Dear Daniel,

I hope you had a great Christmas, for me nothing can beat having time off to catch up with friends and be with family, but I did receive a box of deliberately odd socks which I have to say made me laugh a lot :)

of course as a recruiter I am interested in your skills, but before all that I would be really interested to find out what the best present was that you received?

I wanted to speak to you as I have a client based in Zurich/Lucerne that are looking for Java developers, a Java test engineer and a test manager.

Looking through your profile it seems you have some test and development experience, so I wasn't sure exactly which path is your preference, as such I just included all the roles in this message.

Benefits:

* Work on the newest technology in challenging projects - the company has clients that have billions in turnover and have millions of users - if you are looking to push yourself then there truly is no better company.

* The company is growing organically, meaning there are always opportunities for promotion and there are clear career plans set so that you can see exactly where you will be in 6 months, 1 year and 2 years time.

*20% of the company's employees have been there for 10 years or more due to the progression and opportunities available.

*My client offers all employees 25CHF lunch vouchers and they pay 70% pension contributions - Meaning you take home more netto money in your salary.

I understand you probably aren't actively looking, almost none of the candidates I work with are, however I really feel you have nothing to lose by having a 5 minute conversation with me to find out a little more about the role.;

My calendar is basically free tomorrow and Friday, what would be the best times to reach you for a call?