PRWD

I am delighted to introduce Lewis Marshall into my business as my new developer and right hand man.

I took Lewis on after he was presented to me by a local recruitment consultant. Although Lewis isn’t (as yet) as commercially experienced as some of the other developers I met with, once I met Lewis I was 100% assured that his natural talents and abilities will be of even more benefit to me and PRWD than if he would have had years and years of experience.

Lewis was also the only candidate out of the 8 that I saw during the recruitment process who actually referenced the job description and the position on offer in his CV – this initial bit of genuine interest in the role that Lewis provided proved to be a valuable marker in me establishing his suitability to work alongside me at PRWD.

In terms of the stages of recruitment, prior to meeting Lewis I had been having 1st interviews lasting between 1 and 2 hours with developers, with a 2nd stage interview planned in with a few of them. Due to the importance of this role for me, with the new person playing an integral role not just in developing websites and applications but also in helping to drive my business forward, I was convinced that I would need to meet each person at least twice in order to make a considered decision.

This all changed when I met Lewis, as I ended up offering him the position towards the end of our first meeting (on saying this it did last over 4 hours in total, so you could say this was 2 meetings back-to-back). In addition we did go a few drinks as part of this initial meeting, which for both of us was an important indictor as to whether we could work alongside each other and generally just get on well together.

What remains for me to say now is that I’m really looking forward to working with Lewis in a wide range of areas, and personally I’m truly excited at providing Lewis with the opportunities for him to really start fulfilling his potential.