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London’s New Barclay Bikes
Being located by Borough Market in SE1, the Bearing Partnership office is positioned between several cycle bays for the new London Cycle program. Many of our consultants have been considering taking up the scheme but have heard stories of not being able to return the cycles when the bays are full up, or not finding a bike to ride at all. If, like us, you’re interested in the scheme, you’ve probably been wondering what happens on those occasions,... [Read More...]
Digital Marketing Works – Especially With a Free Phone
At Bearing Partnership, we talk about Digital every day. With our clients, with our candidates, with people we buy coffee from, our families (even if they like it or not), and to each other. We even partake in a little Digital marketing ourselves, with a website we update quite regularly, a Twitter feed and some work in progress on the ‘app’ front. But one thing we didn’t really expect was to actually benefit from someone else’s... [Read More...]
Clash of the Titans – Samsung Galaxy S vs. iPhone 4
A few weeks ago some may have seen this comparison as laughable, the iPhone 4’s complete dominance either killing off the competition, in the case of Google’s Nexus One, or utterly trampling it. However, after the dramatically dubbed ‘Antennagate’, which highlighted the iPhone 4’s problematic signal, the potential for other handsets to penetrate the market has increased significantly. Some context may be needed behind this blog, after a... [Read More...]
Your Virtual Business Card – Magntize
Everything online is expanding at the moment and when something that is simplifying and condensing your online presence becomes available it is advisable to utilise it. The size of the average online profile is growing at an alarming rate and the need to reduce the wide variety of personal information online and segregate it from relevant professional information is paramount. Magntize appear to have solved this problem with their site and have... [Read More...]
Augmented Reality, turned up to ‘11′.
Making a cuppa is a British institution, but what do we do with all that time waiting for the kettle to boil? Well, you look up the recipe of how to make the tea don’t you? Keiichi Matsuda has developed a short film speculating on the possible consequences of the augmented reality technology push. I say consequences, some people might think this vision of the future is a just what they’ve been waiting for. This film is reminiscent of... [Read More...]
It’s lonely at the top… but does it have to be? A guide to Executive Coaching for the Digital industry
Whilst Digital media and Ecommerce companies continue to blaze a trail in their respective industries, we ask the question ‘who is looking after the people actually running these companies?’ Other than the continual learning curve that working in such a fast paced industry dictates, how else do the top level of management in this vanguard industry develop their careers? Traditionally, Executive Coaching would be the answer to this question –... [Read More...]
Defining Digital: Product Management – key to Digital revenue
Having recently been asked by a client to provide some background as to why they’ve found it hard to recruit Digital Product Managers, we felt it worth sharing our thoughts on this increasingly popular job title within the Digital space. We also look at why it’s becoming increasingly important for companies looking to exploit Digital to get to grips with this area to ensure that they maximise the effectiveness of hiring these very talented and... [Read More...]
Facebook & Twitter – Revolutionising Stalking
The Onion (the satirical American newspaper and website) provides the perfect social comment on how Facebook and Twitter can be used by parents to ’stalk’ your children. This video wonderfully exemplifies with it’s dry humor the ease in which individuals are able abuse Social networks. On a day when the BBC reports a wife has been murdered for changing her face book status to ‘single’ - one could argue having your Mum... [Read More...]
London Rush Hour
This post has nothing to do with Executive Search or Digital Recruitment and will not add much too much to your career. It’s just a great video of London and as we’re based in London Bridge we recognise a lot of the locations of the shoot. We especially like the train spotter on the Clapham Junction platform. It’s a nice little 2 minute doffing of the cap to this wonderful city. Rush Hour London from Chris Searson on Vimeo. Read More →
What to consider when hiring a Web Analyst
Web Analytics is becoming increasingly important to any business operating within Digital media or Ecommerce. It offers unparalleled insight into a customer’s online behaviour allowing businesses to improve usability and functionality and ultimately the effectiveness of a site. Working with a large number of Ecommerce companies and Content providers, Bearing Partnership has seen the growing importance of the Web Analyst. However as web analytics... [Read More...]