Events

Are you a software engineer, developer, analyst, programmer, tech team leader, CTO or someone with a keen interest in open source software and tech? Are you looking to attend open source events and tech meetup’s this year, but don’t know where to start? Then why not take a look at the list of upcoming open source and technology events we’ve compiled below. With a genuine interest in the open source and technology market, our consultants are passionate about connecting with its various communities by attending, running and speaking at events worldwide. Technology events are great places to network and celebrate all sorts of technologies, skills and languages. If you’ve never been to a tech meetup or are sceptical about what you can get from one, take a look at our 5 reasons to attend a tech meetup. Technology events are also a great opportunity to meet new people who have fantastic knowledge and influence within the tech industry. We are only as strong as our network and our success is down to the strength of the relationships we have secured within the Technology community. We would love to meet you at any of the upcoming events, if you would like to arrange a chat with one of our consultants please contact us at technology@eligo.co.uk. Check the list below for a few upcoming open source and technology events; North West Yorkshire Linux Meetup 22/02/2018 Alwoodley FLOSSUK – Spring Conference 26/04/2018 – 27/04/2018 Edinburgh Open Source Summit Europe 22/10/2018 – 24/10/2018 Edinburgh East Cambridge Ruby User Group 28/02/2018 Cambridge Agile Cambridge 2018 26/09/2018 – 28/09/2018 Cambridge West Azure IT Camp 20/02/2018 – 21/02/2018 Reading Ruby Conference – Bath 22/02/2018 – 23/02/2018 Bath London Applied Data Science in R 21/02/2018 – 28/02/2018 London London Python Meetup 22/02/2018 London Drupal Camp London 02/03/2018 – 04/03/2018 London ReactFest 2018 08/03/2018 – 09/03/2018 London 1st LPM Tech Meetup of 2018 22/03/2018 London South PHP Essex Meetup 21/02/2018 Essex Pixel Pioneers 08/06/2018 Brighton These are just a few of the events coming up this year, so take a look at the full list of Open Source and Technology events on our Technology page here.

Last week the Eligo Medical team attended the Best Practice Show at the NEC in Birmingham, an event Keynote speaker Jeremy Hunt, the Secretary of State for Health, labelled “the most important primary care conference in the year”. Amongst the other messages in his address, Hunt called Primary Care the “most exciting place to be in the NHS, both today and over the coming years”. After 2 days spent meeting hundreds of GPs, Nurses, and Practice Managers from all over the country, we can most definitely say that both of these statements ring true. As specialists in Primary Care Recruitment and Locum Jobs we loved the opportunity to engage with the medical professionals we work with daily on a personal level and further understand their problems, needs, and what we can do to help. For us, the event started the night before the conference with the set-up of our stand, which, being only 4 foot 9, was eventful to say the least! Luckily I had the rest of the lovely Eligo Medical team there to help and we successfully prepared for the conference ahead. Located on stand K80, close to GP Theatre A and Theatre 1, it was great to be able to chat with the growing crowds of GPs gathering for the mass of excellent lectures, seminars, and talks that had been arranged. We were also excited about some new additions to our stand including sweet dispensers, and a raffle we were running to win Apple Watches, Phone Chargers, Hand Sanitiser and more. Throughout the 2 days which Best Practice ran, the importance of the Primary Care workforce was continually emphasised along with how GPs can be central to the transformation of our healthcare system. This was particularly relevant as the conference fell on the same date as Fab Change Day, a day for collective action by NHS staff to demonstrate the difference they can make. Meeting so many passionate GPs and Nurses, we’d definitely agree with this sentiment. We spoke to so many new and existing clients and candidates that Christina actually had almost lost her voice by the end of the show. With all the talks taking place, our Eligo sweets including classic retro love hearts were proving especially popular, with the Eligo goodie bags we had made up also a hit as they included something everyone within the Medical industry could do with! Whilst we gave away many prizes during our raffle we came back with one more Apple Watch that we didn’t manage to give away. As such we’ve decided that if you register with us as a Locum GP or get in touch with your session requirements for Locums before the end of November you’ll be put in the final draw for the Apple Watch. We’ll also give you an extra £100 on your first timesheet or a free hour off your booking for Locums. Simply get in touch quoting Best Practice Offer or click here to request an application pack now. Overall, our time at Best Practice show was an amazing experience, so much so that we have already booked a spot at next year’s show where we hope to meet all those that we met this year and hopefully some new faces too. Jeremy Hunt said in his keynote speech that we all need to “bang the drum for primary care” and that is something we will keep on doing for a long time.

