The sales sector can be more demanding than a motoring journalist in a steak house. It’s also competitive, fast-paced and dependent for ultimate success on so much more than simply what you’re selling. Your job, of course, is to convince people not only that your product or service really is the only one to buy […]

Scotland’s car manufacturing industry may not be world-renowned, but we do however insist on proving we’re sure good at selling cars. In fact, the past two years have seen near continuous growth in the new car sales sector in Scotland, an achievement that was topped off by last month’s 15.2% increase in the number of

Scotland was accused recently, rather unfairly we thought, of being a nation of technophobes. This was apparently off the back of some research carried out at crucial.com. Well, thank goodness, even amid such infamy the country has managed to become one of the hottest IT activity centres on the planet. And, while information technologies may

Scotland is famous for many fine things. Haggis, kilts, Irn Bru, Lorraine Kelly. But there’s one unorthodox success born from creative IT and design genius that still surprises and inspires in equal measure and the IT bods who are behind this success story have effectively rewritten the history books, cementing Scotland’s place atop the most

You know you want a bigger, better job in IT. You know you’re the Developer or Front End Designer the hottest firms are crying out for. And you know s1jobs is the only place to find your perfect job! But we can do more than that: we can ensure when you do land a leading

The entries are in, the votes have been counted and the judges have spoken. Here is the s1jobs Recruitment Awards shortlist! A big thank you to everyone who entered. This year’s awards had the most, and more importantly, the best entries to date. Competition was very tough! For categories 1-4 the results were decided by

The strength of the sales team is just as vital to a company’s overall success as its products or services. As we shake off winter and shiver into the spring of 2015, companies will be looking to hire the best sales people, so it’s important to identify what sectors are gearing up for a big

Hold on to your hods, everyone! Scotland’s construction sector is about to get very busy. Indeed, news in some quarters of its demise have been greatly exaggerated, as the Scottish construction sector grew by 5.5% in December 2014 compared with the same month in 2013. A Office of National Statistics report states that industry output in

As we march together in green wellies and hemp boiler suits towards a more environmentally friendly world, all manner of industries have taken the chance to ask themselves: what can we do too, to help build a more sustainable future? Companies big and small are more than ever considering the ecological impact of their projects