Cloud computing brings immediate changes. For BiS-Henderson Chief Operating Officer Mark Botham, moving the company’s computing to the cloud was worth a member of staff. “It gave me back one member of staff immediately – someone who was spending their life looking after our IT – and now I’m using them much more productively within the company,” Mark told journalists in a companion supplement published with The Guardian. The simple fact is that communications technology has … [Read more...]
What profile will Walmart recruit for Netto?
Posted on 15/09/2011
When the chief executive of the world’s largest retailer, Walmart, reports that “...many consumers are still struggling...” it is time to sit up and listen. To be sure, Mike Duke was referring to Walmart customers in the US at that moment, not ASDA customers in the UK, but he had plenty to say about global aspects of the business during the second quarter results presentation. And it was all about delivering in some form or another. So Walmart’s US consumers are trading down, … [Read more...]
BiS-Henderson can help candidates to fill NGO posts
Posted on 06/09/2011
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are not an easy alternative to private or public sector bodies: they demand the same high standards and the same professional approach that go with the equivalent job description elsewhere. Specifically, NGOs need a very clearly-defined set of skills that are not otherwise available to their clients. Over and above an ability to do the job, they will expect candidates to demonstrate a level of interest and commitment to the specific areas in which the NGO … [Read more...]
UK logistics industry has a modern, professional face
Posted on 02/09/2011
Logistics and transport keeps the UK economy on the move. As a sector, it employs 2.3 million people who deliver goods and services, as well as moving people around the country. It is, above all, an industry that has high expectations of those working in it, requiring dedication and commitment, as specialist logistics recruiters BiS-Henderson will always remind candidates. If ever proof was needed that the logistics industry is moving with the times, the Chartered Institute of Logistics and … [Read more...]
Finding the right logistics recruitment specialists: follow the knowledge
Posted on 30/08/2011
The right candidate for a logistics vacancy has to do more than just tick the boxes: (s)he has to have a positive, “can-do” attitude to the job, too. After decades of working in the industry through years of major structural change, recruiter Larry Woelk, International & Business Development Director at BiS-Henderson Logistics and Supply Chain Recruitment, has some very clear views on the subject. “One of the challenges of the industry is not to have people ‘fall’ into … [Read more...]
