I have grumbled once or twice about suppliers on this blog - so it's good to be able to sing the praises of a recruitment consultant. Alex Lawless at Computer Futures sent an unsolicited e-mail a few months ago in something I was interested in (business intelligence people) and I got in touch. Since then not only has he sent relevant cv's (an apparent baseline but lots of people in his industry don't), he also put me in touch with a consulting firm if we wanted to use them rather than employ our own people. He has also offered other bits of value add along the way, and having just spoken with him to tell him we wouldn't be using his firm for recruiting as we have decided not to employ anyone in this area he immediately e-mailed me some other contacts that might be helpful. Swoon.