit: A Review
I've just come back from the third annual Polymer Summit in Copenhagen - here is a review of my time there.
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Java 9 Hack Day Meetup Sponsored by Evolution: A Recap
Evolution Recruitment Solutions proudly sponsored the Java 9 Hack Day Meetup event in Manchester last weekend. With Java 9 due to be released next month, the event was a brilliant opportunity for...
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Evolution shortlisted as finalist at Computing Security Awards 2017
We are pleased to announce that Evolution Recruitment Solutions has been shortlisted as a finalist at the 2017 Computing Security Awards, after winning the same award for the last two years in a row.
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An Evolutionary Journey of Enterprise Storage for an SMB: Part 3
Welcome back to part three of our blog series, discussing how we came to our decision about which storage solution was best for Evolution Recruitment Solutions. If you missed part one and part two,...
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4 reasons to change jobs in September
There might be a few reasons you’ve been considering finding a new job recently. Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you need an increase in salary? Are you relocating?
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Evolution to be awarded the Princess Royal Training Award 2017
We are thrilled to announce that Evolution Recruitment Solutions is being awarded a Princess Royal Training Award at this year’s ceremony, alongside organisations including Waitrose, Barclays Bank,...
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An Evolutionary Journey of Enterprise Storage for an SMB: Part 2
Welcome back to part two of our blog series discussing how we came to our decision about which storage solution was best for Evolution Recruitment Solutions, and why.
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Ben Toynton celebrates his 5-year work anniversary at Evolution
Our Senior Consultant and Eastern Region Team Lead, Ben Toynton, recently celebrated working at Evolution Recruitment Solutions for five years.
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The 2017 Polymer Summit: A Preview
Our Chief Software Architect, Keith Henry, is attending the 2017 Polymer Summit in Copenhagen next week.
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Evolution sponsoring Manchester Java 9 Hack Day Meetup on Saturday 19th August
Evolution Recruitment Solutions is sponsoring the Java 9 Hack Day Meetup event in Manchester on Saturday 19th August 2017, taking place at MadLab.
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Evolution staff take like ducks to water for St Rocco’s Hospice
On Sunday 30th July, 13 members of staff from Evolution’s Warrington office took to the water to take part in St Rocco’s Hospice’s annual Dragon Boat Race event.
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An Evolutionary Journey of Enterprise Storage for an SMB: Part 1
Welcome to my first blog in a series of three, discussing how we came to our decision about which storage solution was best for Evolution Recruitment Solutions, and why.
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Being promoted in my first 3 months at Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Well, here it is - my first blog post. For those of you who don’t know me, hello! – but anyone who is connected with me on LinkedIn may have noticed that I have an interesting work history, to say...
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Gemma Williams Shortlisted as Forward Ladies Rising Star
We're proud to announce Gemma Williams as a finalist at the Forward Ladies Awards 2017. Gemma works hard to champion women in both the IT and Recruitment Industries. This recognition is very well...
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Evolution Partner with AJ Bell
AJ Bell is one of UK’s fastest-growing digital companies. Due to ongoing investment and an increase in demand they are looking to hire at least 20 roles in the next 12 montsh alone. With...
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Annual Achievers Trip 2017 - New York City!
Each year Evolution rewards our high achievers with a trip to a far-flung destination.This year the destination was Manhattan, New York City! With attendees from the UK, Germany, Singapore and...
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Upcoming Event: Infrastructure Tooling for Microservices
Evolution are sponsoring Cake Solutions' upcoming panel event, 'Infrastructure Tooling for Microservices' in London on the 5th July 2017. We work closely with Cake Solutions and know how...
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The Rise & Fall of jQuery
In this blog I'm going to write about jQuery, probably the most popular framework, and why it's not what it once was. According to Stack Overflow's trends tool jQuery (while still the biggest...
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Meet us at Infosecurity 2017!
Infosecurity Europe is the region's number one information security event featuring Europe's largest and most comprehensive conference programme and over 360 exhibitors showcasing the most relevant...
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Defibrillator Fundraiser Update
After our very successful fundraising day on the 31st March (read more about it here) we managed to raise an impressive £651.14 across the whole building. As the price of the defibrillator is £1170...
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Next JavaScript North West Meetup - Tue 25th April: Securing Your BBC Identity - Node.js Server Security!
Application security is often an afterthought for developers, as we concentrate on the next shiny new feature for our projects. In this talk, we’ll highlight the importance of application security...
