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Welcome to 2012

Augmented Reality
Once installed just open the App and hold it over the image at the top of this blog post. This one is just a bit of fun but this technology has some serious potential too.

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Multichannel retailing - Will retail be consumed by the cloud?

I have a few questions for you…
Multichannel Retailing - Will retail be consumed by the cloud?
Who will master the mega trio of cloud, mobile and social commerce?
What will happen to the high street or for that matter the out of town stores?
Will we see cybercafés in-store in an attempt to control purchases with in-café [...]

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185% increase in people who earn over £1,000,000 in the UK

£150k+ Club - The Top 1%of people in the UK

£200k+ Club - 138,000 earn between £200,000 and £500,000

£500k+ Club

£1M+ Club - Top of the tree are the 13,000 taxpayers who earn more than £1 million. Interestingly, this has rose by 185% since 2007

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2011 3rd Annual Cloud World Forum - Review

The world of #CloudComputing has created a new virtual economy which is exciting and lucrative for the vendors and provides customers of the cloud with a simplified solution combined with huge cost savings.

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Customer Experience Management (CEM) Vendors appear a hot favourite for investors… Have Cloud based CEM Solutions vendors given their sales people the advantage when competing against CRM Vendors?

This inside out approach has led to the birth of Customer Experience Management Software (CEM Software) the outside in approach which looks at creating a positive customer experience across the three main touch points of customer engagement the web, the telephone and face to face.

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Social Networking - Is This The death of the recruitment industry?

Millions of potential candidates free of charge

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Why are recruiters reluctant to send CV’s?

Behavior, drive, energy, passion, attitude, presence and the desire to work for a particular company can only be evaluated in a face to face meeting and not on a CV.

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First impressions count and so does interviewing face to face

First impressions count and when you meet someone for the first time it’s the first few minutes, first few steps and first few words that help you to formulate your opinion.

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What motivates you more: finding the right job for a particular candidate or finding the right candidate for a client?

Top Questions Companies Would Ask a Recruiter
What motivates you more: finding the right job for a particular candidate or finding the right candidate for a client?
Response from JPE (John Paul Executive Recruitment).
Finding the right job for a candidate has to be the highest priority – if this is achieved, their success in the role will [...]

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Do you understand my business?

Top Questions Companies Would Ask a Recruiter
Do you understand my business?
Response from JPE (John Paul Executive Recruitment).
There are two parts to this answer:
The first - Knowledge about a company (their competitors, their market and the product offerings within the market combined with the people/candidates available within the market) is invaluable.
The second - Some recruiters are [...]

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