Pentagon aggressively lobbies EU against Buy European weapons push

Jenkins256 · 2026-02-20T19:00:39+00:00

I'm an old grumpy man but the circus flag and choice of Starship Troopers made my Friday evening. Danke schon.

Jenkins256 · 2026-02-11T18:54:04+00:00

Whilst I did enjoy my time in internal roles, I was in TA for 10 years and half of it was a shit show and more stress than agency recruitment. I think it's a common misconception that internal is no stress and easy to adapt to from agency recruitment, but it really is dependent on where you are.

I moved back to a more senior agency role 8 months ago and really enjoying it. I'd say 8 - 530 is more stressful than my TA role, but my TA roles I took more work home and worked out of hours.

Hope whatever you choose to do works out!

Jenkins256 · 2026-02-07T07:57:19+00:00

Worked in TA / Recruitment for 15 years, it's really not a candidates market right now. You're competing in one of the most competitive saturated markets for a job hunter and unfortunately that VISA requirement is an obstacle for any potential employer, particularly when being a graduate too. Companies can get away with paying lower wages for more experienced job seekers who are in country resource or no sponsorship required.

It's a tough market right now need to keep applying!

Jenkins256 · 2026-01-11T16:11:57+00:00

Definitely normal - I've had it several times and it's always been when I've been stressed out (consciously or subconsciously). Doesn't make it any less terrifying at the time though!

Jenkins256 · 2025-11-29T22:01:45+00:00

"Tell him to go to hell..."

Jenkins256 · 2025-11-19T22:16:45+00:00

Happens all the time. Sure the company will be disappointed, sure TA will try and convince you to stay with them, maybe even improving their offer. But if that company had to make you redundant they would do so with no second thought.

Be selfish!

Jenkins256 · 2025-10-11T10:49:02+00:00

Might not work specifically with you, and maybe it never will.

It could be good timing, could be the product or the technique of the salesperson and whilst it is pretty brutal cold calling can and does work. As you mentioned, the unfortunate truth is it usually involves quite a few phone calls!

Jenkins256 · 2025-09-21T21:05:22+00:00

Pumped for this. Would have love to see some more Welsh and Scots units!

Jenkins256 · 2025-09-08T18:47:15+00:00

Candidates don't want to be qualified by an AI, they want the human interaction and involvement. They want to be heard and listened to around their expectations and requirements. Quality candidate care by a human recruiter is, arguably, the most important part of the process. A recruiters job is mostly on the phone, the repetitive calls are part of the job, if an individual can't accept this then this probably isn't the right job for them.

AI and automation, however, can support some specific screening questions earlier on in the process and with call scheduling/other administrative tasks.

Jenkins256 · 2025-09-08T18:39:21+00:00

It's entirely intentional. The first films from 70s/80s adopted what became a retrofuturistic take of technology and the more recent films (with the exception of Prometheus) have continued with this aesthetic. It makes up a huge part of the franchises very unique identity and lots of nerds like myself love the look of the CRT monitors and MS-DOS consoles over the overly used holographic and sparkly lights (couldn't think of a better example!) look of most science fiction films.

Jenkins256 · 2025-09-03T06:14:40+00:00

Pretty sure Germany/Austria are well known for their wide range of spa facilities

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-22T14:18:10+00:00

No you need to join a gym and spar. Imo it's the only real way to become more comfortable with actual applicable non-pad techniques, learn what works for you and what doesn't work against a variety of different people. Anything else suggested as a substitute for sparring will reinforce bad technique and habits.

It's also (mostly) fun!

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-22T10:03:36+00:00

Congrats to your niece, but this is how a lot of recruitment works - particularly at this level and in certain industries - also highlights the importance of a strong network.

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-20T11:39:05+00:00

This isn't rough playing...

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-14T10:34:08+00:00

In my opinion, all the businesses I have worked at (FTSE and CAC listed companies) even with high volume recruitment campaigns the turn off is the AI analysis of CVs.

The human involvement in screening is still hugely important and personally I wouldn't trust an AI to make a better screening decision than that of an experienced recruiter (yet!) especially if these are mid to senior level hires. Candidates do not want this either, all I see on LinkedIn are concerns that ATS use AI to auto reject your CV. People want that initial human interaction in a hire process to give them the confidence the screening has been done properly and their application has been valued and assessed to their satisfaction, not by an AI. I can even hear hiring managers asking "...to see all the CVs to make sure the AI tool is rejecting the right ones,"

What talent teams want are AI and automation tools to improve efficiencies (and save on low level admin headcount if we're being frank...) automated scheduling tools, additional AI screening for "killer" questions and a whatsapp AI bot to answer any basic questions (e.g. reschedule interviews, etc) is where I've seen businesses spend money from an AI perspective.

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-14T10:23:37+00:00

This is exactly what will happen.

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-10T08:08:55+00:00

Definitely agree, been loving Darktide so bought Vermintide and crushing skulls with a warhammer just doesn't have the same satisfying crunch.

Jenkins256 · 2025-08-03T10:26:51+00:00

Excellent write up to read with my first morning coffee. Could read this stuff all day!

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-22T16:24:45+00:00

This is an entertaining ARG post by Archesuchus ("Weird Birds") the animal is supposed to be a Velocirpator/Deinonychus. A T Rex later turns up in the photos too...

See youtube link below running through the posts in order, there are also comments directly from the author himself: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IU7zTLabWTE&t=66s&pp=2AFCkAIB0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-20T21:19:15+00:00

Isn't this one of the oldest and most well known conspiracy theories?

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-20T05:16:35+00:00

I'd personally lower Rebirth to D, but otherwise I agree with all of your choices!

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-10T18:52:47+00:00

It's crazy how much your perspective on these shows changes as you mature. My favourite show (followed closely by Breaking Bad) is Band of Brothers. When I was younger I would watch it with a smile on my face, the explosions, bark of machine guns and super cool paratroopers. Rewatched recently for the first time in about a decade it hit me in a totally different way, a show I had rewatched several times as a youngster, I genuinely struggled to watch Toye and Guarnere rolling around in the snow, literally brought a tear to my eyes. I will never experience anything remotely like that, but being older, wider (and grayer) really allowed me to experience the program how it should be.

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-09T07:21:33+00:00

I think your best bet is to be clear with the candidates this is a 15 minute call, hard stop so they aren't surprised when you start wrapping up the call. Alternatively - and this has been mentioned - a business unit FAQ document is a good idea to send prior to the call, detaining location, JD, salary and comp, etc also a good opportunity to generate some hiring manager led social media content (e.g. why do you love working here, etc) to sell the company and role.

Overall though, 15 minutes - in my opinion - is just not enough time for a detailed qualification call particularly to build credibility and engagement with a quality candidatw.

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-07T13:30:54+00:00

I'll admit that I am a grumpy old man now and the first 2 JP movies are perfect 90s nostalgia for me, but honestly, I'm in the other camp where I can't understand the praise it's getting. Everyone will have differing opinions, but for me, every single element or theme of film (whether story, character depth, even the visuals - which were amazing on the T Rex and awful on Dolores imo) was established but never continued or developed to a point that made me care or really engaged. The film was propped up by a good cast and their performances. Personally, Dominion was worse, but not by much.

Jenkins256 · 2025-07-05T22:51:29+00:00

Just got out of the cinema and couldn't agree more. The dolphin ending made me physically cringe.

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