A Job with Benefits!

 

 

 

Look what we have for you! Apply today- I'd like this job myself. Look at the benefits package. This is an employer that values his employees, without a doubt!

Benefits

• On the job and formal training in the various Microsoft technologies;
• Support in gaining formal Microsoft certifications;
• Some home working;
• 24 days annual leave plus bank holiday (plus bonus 3 day Christmas shutdown subject to performance)
• Company mobile phone which can be used for personal use (within reason)
• Free refreshments fridge
• Regular company social events and paid for team lunches
• Subsidised attendance at MS and industry events;
• Support for relevant out of work activities, for example user groups, presenting, blogs etc.
• Corporate support for charity fundraising events or positive social action activities

Asp.Net / C# Developer, Midlands, to c. £35K ( more if you are exceptional!)

Our client is an established software company and a Microsoft Gold partner specialising in the latest Microsoft and .NET technologies and in developing packaged applications. They are looking for a Developer to become a key member of the development team working on bespoke and packaged applications utilising the latest .NET technologies. 

Job Description
You will need to be a self-starter, willing to work hard and be able to fit in well with a small team.  You will be involved in the full life cycle of application development including documenting requirements, producing designs, build and test, release and on-going support.  You will have the opportunity to get involved in all aspects of application development.

Requirements
A computer science or related degree with a high level of computer science content.
You will be a motivated self-starter.  You should be able to learn on the job with minimal supervision.
Passion for creating great applications and solving customer problems.
Keenness to learn new skills and technologies.
An interest in the Microsoft development community.
Ability to communicate complex ideas and concepts well.
Commercial experience with ASP.NET/C#

Mob: 07970 494916
Tel: 0121 687 1234
Email: jayne@hts.co.uk
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Operations Analyst Required please........

Great Company! Great Job! 4 Days on/ 4 Days off

 (what you could do with 4 Days Off!)

IT Operations Shift Analyst, Herts, to £45k inc. shift allowance



Our massively successful client is looking for a Support Analyst to monitor all operational IT environments and serve as the initial point of contact between the data centre, external suppliers and the business. 
The focus of the role is critical application support on a mainly Unix based infrastructure together with network, comms connectivity and client issues.  It’s a hands-on role involving troubleshooting and resolution of 1st line issues across all business and office systems. 

Skills required:
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience of supporting critical production infrastructure
• An appreciation of, and exposure to, Unix and MS Windows domain based systems
• Basic understanding of SQL/Oracle would be beneficial.
• Methodical approach to problem solving and attention to detail.
The role involves working a 4-on/4-off days and nights shift patterns, so flexibility is key; candidates ideally should have their own transport.
This is not a Unix or Windows Systems Admin role nor a Network Admin role but one of application monitoring and support in a networked Unix and Windows environment. 

Sound like a match?  Please send a CV ASAP to Jayne at HTS.
Jayne Hannon
Senior Consultant
Connect with us at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaynehannon

Or visit our website www.hts.co.uk


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Great client needs Technical Author, Graduate or Skilled- read on!

 

Great client needs Technical Author,

Graduate or Skilled

- read on!

We have a fantastic new opening for all Technical Authors and would-be Technical Authors.........Reply today- really is an exciting opportunity not to be missed.

 

 

 

 

Technical Author, Graduate or Skilled,

 

 

Midlands, UK, Competitive salary

Job Description
An award-winning, world-leading developer of advanced software for industry, with more than 40,000 customers in over 80 countries, is looking for a Technical Author, both skilled and a Graduate trainee.
Keywords: Technical author, technical writer, graduates, degree, science, scientific, engineering, Birmingham, midlands, west midlands, warwickshire, worcestershire
For  Graduate position

• You should have a first or upper second class degrees in a science or engineering discipline with strong writing skills; or in an arts-based discipline with a strong interest in and an understanding of technology.

• You need a real enthusiasm for explaining and communicating cutting-edge applications.

