Recruiters: Here's the rules. The first recruiter to tell me the company name, and then send the job-spec gets to forward my details - if I think it's interesting. No company name, or spec, no chance If you send my details without my OK, you lose. And I tell the company you are a loser (chances are, they are too). …

If you aren't taking hiring seriously - other people can, and do hire the people you need. I've been guilty of it before - leaving it a couple of days - or even a week before getting back to someone that sent in their CV - although of course, most of the time, it didn't matter. The person wasn't going to get hired …

I was out last night at the The Big Xmas [bash] #, near Silicon Roundabout. It was a fun night out meeting various people, tech, business and recruiters. Oh, the shame though - I was wearing the same T-shirt as someone else - and, yes, I have indeed replaced people with small shell scripts. Now, to the main part of …