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Why It’s Time to Answer the Call of Mobile Recruitment

Mobile job searches are doubling each year. Are you missing out on mobile talent? See why you need a mobile-friendly career site in order to capture candidates no matter where they go. Our friends at Work4 have a created a fantastic infographic and video about mobile recruitment and its surprising numbers. Have you used mobile…

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What is the Logic Behind Typical Interview Questions?

Ever been to an interview and wondered why interviewers ask specific questions? This infographic by SampleQuestionnaire.com answers just that. Takeaways: Why are manhole covers round? – asked to see whether you have deductive reasoning. Why should I hire you? – asked to see how confident you are. Tell me about yourself – asked to see…

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10 Ways Older Workers Can Help Their Job Search

Before I retired, I had the best seven years of my career and was hired at the ripe old age of 57!  My boss did not give my age more than a passing glance; he was thrilled to find someone with all the right qualifications for the job, PLUS maturity and someone he knew wanted stability and…

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Which Jobs Have the Brightest Future?

Getting into college seems like it is the biggest thing students have to worry about. Once you arrive, it’s nothing but smooth sailing, right? Well, not technically. With today’s job market the way it is, choosing a career seems just as monumental as deciding which college to attend. The thought of becoming jobless after going…

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13 Interview Questions You Should Be Asking Finance Candidates

Looking for better finance hires? Well, it may be time to send your trusty interview questions back to the drawing board. If your interview process is lacking strategic thought, you’re likely to miss out on valuable insight — both positive and negative — on your finance candidates. This approach — or lack thereof — could…

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Why Your CV Database is a Giant Waste of Time

Here at Bubble, we offer clients everything they’d expect from a typical jobs board. From feature adverts and skyscraper banners to enhanced social media promotion, you can get it all at Bubble but there’s one thing you can’t get… and it’s something that really confuses (and annoys) a lot of our potential clients – we’re…

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Why Happy People Get 2nd Interviews

The average person spends more time working than any other activity. Unfortunately, nearly 2 out of 3 workers surveyed in the US and Canada say they’re not happy at work. The following infographic from our friends at Noomii explains WHY this is happening and what you can do to “turn that frown upside down” at…

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Optimistic vs Pessimistic Job Seeker: How to Be More Positive

There are two ways to look at life, one’s job search and the inevitable interviewing rejection each job seeker incurs: the first is to imagine the worst and be prone to depression when we encounter each roadblock. The second is to look at interviewing rejection as a temporary setback and to leverage that disappointment into…

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What is Your Alter-Ego Career?

Like so many of my generation of recruiters (god, I have just made myself sound ancient and I am only 3*something), I fell into recruitment in the 1990s – as opposed to by design (as is the case of many generation Y now because “it’s very lucrative” apparently). I often chat to my contacts, as I…