Last week we attended the biggest Perl conference in Europe, YAPC::EU, where Perl developers from around the world descended on Cluj-Napoca, Romania for an exciting programme of talks, presentations, events, and drinks! Held by the Perl Counts of Transylvania, the lovely Cluj Perl Mongers, the 3-day event featured a line-up of speakers including the father of Perl, Larry Wall, as a keynote speaker alongside Curtis Poe (Ovid) and SawyerX. YAPC’s Perl Counts of Transylvania The city of Cluj is both a beautiful and perfect setting for such an event with its historic buildings, the excellent University where the conference was hosted, and a wide array of bars and restaurants for catching up after a long day of talks. Kicking off with a bang after the rooftop party hosted by Evozon the night before, the first day of YAPC::EU brought the news that next year’s Perl conference would be held in Amsterdam! The day continued as it started with a wide array of talks covering everything from Real-world parsing with Perl 6 to the always fun Lightning Talks hosted by rGeoffrey. The fun had only just begun, however, with 2 more days to go and an amazing conference party hosted at the picturesque Banffy Palace in the evening. The Perl Community Day two begun with Sawyer X’s keynote “The State of the Velociraptor”, which highlighted just how close-knit and international the Perl community really is (a point that was evident throughout our 3 days there) with Perl developers from around the world speaking about the community. The international feel continued with talks by Perl mongers who had travelled from locations as distant as Houston, USA. How’s the Perl jobs market? The final day included my own talk on the Perl jobs market. I’d originally intended to present a talk titled “It’s all in the questions you ask”, however, as some of you may know, I recently got engaged, meaning a different type of question left me with little time, so I decided to talk about what I know: Perl jobs. It was great to see so many Perl developers in the room for the talk and to share my knowledge with so many new and familiar faces. I have uploaded the slides of the talk here and hope a video will be available shortly! If you have any more questions after attending, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Now back in the office, it’s been a pleasure to reflect on such a great couple of days with the Perl community in Cluj. We were proud to have been part of such an awesome event as main sponsors as well as sponsoring the food, and we plan to continue supporting the wonderful community for a long time. As I stated in my talk, and as the conference has highlighted, there is a positive, feel-good mood in the Perl market. We’re constantly taking on new Perl job roles with both new and existing Perl clients across the world, with many opportunities out there for Perl developers looking for a change. If we didn’t get a chance to catch up at YAPC::EU or you’d like to discuss your Perl career or hiring requirements a bit further, please do let me know and I’d be more than happy to have a chat. rick@eligo.co.uk | @perlrick | @eligchlo | www.eligo.co.uk/technology | 0208 944 4180​

As a leading Wimbledon Recruitment agency, we pride ourselves on learning, knowing, and actively participating in the markets we work in, attending various exhibitions, conferences, and workshops within these markets. We also pride ourselves on the long-term relationships we develop with our clients and candidates. The chance to celebrate these and have an informal catch-up came last week with our second ever Pimms O’Clock event taking place here in Sunny Wimbledon during the Championships, with Pimms, Strawberries, Pizza, Bubbles, and plenty of conversation on the bill. It was a great time for us to catch up with the businesses and candidates we work with and extremely interesting to hear about the various successes and challenges they are facing within the current market. With the Pimms aptly flowing, topics ranged from how to save on hiring costs, increasing staff retention, and how the year has been going for everyone, to the tennis, football, and possibly a little bit of Brexit. With our consultants expertise on hand to provide solutions to these problems (though we couldn’t do anything about Europe), we enjoyed being able to talk about the great benefits of our retained recruitment service Eligo IQ, as well as the various marketing activities that we work on and how we can work with clients on that front. We love to partner up with our clients and candidates on anything from industry insight and blogging to helping spread your good news, so please do let us know if there is anything we can help you out with on that front or if you’d like to contribute something towards our blog. Of course, it wasn’t all business talk! With the Championships here in our lovely town of Wimbledon, we couldn’t help but continue with the Tennis theme, getting everyone involved in a Andy Murray branded version of last man standing heads & tails. With a bottle of official Wimbledon bubbly as the prize, we’d like to send our Congratulations to Roxanne Fitzpatrick from CV Library after winning in just two rounds! Overall it was a very enjoyable day, perfectly set across the backdrop of the Wimbledon championships and the buzz that it brings the town every year. We’d like to say thank you to the many clients, candidates, and local businesses that came along, and of course our wonderful Eligoids who make Eligo what it is! We hope those that came along had a similarly great time and enjoyed catching up with their consultants, and meeting new ones. Here’s to seeing you all again next year! We’re extremely proud of the relationship we have with our clients, and the way our Wimbledon recruitment consultants engage in these relationships, and we’re further proud to say that it isn’t just us who thinks this way! Over the last year we have been awarded as the Best Business in SW19 and Best Enterprising Business in the Merton Best Business Awards, whilst we have been selected as finalists as Employer of the Year for the finals this September. ​