CV writing and Interview Techiques from BT
Suffolk Skillz is a pilot event which has been initiated by local employers including: BT, Port of Felixstowe, Milsom Hotels, Suffolk Constabulary and Suffolk Coastal District Council. BT has kindly offered to host Suffolk Skillz this year and it is expected to become an annual event for schools in the local area.
Each day comprises of a series of activities which are designed to encourage the groups of skills set out in the framework of personal, learning and thinking skills, and that will enable young people to enter work and adult life as confident and capable individuals.
After a second successful event involving identifying thieves, making cocktails, building cranes, and seeing some terrible interviewees.
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General•
on March 30th, 2009•
Moving Forward together
Debug Design have now partnered with a new multimedia company in India to further increase its range of products and services offered in the multimedia domain. Having a skilled team in flash and application development already, this partnership will mean that not only will our games, e-learning and applications team will be stronger but we can pass on our cost savings to the UK market.
The team at Gateway have expertise in many areas including ipod games and applications meaning you could soon be seeing a range of applications from debug design on your ipod touch or iphone.
Debug Design and Gateway have worked together on various projects and now plan to grow together over the coming months combining their strengths to ensure each and every project is of a high quality.
First the Times, then the Prime Minister… what a month!
The Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently visited Ipswich on a mission to promote his apprenticeship scheme. His flying visit had the Prime Minister at the new university, and then over to BT and then a quick meeting with a small, medium and large company…
We were the small (but perfectly formed) company. It was an exciting morning for all and Ian managed to get snapped grinning like an idiot after shaking his hand…
So whether you like him, or loathe him, we saw him and we plan on helping the job market by taking on more staff, more work experience people and apprentices…
The Times national newspaper ran a double page spread on Ipswich; and which bright, intelligent, forward thinking company made it as the case study….
you guessed it, little ‘ol us!
We had the interviewers and the photographer in and must have wowed them something silly. However our lack of pictures confirmed my suspicion that we were just too damm cool for school in the looks department… either that or permanent screen burned faces were just too much for an unsuspecting public…
We got a couple of the pictures so maybe one day we will let you decide.
Check out our article below:
“From The Times
January 31, 2009
Perfect site for web working
Case study: Debug Design
Ian Garstang was one of the first to move into Innovation Martlesham’s building six months ago and Debug Design, the graphic design agency he founded in late 2004, has not looked back since.
After setting up the company, which designs websites and creates brands, in a small office in the middle of Ipswich, the move to Adastral Park has enabled Mr Garstang to grow the business.
Debug is having its busiest January to date and has plenty of work lined up for the rest of the year. Mr Garstang believes that although some businesses are struggling, many are only now realising how important the internet will be, meaning that his company is still winning contracts. He cites the case of some design work that Debug has just completed for a local fashion retailer setting up an online shop.
Debug’s new home is also handy for generating business, winning fringe contracts with BT, such as designing materials for its education outreach programme, which has in turn acted as a strong reference for other local companies, including Fred Olsen Cruises and Yorkshire Water. The cachet of being based alongside BT has also impressed clients.
Mr Garstang is enthusiastic about more small businesses moving to the site and says that the collegiate environment, which enables them to bounce ideas off each other and cooperate on projects will help to develop the individual businesses and the park as a whole.”
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Here are some best practices for optimal e-mail delivery rates.[source]
Avoid follow-ups, ask for a brief feedback — one word “soon” is enough.
Since you don’t know whether your e-mail is delivered or not, don’t assume that it is delivered. However, don’t send a follow-up in doubt; follow-ups which usually include the copy of an original e-mail aren’t effective and get on recipients’ nerves. Instead ask the recipient in the first message to send you a brief note that your e-mail was received. For instance, ask to write back “soon”, “got it” etc. once they’ve received the e-mail — indicate that no further comment or instant reply to your mail is necessary.
Don’t attach large files to your first e-mail (unless specified by the employer).