As part of one of the fastest-growing companies in their field, you will work alongside the other technical authors and liaise with software developers, application engineers, and translators in an environment that is both challenging and rewarding. As your skills develop, you will be expected to work using your own initiative to create user documentation for one of our products used in a huge range of sectors .
For skilled Technical Author position
• They require a productive Technical Author with at least 2 years’ experience to create user documentation for their products, having a strong interest in technical computing.
• An excellent degree in a science or engineering discipline combined with strong writing skills; or an excellent degree in an arts-based discipline combined with a strong interest in and understanding of technology
• Willingness to work in a fast-moving and exciting development environment.
• Innovative ideas for enhancing the product documentation.
• Excellent writing skills.
• Proof-reading skills.
• Ability to communicate with technical experts.
• Good organisational skills.
• Proficiency in authoring tools, preferably: AuthorIT, Word, Snagit.
• Confident with mathematical concepts.
• Ability to produce writing that conforms to a house style.
• Ability to work in a team and to work independently.
• An enquiring mind!
They offer competitive salaries, a company pension scheme, flexible working, private medical cover, and an annual bonus scheme to enable all our staff to share in our success.
EU applicants only please.
Sound like a match?  Please send a CV asap to Jayne at HTS Recruitment.
Jayne Hannon
Senior Consultant

Connect with us at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaynehannon

Or visit our website www.hts.co.uk

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1st Line Support Analyst / Helpdesk Support, West Midlands, to £18K + benefits

1st Line Support Analyst / Helpdesk Support, West Midlands, to £18K + benefits

Do you have support desk skills, a knowledge of Windows, Ms Office and  Sql Server with ideally a Software House background? Then read on! We have a great job with an amazing client ( wish I could apply myself) and they can't wait to hear from you.

1st Line Support Analyst / Helpdesk Support, West Midlands, to £18K + benefits

Our award-winning, market-leading client has a superb new opportunity for a 1st Line Support Analyst.

The role involves working with customers to implement products, plus to provide support and help in the on-going use of products.

 

 

The applicant will be required to have an excellent standard of interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to understand and record customer requirements and explain technical or complex solutions to customers in writing or over the phone.


SKILLS

1. Applicants should have good IT skills including Microsoft Windows (XP, 2K3, Vista & Windows 7), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and Visio) and good working knowledge of Microsoft SQL 2K/2K5/2K8 Server.
2. Previous experience in a similar helpdesk support role is highly desirable.

The Customer Services 1st Line Support Analyst provides technical support and user assistance to customers.


Duties include:
- Handling customer requests (via e-mail, telephone or web portal) and logging them in our service management tool.

- Providing customers with software usage advice.

- Identifying the appropriate priorities and required actions (e.g. escalation).

- Running SQL scripts on MS SQL Servers.

- Providing updates and detailed product release information.

- Collating product enhancement suggestions.

- To work to increase professionalism and standards in all areas of the co.

- To actively review and share product enhancement ideas as appropriate.

- To actively review and share ideas on improving the department and company.

- To show initiative and commitment to developing job and product knowledge

 

Required Experience

• Minimum of 1 years’ experience of:-

• Working in an IT Development / IT Support environment

 

Additional Desirable Experience

• Technical documentation skills

• Understanding of XML helpful

• Experience of using Microsoft SQL Server 2K, 2K5, 2K8

• Familiarity with managing data in Microsoft Access and Excel

• Understanding of database structures, theories, principles, and practices

• Server-client and web based computing and relational database environments

 

 

  

Email:  jayne@hts.co.uk

Mob: 07970 494916

Tel: 0121 687 1234

 

Connect with us at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaynehannon

 

Or visit our website www.hts.co.uk

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Java Developers needed now:-

Well, thank goodness, at last things are looking up!


There is a definite improvement in the jobs market and just to start you off - well those of you who consider yourselves to be above average Java Developers- we have a number of vacancies with a fantastic client, an on-line retailer who will give your career the boost it's been waiting for. Apply now and don't miss out on these fantastic opportunites.


