Chris Anderson, the curator of TED describes his view on the future of online video. His concept of Crowd Accelerated Innovation is quite inspirational and well worth the 19 mins of time.

When looking for a new job just browsing through job websites and the vacancy pages in your local newspaper is never going to be enough.

With social recruitment fast becoming the preferred method for seeking new staff, companies and agencies are now actively looking for you, so it is of prime importance that you make it easy it for them to find you. Polishing your LinkedIn profile, updating your blog and Twitter feed are all great ways to market yourself and let the world know you are available for work.

One individual has taken Marketing himself a step further. Kyle Clarke is a driven graduate (based in Dorset) who has gone the extra mile and launched a website and social media campaign to promote himself to the world. employkyle.com aims to get as many companies as possible bidding for Kyle, thus making the perfect job find him.

A great example of how work seekers can set themselves apart form the rest!

Check out www.employkyle.com

Provide are proud to announce that we have achieved ISO 9001:2008 Certification.

This important award is another step in our journey of commitment to quality and the importance we place on a high standard of service for our customers.

“Achieving ISO 9001 certification is the seal of approval we were looking for to cap off 12 months of hard work in re-engineering Provide and the unique processes we have developed in deploying our service to our customers and candidates around the world”
Dan Brazier, Managing Director

One for all you space nerds. This video is taken from an on-board camera mounted on one of the solid rocket boosters from the STS-124 Shuttle launch.

Nothing much happens until the two minute mark when the boosters are released and the dizzy freefall begins. Knocks the socks off your average skydive.

Keep an ear out for all the strange sounds as the booster spins through the atmosphere until the parachutes are deployed and it floats gently down. Great stuff.

Google’s Street View has fast been becoming a vital tool when locating a new destination for a meeting or an interview. We advise all our candidates to check out a building on Street View before an interview so they can be sure they are walking into the right place.

Now Microsoft are entering the game with Street Slide and it looks even more useful. The system adds a new aspect to looking around and I guess if they can get the imagery then it will be a serious contender.

Check out the video to see how it works.

Jon Underkoffler talks at TED about the future of user interfaces and demonstrates real world system he developed for the film Minority Report. Is this how computers will be controlled in 5 years time?

Professional freestyle footballer Dan Cutting has appeared in a recent advert for Provide as part of our new marketing campaign, demonstrating just how tricky it is to harness the power of Social Recruitment.

The mega talented footballer was photographed on location in a new eco housing estate in Milton Keynes by alexlawrencephotography.com

You can see more of Dan showing off his amazing skills at: danielcutting.com

England may be out of the World Cup but rather than dwell we prefer to look back to happier times – particularly the 23rd of June some of the Provide team came together to support our country as we won over Solvenia….. (see the passion)

Truly frightening flight from University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab that shows an autonomous quadrotor helicopter performing “precise aggressive maneuvers.” A work of scientific art.

Starbucks from Michael A. Stelzner on Vimeo.