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Evolution Charity Update - April 2017
Each month employees chose a charity to support with an end of the month dress-down day. This allows us to support charities close to our emplyee's hearts, whilst also continually supporting St...
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Evolution wins Best DevOps Recruitment Firm at Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards
We're delighted to announce that we have won the Best DevOps Recruitment Firm at Computing's DevOps Excellence Awards! Many businesses are seeing the benefits of implementing DevOps practices. ...
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Evolution dress down for life-saving AED
On the last Friday of each month Evolution employees have the option to ‘dress down’ in casual clothes. For this we make a donation (suggested £5) that is donated to a local charity an employee has...
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Next JavaScript North West Meetup - Tue 21st March: Async Programming in JS
There is 1 week to go before the upcoming meetup. The event is on Tuesday 21st March at the Genesis Centre, Birchwood starting at 6.30pm Keith Henry our very own Chief Software Architect will be...
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Women of Silicon Roundabout - 20% Discount Today Only!
To Celebrate International Women's Day you can get 20% off delegate passes for 2017's Women of Silicon Roundabout
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Are you prepared for the IT security skills gap?
It’s long been accepted wisdom in the Information Technology sector that an alarming and growing skills gap exists when it comes to cyber security. It is expected worldwide spending on cyber security...
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We've been shortlisted at the Recruiter Awards 2017!
We’re delighted to be shortlisted at the Recruiter Awards 2017. Hard work, innovation and commitment to pushing boundaries of excellence within the profession and industry are what the judges have...
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Async Programming in JS
I've been working with JavaScript, in one form or another, since about 1997. Back then a mouse rollover was impressive; 20 years later and JS has reached critical mass, with browser vendors competing...
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INFOGRAPHIC: 10 Reasons to work with Evolution
INFOGRAPHIC: Award Winning, Part of the IT Community, Speed to Hire and Quality Standards: just some of the reasons why you should work with Evolution.
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Evolution Shortlisted for the DevOps Excellence Awards 2017
Computing's brand new DevOps Excellence Awards will showcase outstanding achievement from organisations, personalities and solutions operating within the DevOps space.
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Complying with new GDPR laws for data protection in your business
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is a new EU regulation which aims to give citizens back control of their personal data. It also seeks to simplify the regulatory environment for...
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Goodbye, Recruitment (or Recruitment Horror Vacui)
Recruitment consultants are alright. After 12 and a half years working behind the scenes of the industry, that is my take home. This was my first surprise. I took a short contract with Evolution...
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Northern Stars - The Winners Announced
Tech North's Northern Stars Grand Final was held on Thursday 17th November at Manchester's Old Granada Studios. 20 finalists from four months of competition pitched at the fantastic event. As one...
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ES-What?
VIDEO: In this session Dan Furze will be talking about ES6/ECMAScript 6/ECMAScript2015/Whatever it’s called now. ES6 is the latest version of the ECMAScript standard (everyday JavaScript to us) and...
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Northern Stars Grand Final - 17th November
After three regional heats in Sheffield, Newcastle and Liverpool there is one evening left in this year's Northern Stars competition: The Grand Final. Set to take place on Thursday 17th November at...
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Why do women still feel excluded from the IT profession?
According to a panel of experts from Intel Security, enough is still not being done to change the image of cyber security and corporate culture to attract women into IT. Educational barriers are...
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Peter Evison, Commercial Director at Cake Solutions
VIDEO: Peter Evison talks about how Evolution's Talent SAFE framework has helped Cake Solutions supplement their team with high-quality contractors seamlessly
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Evolution to Present at the UKOUG Apps16 Conference & Exhibition
We will be presenting at this year's UK Oracle User Group's Apps16 Conference & Exhibition. The UKOUG Applications Conference & Exhibition 2016 will be the largest gathering of UK Oracle...
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Evolution Wins Best Recruitment Agency to work for at Recruitment International Awards
The annual Recruitment International Awards were held at the prestigious Guildhall in London last week. We joined around 400 attendees, representing some of the best recruitment talent in the...
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Evolution Wins Cloud Recruitment Company of the Year 2016
We are proud to announce that Evolution are the Cloud Recruitment Company of the Year. It is fantastic to see our team recognised for all their hard work within the Cloud sector. We work with...
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Evolution Wins Security Recruitment Company of the Year 2016
For the second year running Evolution are the Security Recruitment Company of the Year. At another fantastic Computing Security Awards evening we collected yet another award in 2016. It's been a...