Java Developer (s), Herts, Web, £32K to £55K + Great  Benefits

Our massively successful client is an online retailer looking for Java Developers to be a core-part of the technical team and work closely with the business, UX team and the wider team to deliver a modern, scalable, high-traffic, robust web-application which  is set to become a household name. They embrace agile techniques and run projects using cross-functional Scrum teams.

Our client’s newly formed team is looking for skilled Java developers to develop a green-field, consumer facing, web-application within a fast-paced, start-up-style environment.
They have got a  rare-opportunity to start very nearly from scratch here, so you'll have the opportunity to work with a modern technology stack, including:


• Spring MVC
• Tomcat
• Selenium
• JQuery
• JPA
• JMS
• Java
• Oracle
• Mercurial, Maven, Jenkins etc
Key Skills:

ESSENTIAL

• 2:1 or First class degree in Computer Science or Joint Maths & Computing from good university
• Strong A-levels including A in Maths and either Physics, Further Maths or Computing
• Demonstrable Java programming ability.

Salary: Dependent on experience plus Pension, AXA health care, Critical Illness cover, Share Option, Share Save Scheme, 23 days holiday, 15% staff discount and more
Sound like a match?  Please send a CV ASAP to Jayne at HTS.
jayne@hts.co.uk
0121 766 6626
07970 494916


Connect with us at LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/jaynehannon


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And, if you don't happen to be a Java Developer, no problem.

Visit our website: www.hts.co.uk where I'm sure you will find something to suit.

You will be so glad you dropped in on our Blog if you are an ASP.NET (C#.NET) Developer.

You will be so glad you dropped in on our Blog if you are an ASP.NET (C#.NET) Developer.

 This is undoubtedly the best move you will have made today! Apply now and you could be working for the kind of company you have always wanted to be with.

 

 

Our client is looking for an ASP.NET (C#.NET) Developer (eCommerce), West Midlands £35-40k package.

 

 

Favourite client!

 

Brief Details of position.

 

 

ASP.NET (C#.NET) Developer (eCommerce), West Midlands £35-40k package

 

Our client has a requirement for an industrious, reliable  ASP.NET (C#) Developer to develop e-commerce solutions for customers.

 

 

Suitable candidates will have solid C#/ASP.NET development experience working on e-commerce sites.

 

 

Find out more about this great position at:

 

HTS
Call: 07970 494916
or: 0121 687 1234

 

Email: jayne@hts.co.uk

 

 

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Blogging styles: orthodox and mystical

There are two classical schools of blogging:

1. The traditionalistic, ultra-orthodox school that insists on posting things on your blog with some sort of frequency, and...

2. The free-wheeling, mystical, esoteric school that focuses on the meditative side of blogging.  Specifically, it focuses on just letting your blog sit there meditating while you do other things, like work, eat crisps, etc.

I lean towards the latter, more introspective school, as you can see from my recent posts.  But there are some things - quite a few things, actually - that one simply cannot communicate without doing some communicating.  

'What like?' you ask. 

Well, you can't ask questions, for a start.  Questions like:

Are there any C# Developers with Silverlight or WPF in the Midlands who are looking for a new role with a fantastic, very successful company with lovely offices?

And -

If so, can you send my colleague your CV?  Jayne@hts.co.uk.  Thanks.

Also, you can't impart advice on how to get a job or switch jobs in a market where everyone is trying to get a new job.  

With this in mind, I've decided to write a short series of posts addressing different aspects of job-hunting from the perspective of someone who spends all day looking at CVs, matching them to job specs, weeping over the relentless frequency with which he has to correct people's spellings of the word 'liaise', etc. 

Stop by tomorrow if you're currently looking at the jobs market and want some old-fashioned type-written advice (or if you find yourself thrust into that position between now and tomorrow).

Next post: Job-hunters take note: not standing out is the new standing out