“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?