the inside track

We all know the importance of staying in touch and up-to-date, especially in a tough economic climate. Yet it's never easy to find the time.

Because Meadows specialises in IT recruitment and because we value inquisitive, nimble, energetic thinking as much as you do, we try to make time to offer timely views and insights on the IT recruitment industry and building effective teams. So, we hope you'll enjoy a couple of our latest published thoughts...

  • Rely on IT to beat the recession
    (Aug 10)

    • It’s impossible to ignore the recession. It’s equally impossible to write an opinion piece about business without mentioning the continuing worldwide economic crisis. Headlines throughout 2009 provided a context of companies folding, interest rates dropping and wide scale cost-cutting. The economic meltdown that has continued throughout 2010 reports a continual stream of further cutbacks and job losses in both the private and public sectors. Given that it’s rare for IT to be seen as anything but a cost centre, should IT professionals fear the future? We think not...

  • Spotlight on IT recruitment: finding the needle in the haystack
    (May 10)

    • Certain skills or roles can be tougher than others to recruit. When qualified, suitable candidates prove hard to find, companies often turn to Meadows Consulting to get the job done. With an unprecedented track record in successfully filling the toughest IT posts, Trevor Meadows shares his top five tips for filling those ‘hard to recruit’ positions...

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what our clients say...

"I value the fact that Trevor is straight. And his insights and feedback on the market are very good."
Stuart Mair, Cognite
Meadows is responsible for IT recruitment in the UK for Heinz: working closely with the management team to ensure the right level of skill and cultural fit across the organisation.
Meadows has recently renewed an exclusive contract to act as Master Vendor for all IT recruitment at IPC Media, where a close relationship with the IT Director has fostered smart recruitment.
For Tequila, the UK's #1 relationship marketing agency, Meadows continues to recruit a variety of technical resources.
Meadows has recently recruited several Business Analysts for Penguin Books.
Meadows has recently placed an IT services manager into Ford Retail: a position that had previously proved difficult to fill.
Meadows is responsible for IT recruitment at Macmillan, where he incorporates a high level of challenge with a fresh external perspective to help build a high performing IT team: from senior management to technical staff.
Meadows has been praised for sourcing hard-to-find senior IT staff for News International 'at the speed of light'.
Meadows provides IT recruitment services to Sportingbet, including both senior and technical roles.
Meadows is helping the geographically dispersed global IT group at Sara Lee to become a high performing team.