Category Archive: The team

“When you are asked if you can do a job, tell ‘em, ‘Certainly I can!’
Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
Theodore Roosevelt

Hi. Im Harry. And I’m the newest member of the Chatter team… I’ve spent most of my time as a fanatic. A football and music fanatic- sometimes trying to get involved- with little success… I’m a Leeds Uni History grad originally from Norfolk, and I moved back to Leeds two months ago with a couple of bags of clothes and a Pete Doherty poster…

Despite my lack of preparation for post-graduation Leeds, I was determined to find carve out a worthwhile media career… Fortunately I was able to convince the guys at Chatter that my career should begin with them.  I didn’t necessarily know what to expect from my first week at Chatter, but one thing I did/still do expect is… that I have a lot to learn.

With this in mind, I guessed I would detail seven things I’ve learnt in my seven days since becoming a fully ‘chatterised’ member…

One: No-one sympathises with my woes regarding the ungodly 9am starts of the working world.

Two: Business cards remain an exciting novelty.

Three: Charcuterie and crispy rolls do not form the basis for a balanced and healthy lifestyle.

Four: Despite the fact that I have made first foray into graduate work, I can still pass for seventeen, even whilst at work.

Five: Novelty/floral print jumpers are unfortunately not the norm in the working world.

Six: It’s no use explaining to people what I actually do for a living. My mum is still convinced I’m involved in something unsavoury.

Seven: Two teas, one black coffee- three sugars.

Next week hopefully I’ll learn something worthwhile, and further convince the guys that I can one day be worthwhile having around. With Doherty on the wall, what can go wrong?

Harry

There are some very sore heads among the Chatterinos today. Last night saw us hit Manchester for the Recruitment Business Awards 2012 (the RBA’s) and we’re very pleased to be bringing home THREE (count ‘em!) commendations for Skype, Northgate and Arqiva as well as an award for our work with the Hyde Group.

It was a great night, laid on by The Drum, with entertainment from Irelands leading Hip Hop crew, Abandoman. They were hilarious, improvising a series of songs on the spot using objects from people’s pockets and people from the crowd. They even got our very own Paul up on stage to humiliate in public…join in the fun.

To celebrate the night we’ve launched a shiny new case studies section on our website, where you can find more details about all of that work and more. We couldn’t have done it without our clients and of course our lovely Flock some of whom were in attendance last night too. So a big pat on the back to all of them.

Cheers!

If you’re anything like us, your life will have been entirely abducted by the fabulous London Olympics. I know not everyone views them through the same rose-tinted spectacles as us, but I’ve not heard a single compelling reason not to get carried away with the games. And as if GB’s medal tally alone wasn’t excuse enough to run the union flag up the pole, to know that so many of them have been won by Yorkshire athletes has just about sent us over the edge. We’ve been profoundly swept away in this tidal wave of national pride and celebration – of what it would be like to be British if we weren’t so uptight, cynical and self-opposing. Click here to read more »

Twas the last day of work and throughout HQ

We’re reet looking forward to a festive drink or two

We’ve worked hard all year, had lots of success

Launched seven new web sites and mastered wordpress.

Now it’s Christmas time, we must stop and think

To remember how it all started.

To raise a glass – chink!

To thank our lovely clients, to thank our amazing flock

Let’s hope it all continues. We never want it to stop.

So merry Christmas everybody.

Have a happy new year.

Drink and make merry, be full of good cheer.

See the making of our Christmas card

This week started with a focus on clearing the decks ahead of our trip to Amsterdam at the end of the week. So once we’d completed the first round of research we’re undertaking to inform a rewards programme for one client, and met with another to discuss an exciting recruitment project for a brand new division launching early next year, we made ready for our jaunt to the Netherlands.

The day started very early on Thursday morning as the taxi arrived to take us to Leeds And Bradford International Airport (as a former client we often sniggered when they were referred to by their unfortunate acronym). And once we’d been frisked, x-rayed and patted down, we headed straight to the bar for a pint. Yes it was still well short of 7am – but someone has to uphold the stereotypes. Typically the Jet2 flight was crowded with groups of festive fun seekers, and by the time we arrived at Schipol we’d finally started to wake up. A quick train ride from the airport and we emerged into the crisp fresh Amsterdam air.

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