By the time I got the call, she was already in the Sea King helicopter. Some girls will do anything to meet Prince William. According to the eye witness reports, it was an impressive full-summersault, with a “Ben the Chef” style face plant, which are painful enough off a diving board into the sea, but on Snowdon, this is one place I like to keep my feet firmly on the mountain side. “The good news is she’s smiling, she’s a real tough character.” Jonathan reassured me. I clearly don’t have exclusivity on being accident prone. Our trips to Snowdon down at the Lake House (Castell Cidwm) are special. It is tough, and in windy conditions you have to keep your wits about you. And that’s… Read the Rest »
Driving into work at 5.30am dressed in gym gear I pulled over to get petrol. A chap dressed in shorts too got out to fill up his car, he acknowledged me with a small but firm nod and as I left, I thought to myself, he looks like a good bloke. I always wonder who are these early morning “driven” people? Where are they going? I have a theory, have you ever noticed how people seem to get more irate the nearer it gets to 9.00am when driving into work? Obviously it’s not everyone, there just seem to be more people stressed as 9 o’clock approaches. What I need are these other people, the dynamic ones who want to squeeze every last drop out of… Read the Rest »
I am currently in Wales in the mountains, doing a bit of blue grey-sky thinking. I am here planning the next exciting stages of UKFast. Over the last few years I have been lucky enough to take advice from some extraordinary entrepreneurs. As a result I have helped catapult UKFast on to a very exciting stage in its development. We have grown year on year, not just in profits and turnover but in our resolve to make a difference. By rubbing shoulders with people playing at a higher level than you, you most certainly develop at a faster rate. We employ superstars. Are you in a position where you feel you have something extra special to offer? You maybe like me 20 something years ago…. Read the Rest »
We ran one of our graduate recruiting days last week at UKFast and we started off by asking all the graduates to stand up, introduce themselves and tell us, who their most iconic person is and also tell us about something they have achieved which they consider momentous in their life. It is a good ice breaker and for those of us assessing the candidates, it starts to give you a snap shot of what is to come. A young lady stood up, and I don’t have her name to hand and she described her momentous achievement as creating a small shop on ebay and selling a variety of things. When she sat down, I immediately asked, “so why are you here?” At first I… Read the Rest »
Whilst perusing the World Wide Web I came across a report by CRAC stating that students think careers in IT are boring. It’s true, there is a certain stigma attached to the computing industry. Everyone thinks we’re geeks, we spend our spare time glued to World of Warcraft and our social skills are non existent. This stereotype doesn’t exactly exude glamour and it goes a long way to explaining why half of IT employers are currently failing to fill the necessary roles. So, at UKFast, we’re working hard to disprove the theory that jobs in IT are boring and the rewards have been fantastic. We attract plenty of new recruits – over 200 graduates arrived at our latest open day this month – and we’ve… Read the Rest »
I’m extremely personal about the staff I hire because each employee is an important cog in the running of a company. At UKFast I employ on personality and intelligence because I want staff to fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. As a company grows it becomes more and more difficult to give the necessary amount of attention to recruiting new staff. But despite the size of the company it is still vitally important to get the right staff so as not to dilute your business’s overall skill sector. To overcome this problem as the company grows, at UKFast we have hired an internal recruitment and HR manager. Every day at UKFast we receive phone calls from recruitment consultants offering their services and in most cases… Read the Rest »