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Angular all the things! A high level look at full stack Angular 2 development! - Evolution Meetup
VIDEO: In this session our speaker Jon Preece will discuss and demonstrate modern front-end development using Angular 2. Angular 2 is the latest version of Angular, written by Google and the open...
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Northern Stars - Newcastle Regional Heat
The final Northern Stars regional heat was held at Newcastle's Assembly Rooms last week. It completed three fantastic evenings and completed the lineup for the finals to be held on Friday...
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Evolution Wins Best Niche/Specialist Agency 2016
The Drum's, Recruitment Business Awards, seek out the crowning glory of the recruitment industry. For 14 years they have awarded the best agencies with help of credible judges who are masters in...
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Evolution at IP EXPO Europe - 5-6 October 2016
Join us at IP Expo Europe on the 5-6 October 2016. IP Expo brings six major IT events together under one roof, 300+ exhibitors and 300+ free seminar sessions. It really is the must-attend IT event...
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Northern Stars - Liverpool Regional Heat
The second of three Northern Stars regional heats was held at Liverpool's The Crypt Hall last night. The evening was a great success and was full of some great startups!
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Northern Stars - Sheffield Regional Heat
The first of three Northern Stars regional heats was held at Sheffield's Peddler last night. It was a fantastic evening and a great start to the competition. Congratulations to the two winners,...
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Evolution wins The IT and Technology Recruitment Company of 2016 at the RI Asia Awards in Singapore
Continuing a great year across the globe, we're happy to announce our latest award win: The IT and Technology Recruitment Company of 2016 The Recruitment International Awards is the world's largest...
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Evolution Supports Northern Stars
We're sponsoring Tech North's tech startup pitch competition - Northern Stars. As a business that's grown up in the North of England we are always keen to support the region and its ambitious...
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...and it's Gold for Evolution!
Olympic fever has hit Evolution's offices. Our teams are competing against each other for PBs and our 2016 record breakers are off to Rio. Our IT Team has just raised the bar. We are now a...
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10 Steps to Successful Candidate Onboarding
INFOGRAPHIC: Candidate onboarding is often overlooked as part of the recruitment process. You have invested a lot of time in finding the ideal person to join your organisation. Don't let a poor...
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Driving Ambition of Women in the IT Industry
WHITEPAPER: Working with the UKOUG, Evolution surveyed IT professionals to examine their motivations and experiences. The survey also provided key insights to thoughts on the issues of diversity in...
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Evolution at SQL Saturday Manchester 2016
Last Saturday we were proud sponsors of this year's SQL Saturday Manchester. SQL Saturday is a training event for SQL Server and Azure professionals. As a free-to-enter event which members of our...
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Kevin Blair - Head of Talent Acquisition, Cisco
VIDEO: Kevin Blair talks about the benefits of Cisco working with Evolution. Covering Evolution's approach to partnerships, assisting with creating a diverse workforce and filling the 'hard to fill'...
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React, Redux and JEST: Building Apps from the Interface backwards - Evolution Meetup
VIDEO: React, Redux and JEST: Building Apps from the Interface backwards. In this session our speaker Matt Cavanagh will be giving an introduction into the new and popular framework ReactJS. For the...
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Good Karma: Testing Angular makes me Happy - Evolution Meetup
VIDEO: Good Karma: Testing Angular makes me Happy. This session will offer a great opportunity to developers of all levels to gain/improve their AngularJS skills. Our speaker Simon Robinson will...
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Evolution Wins Best IT Recruitment Agency 2016
The UK’s most prestigious honours in recruitment recognise best practice and celebrate the great work and achievements of in-house, agency and RPO teams, and individuals. Held at Grosvenor House...
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First ever Investors in People Platinum Organisation
We're delighted to announce that we are now a Platinum Investors in People Company. Not only that, but we are the first company ever to receive a platinum accreditation from IIP. We were first...
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IT contractors could see the benefit of sharing economy
IT contractors are seeing the benefits of the sharing economy, according to Andy Chamberlain, the Deputy Director of Policy at the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed...
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Evolution Wins Security Recruitment Company of the Year 2015
We’re delighted to have won the Security Recruitment Company of the Year award at the 2015 Computing Security Awards. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted for Evolution...
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Evolution Wins Best Workplace Environment 2015
We’re delighted to have won the Best Workplace Environment award at the 2015 Recruiter - Investing in Talent Awards. This award is recognition for Evolution's continued investment in our employees...