The great and the good of the technology industry got together earlier this year at our inaugural Channel Chat Live event on the 26th May 2022 at The Phoenix in Cavendish Square, London. The panellists […]

The Journey So Far – Crazy Q1
The first quarter of the year is traditionally a time when people plan to make lots of changes to their lives with resolutions to improve fitness levels, stop drinking and it seems that this year […]

10 Stress Busters – For when you’re feeling the strain
It is National Stress Awareness Week (4th to 8th November 2019) the perfect time to recognise how stress can affect you and your colleagues. So take some time out, grab a cuppa and your favourite […]

Should we be judging candidates based solely on a piece of paper?
The question has been asked; ‘do you think recruiters will ever become obsolete?’ several times during 2019, so I thought I’d explain one of the reasons why the answer to this question has been a […]

Why the IT Sales Industry Needs More Women
The UK tech sector currently finds itself in the position where only 16.8 percent of the total workforce is female, and an alarming one million women must be hired into the sector to reach gender […]

Six methods to deal with stress in your sales job
Work-related stress & anxiety is something that has always affected workforces worldwide, especially in high pressure sales roles, however talking about ‘mental health’ has historically been unthinkable… luckily this is slowly changing and it needs […]

A key member of your team has just resigned? Don’t panic… here’s 6 things we’d recommend you do!
January, as a business owner, is a month that you often just want to get through as quickly as possible… Not only because you’re still getting over the Christmas and New Year hangover but also […]

Robertson Sumner salary survey 2018
We here at Robertson Sumner last week released our 2018 salary survey after compiling data from the last 12 months across our 3 key market segments: vendor, distribution and reseller sectors. And we’ve found some […]

How do you know your last hire was a success?!
How do you know your last hire was a success?! So, you’ve successfully filled the vacancy that you’ve been struggling with for months however how will you know the chosen candidate was a good hire? […]

How to mitigate the risk of a ’dream candidate’ falling through the net!
It’s hard to have any involvement in the recruitment process in the IT sector and not hear about the current talent crisis in the UK on a daily basis. In this candidate short market it […]