“Nothing good is ever easy. If something was good and easy, someone would have done it already.” The FinTech marketplace is crowded. Differentiation is everything. Marketing, products, and technology have to work in harmony. Scaling your tech securely, to keep up with customer acquisition and retention is vital for success.

Here at Caspian One, it’s fair to say that female voices are highly influential. From Board to entry-level, our team benefits from strong professional women who are the driving force behind much of how we operate. Without them, we simply wouldn’t be the business we are today! March 8th marks International Women’s Day (IWD), an opportunity for many companies to recognise and celebrate women who contribute to their organisations. This year is even more prevalent for us, given the United Nations ‘DigitALL: Innovation and Technology for gender equality’ theme.

Caspian One Projects is a dedicated service designed to help our clients deliver complex technology projects flexibly, in a way that protects them from changing regulations. We own the project deliverables and manage the associated resources from a central Project Hub. They provide the project management, governance and support, while our highly experienced internal team and Partners work on delivering a solution against defined milestones. We don’t carry the overhead of traditional consultancy and this cost saving is passed on to our clients.

Caspian One has a long history of securing in-demand skills and capabilities for a global clientele... throughout the Broadcast industry. Though based in the UK, our clients, partners, and candidates can be found worldwide - with networks and relationships spanning the international media landscape.

It’s no secret that in our line of work, relationships define everything. All our achievements, all the successes we’re able to deliver for clients, all the support and insights we share with candidates... it all stems back to being part of the Broadcast industry; part of its people.

Interview with Lee Barnett, Caspian One Director on the subject of expectation management and positive experiences. Managing expectations is a fundamental ingredient when creating positive interactions that are memorable... for all the right reasons. Whether you’re ordering food in a restaurant or buying from an online retailer, knowing when your food will arrive or how long you’ll wait for delivery and having those expectations met can make a huge difference to your experience.

In this week's interview, Zack talks about his progression at Caspian one... sharing insights on the role he’s played in developing our projects-related services, exploring his experiences in recruitment and sharing views on the future. Read now!

This July the story of our Broadcast Media Technology team takes another turn as we welcome a new Delivery Manager, Mike Forbes!

Mike’s recruitment reputation in the broadcast industry is well established, with over a decade's experience recruiting in a variety of technical environments across the UK, EMEA and APAC; specialising in OTT, streaming and IPTV from development and engineering to C-level positions.

In this article, we muse over our experience with hybrid working and why some businesses are returning to the office... hearing from Caspian One Director, Nicole Thomson - who reflects on Caspian One’s hybrid transition story, how the Board needed to adapt and our circumstances today.

This International Women’s Day, we at Caspian One are celebrating the incredible women within our company's community; with each playing a critical role in the running and success of our business! Keep reading and meet Diana Blankson.

Do you know exactly what job role you want next, and in which company? If you don't, you may be tempted to search on a job board (including aggregators such as indeed.co.uk) or use LinkedIn to find your next position. Both of these methods can be successful, however, it is a lot harder if you don't know what the market is like for your skills and experience, or you’re looking to move into a position different to what you’ve done before. Both can be useful for certain purposes, so carry on reading to find out if you should be using a job board or LinkedIn to find your next role.

There are a lot of recruitment companies out there. Some specialise in particular industries, from digital to construction to engineering. Some specialise in particular roles; marketing or software development. Others focus on a wider range of sectors and industries. When faced with such a wide range of recruitment agencies, how do you choose who to work with? It can be a tough decision, especially considering that the wrong hire could cost your business significantly more than the hire’s initial salary, in on-boarding, training and lost productivity. So how do you choose who to work with? Of course, it’s worth considering the kind of role you’re recruiting for. A high-level, technical or specialist role requires a high-level, technical and specialist recruiter.

Being honest, we’ve all been tempted at one point or another to embellish the information on our resume. Let’s say you’ve found the perfect job, but the company is asking for two programming languages you've not used in over a decade - what harm could adding these to your resume really do?

Let’s face it, recruitment is easy, right? Put a job out, relevant people apply, you handpick the best, conduct interviews, choose your favourite, done; but, if that’s true, why is the recruitment industry now considered one of the fastest-growing in the UK, valued at over £35.1bn and employing over 100,000 professionals across the UK?

When you put a large collection of personalities in one office, the reality is that at some time or another, conflicts will arise. How you handle these situations can be the difference between a harmonious office environment and something that closer reflects an active war zone.

The battle between skill requirements and the number of capable individuals available to meet those needs has always existed. This balance has defined the global business economy in many ways, continuously pushing us to evolve, adapt and compete. However, this fact is little solace for the thousands of hiring managers in desperate need of skilled people who are ever becoming few and far between.

After 9 years with the company, Adam Vipond has successfully worked his way up from a Recruitment Consultant to the position of Head of Client Delivery for UK FinTech. We spoke to Adam to find out how he did it, and what advice he would give to any budding consultant wishing to follow in his footsteps.

This truly is a question for the ages. Is life sweeter for independent contractors with higher earning potential and an increased work-life flexibility; or does job security and a bounty of benefits make permanent employment the more attractive proposition

Cloud communication is on the rise. As the digital landscape continues to make the world we live on smaller, so does it increase the opportunity to engage with talented professionals and global organisations, at much more convenient times and locations; speeding up hiring processes. Since its launch in 2003 Skype is now generally considered the ‘go-to’ tool for online video interviews - with the platform making over two trillion minutes worth of video calls in the past decade [1]. However, whilst the concept of video for recruitment is not new, many interviewees are still unprepared for this style of meeting.

We’ve got plenty to shout about at NAB this year including the growth of our Senior Appointments services plus the expansion and huge success of our OTT recruitment division. Our Sales recruitment activities continue to go from strength to strength too, with key hires across Europe. Brexit hasn’t slowed our growth plans on the Continent; we’re now placing engineers, and project managers with broadcasters and service providers in Holland and Germany.

Whether you’re looking to bring new skills into your organisation, develop a more effective hiring strategy, looking for a new opportunity or simply want to refresh and future-proof your professional network, a good recruiter goes a long way.

IBC, Europe's leading broadcast industry convention, returns this September following its record year in 2016 - which brought together over 55,000 attendees.

Our broadcast family keeps getting bigger - introducing Ralph Barrett, the latest addition to Caspian One. Ralph has transitioned to recruitment from a corporate estate agency background, in search of a business environment that rewards hard work with opportunities for growth, whilst at the same time offering support and a positive social experience. With a friend already working with Caspian One he felt we matched that criteria and the rest, as they say, is history.