Undercover RecruiterEmployee experience can seriously impact your bottom line. The Employer Brand Index gives you insight into what talent really thinks about your company.
Truly successful people all share a number of qualities that differentiate them from others. The habits a person has attributed to them can really be a deciding factor to an individual’s success. I’ve compiled a list below of the 10 habits successful people share. 1) They don’t wait for anyone else to motivate them: True…
Would you identify yourself as being an introvert or an extrovert? You can find people who fall under each of these categories in most workplaces and particular traits displayed by each personality type mean that they tend to work in different ways. For example, some of us strive when working with others, whereas others perform…
The value of social media for recruitment has become increasingly clear over the years and although LinkedIn is still the front runner for professional networking, Twitter and Facebook are hot on its heels, proving themselves handy tools for hiring talent. Twitter in particular has seen an increase in the number of people using the platform…
Career fairs are not a sure fire way of getting hired, however for someone who is looking to take the next step in their career they can be very helpful. They allow you the opportunity to meet one on one with company representatives that could potentially be responsible for you getting hired. While going to…
I know what I wanted and I went for it. I’m not at the top yet. It is almost a year now since I landed my first Marketing role, I have made it my own and I just want to continue to make an impact on the industry I am operating in. However, what has…
A lot has been done in recent years to create gender equality in the workplace and although women are in a better position business-wise than ever before, there is still a long way to go before true equality is achieved. Although every individual is different and stark generalisations can not be made, differences have been…
Having reviewed and written thousands of resumes over the years, first as a recruiter and now as a professional brand builder, I’ve noticed a significant gap between what most management resumes include, and what recruiters and hiring managers actually want to see. I’ve spent years working to close this gap, perfecting the modern resume by leveraging recruitment, branding, and…
Resumes are tricky to get absolutely right and although there are no hard rules about what should and shouldn’t be included in them, there are a few things that can affect how your prospective employers perceive you negatively. In such a competitive job market one slip-up can be all it takes to eliminate you from…
Internships are an essential part of the college experience, providing you the opportunity to test-drive a career field, make contacts, build marketable skills and figure out your likes and dislikes within specific industries. Graduates without work experience will stand little chance of securing a job after graduation research suggests. Work experience is now just as important as…
