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Ahah – Here Comes The Spring. Nice!

Vic Okezie — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 10:17:28 +0000

With the nice weather and the arrival of Spring, with its friend the Sun, we have been out and about at weekends, enjoying the Yorkshire scenery.

Last Saturday, we were at a Park, where Mia and Max quite enjoyed themselves. Its amazing what a warm day can do to the little ones, and everyone at that. We managed to get a close shot of myself and Max below.

Welcome a New Addition to our World!

Vic Okezie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:46:21 +0000

The New Year is over a month old. I couldn’t get a chance to write a post here in January. Like everyone else, we struggled through the icy roads, with the heavy snow, and settling back in the work routine, after a very relaxing holiday season, spent on the bean bag watching Prison Break and doing family stuffs. The break was worthwhile.

January was also a wonderful month for us. We welcomed our son, Max on the 11th. I eventually took a few weeks off from work in January, to try and enjoy the doting dad experience. I still am doing, now back to work.

Max was born on a very special date: 110110 – something that looks very close to a binary code. No wonder their is talk of that date on here. That it is a little bit geeky. Time will tell.

Anyway, little Max is doing fine, and will be 1 month old very soon. It has been a great experience, having ‘another’ boy in the home, after raising our daughter close to 4 years now.

One week after he was born, we got a lovely picture of Max and Mia together. Quite a look on the big sister’s face, as she tries to figure out who is this new kid on the block, that everyone is now giving attention.

They have done well together, and his arrival has been a delight for us all.

A Review of 2009; A Preview of 2010!

Vic Okezie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 22:06:32 +0000

It’s late here. Soon, 2009 will be gone and we’d welcome 2010. At least in this part of the world. The Aussies have had their share earlier today, as well as some of my friends in the Indian sub-continent.

Obviously, this is my last post for this year, after a week or more off active work, and fun with the family and holidays as expected. I have kept tabs with a few plans for next year, while reflecting on this year’s.

It has been a success with our ventures, especially the Executive Search service. While the recession has surely affected all businesses, and particularly the recruitment industry, I am quite pleased with the year’s outcome.

Sometihing else that has kept me busy is investing and growing some niche job boards. Unfortunately, one of the jobsites we created this year for the Oil & Gas industry didn’t work, and we did the natural thing – pack it in. We wont be the first nor the last to do so, but the wealth of experience learnt cannot be overemphasized.

I have also dabbled into Social Recruiting, and managed to complete a project for a major UK client a few months ago. This will be buzzing in 2010 and beyond, but its early days to track its wider acceptance.

So, 2010? What is it gonna be? For one, my passion seems to be flowing in the direction of Online Recruitment and Recruitment Media. Actual recruitment is fun, but then what does one do with one’s innate passions?

Expect a few announcements in early 2010 which will reflect an implementation of some of our future plans. Having said that, the journey has been the reward. See you on the flip side.