March 2008


I am finding that some candidates are really focussed on contracting at present. I understand that the variety of project and great pay are a real draw but imagine working for a company that provides not only that but also offers career development, training and most importantly, a sense of camaraderie and team spirit.

Working independently certainly has its benefits but the power of the team is surely far stronger IF that team works coherently and effectively; if they share a common goal and focus. The combination of the interpersonal skills and technical skills of our teams create some groundbreaking and amazing applications and truly meet the needs of our clients. We share the same goal and vision which enables us the meet and exceed those requirements. We often see such qualities more effectively illustrated in nature; take a look at this video which truly illustrates the awesome power of teamwork when up against a seemingly unachieveable goal.

We’re looking for a User Experience Consultant to join our growing team. Whilst we hope that the users of our systems do not want pink and sparkly screens, you never know! We’d like for you to have some Photoshop and Wire Framing experience and to have great communication skills so that you can talk and LISTEN to users to get an understanding of what they’re after.

If you’d like to learn more, feel free to contact our London recruiting team via email: marie.downes@lab49.com, via telephone: 020 7248 9499 or via GoogleTalk: lab49careers

I’ll be blogging over the next few days as to other vacancies that we have so watch this space.

Lab49 are hosting another .NET meetup for those who are using and/or are interested in .NET and peripheral technologies. We’re going to be holding the event at our offices, address as below and have arranged for Mike Culver from Amazon Web Services to present at the event on the 3rd of April. We’ll provide the beer and food.

We’ll have details of the next event and guest speaker very shortly.