2018 is a great year to work at Caspian One - new websites, incredible upcoming events, outstanding business performances and now a full office hardware upgrade. With expanding teams and plans for upcoming growth, our Board of Directors decided it was time to refresh and future-proof our offices and operations; much to the delight of everyone within the business.

Accurately representing experiences, skills, and personality on paper - can often be more difficult than it needs to be. To make this process easier, we've broken down the most important factors for good resume writing into simple, actionable steps. In this guide, we outline what makes a good resume, how your information should be presented and common mistakes that can be quickly rectified.

In this article, we’ll be walking through five clear steps, which if followed accurately, will enable you too quickly, and professionally update your resume to a high standard. Should you, however, prefer to speak with one of our recruiters about updating your resume, you can contact us for support.

In today’s guide, we are going to talk you through the three steps to social auditing - assessment, cleaning and finally, branding. However if you’d prefer to speak with a consultant directly, contact us.

In this article I will be looking at the four topics of Courage, Collaboration, Vision and Humility - relating this directly to the current FinTech market, what is needed to succeed in leadership and how this can be achieved.

The evening, presented by the comedy double-act of Mr. Dominic Bennett and Phil Hodgetts, is centred around an Oscars-esque awards presentation, which has eight categories - with winners selected by our Directors; along with staff voted categories including ‘People’s Choice’, ‘Best Stunt’, ‘Best Banter’ and ‘Worst Banter’.

Each year in December, Caspian One helps to give children a healthy start in life by raising money to support Save the Children. We do this by taking part in December 15th’s famous ‘Christmas Jumper Day’ along with businesses across the UK - dusting off our pom-pom covered sweaters and donning light up cardigans for a day of Christmas joy!

2017 has been a whirlwind year for the world of FinTech. Cryptocurrencies have taken a dramatic upwards trajectory, global investment in FinTech companies hit $8.2 billion in Q3, Blockchain technology continued to extend its industry reach and the shortage of skilled IT professionals with a working knowledge of new and niche technologies, only increased. At Caspian One we are now looking forward to 2018 - and the trends we are predicting for the FinTech and recruitment industries alike.

In the following we are going to look at the reasons you both should and shouldn’t make a 2018 career change; as-well-as discussing next steps and how you can increase your appeal to potential employers.

A ‘search and selection’ recruiter meticulously sources only the highest quality talent for their niche vertical - accurately selecting and screening the most suitable candidates, before submitting them to a client. At Caspian One, this is the model of recruitment our consultants provide. In this article we discuss what this means to us; explaining how ‘search and selection’ recruiters operate and the advantages of this particular recruitment strategy.

The war for top tech talent is being fiercely fought, and businesses are using every tool at their disposal to secure and retain skilled staff; one of which is the offer of competitive and enticing employee benefits. The following discusses 6 reasons businesses should provide employee benefits - along with how both candidates and their employers, can stand to gain.

The temptation to resign in style can be overwhelming. Once your name is penned onto a new job contract, ‘speaking your mind’ at exit can feel like a dream come true. However, although storming into your (soon to be ex) boss's office and shouting all the reasons you’re glad to be leaving may provide some instant gratification - it will do you no favours in the long term. In fact, it can result in tremendous damage to your professional reputation and future hire-ability, not good. So how can you leave a job and maintain good terms - even with bad bosses?

It’s inevitable. At some point along the road to securing that new job, you’re going to be asked about salary expectations. It could be during your first call with a recruiter, or it may not be until the last interview - either way, it’s going to come up. The question is, if put on the spot right now and asked to value your own worth / your skills / your experience - could you? No? Then read this article.

Now in 2018 tech professionals are in high demand, with skill shortages across the technological landscapes and employers doing everything they can to keep top talent within their organisations. This trend is only set to grow, as skills associated with new technologies and niche programming languages become ever-more required. So what makes a developer decide to quit their job and move on?

The following aims to outline the steps to successful delegation, addressing key concerns and considerations, with actionable suggestions for achieving long-term delegation success.

In this competitive employment market how can FinTechs overcome skill shortages and prevent a drop in growth and innovation?

In this quick guide, we’re going to cover how you can get to the root of issues whilst remaining objective, alongside the steps you can take to quickly resolve employee conflicts.

To give you the best chance of succeeding during a Skype interview we’ve collected our recruitment experiences to share with you the Caspian One five best practices - and not just the what, but also the how.

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

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?