Instead provide the detailed information on where the your CV and portfolio can be found on your personal web-site. Or simply copy and paste your resume in your e-mail. Compressed files (.zip, .tar etc.) and images are still strong signals for spam detection algorithms.
Use a consistent senders’ name and email.
Make it easier for your recipient to recognize you. Don’t change from “Max Mutermann” to “Developer’s team”. Don’t change your e-mail suddenly. Once your recipient has mistakenly considered and reported your message as spam you are likely to never be able to contact them again.
Never put a link before important information.
Once the recipient has clicked upon the link you’ve provided and landed on some page he/she has no information about, you’re lost. Many recipients might not get back to your message and report you as spam.
Snail mail is bulletproof.
If possible, follow-up on your e-mail with a “snail mail” version sent to the real postal address. This is a great way to establish contact and stay in touch with a person! Reference the e-mailed version you sent (including the date, time, and subject if possible).
Avoid fictional or irrelevant sender’s name.
Communicate with your recipient personally. Instead of nicknames or company titles use your first and last name. Notice that spam-filters award e-mails without sender’s name (or with an empty name) with spam score points. The sender’s name shouldn’t include numbers or symbols rather than your actual name. Instead of “no-reply@yourdomain” or “admin@yourdomain” provide your readers with concrete and short contact information, e.g. “Max Mustermann” . The “reply-to” field shouldn’t be empty.
In a new move to target specialised markets, Fred Olsen is making a series of specified websites for their new range of market specifc cruises. Debug Design first Created Fred Olsen Civilisations back in 2006. Civilisations historical theme tailors each cruise around a certain area which include Greek Mythology, Great Plant Collectors, Polar Exploration, ancient polynesian culture, ancient civilisations, Celtic history, great artists and many more. see it here: http://www.fredolsencruises-civilisations.co.uk/
The site was such a success Fred Olsen has now has expanded their range of cruises but also began more specialist cruises such as Flagship Golf. Flagship Golf gives golf lovers of all ages a world tour of golf courses allowing the golfer to play famous courses all over including, the Caribbean, Europe, the Mediterranean and many more. The website has a great CMS allowing the administrator full control over golfers, courses, countries and content. The site takes advantage of the new features of PHP5 and uses AJAX highslide for a quick and impressive site. Check it out at: http://www.fredolsencruises-flagshipgolf.co.uk/ or follow the links on the main Fred Olsen Site: http://www.fredolsencruises.com/
Coming soon: Fred Olsen Arts Club….
A recent project for Patient UK involved Debug Design creating a new book cover for the family health compendium ‘Health Matters’.
The design had to incorporate various cartoon characters, be eye-catching and appeal to a wide family audience. Debug Design also created various associated marketing collaterals and internal drawings to go with the book
The book in on sale in various stores and can be purchased from Amazon for £12.99 – Click here to go to amazon >>
The front cover for the family health compendium Health Matters
General, Website Development•
on September 30th, 2008•
Just released into the world wild web… one of our latest creations: Wild n Wacky
This CSS/XHTML coded site is a bright, colourful and child friendly website to help advertise the new kids adventure playground in Essex…
So visit www.wildnwacky.co.uk to listen to the sounds of the jungle and check our the concept art for the new climbing frames and activity centres…
They didn’t have anything like that in our day…
UPDATE: Also added to this project was the addition of business cards, flyers, posters, menus and party invites… Look out for this new attraction summer 2009**
General, Photography•
on September 26th, 2008•
Debug has been producing quality photography some some time now but this has always been conducted in the studio of our partner company.
With our new ‘no frills’ product photography studio we can now offer another solution to your photography needs.
Along with our affordable online store option we can now take your selected stock, spend the day on the studio taking the necessary photos before giving them to our staff for post production work.
Once completed these images can be used for your online store, website or print project.So take advantage of our new introductory offers today!
We have worked with Egton Education for some time now and we always look forward to getting new projects from them.
Together we have created Virtual Learning Environments for primary schools, CMS controlled websites, colourful marketing collaterals and some amazing flash animations.
We just had to show them off…
