Undercover RecruiterIf you’re looking for a job, you need a strong personal brand – it’s crucial. You can’t be applying for jobs with a weak personal brand or one that doesn’t amaze recruiters and headhunters! However, how do you go around creating a personal branding strategy? How can you build one that’s strong, will stand the…
For some workers, leaving office in the evening does not mean the workday is over. With the internet, it has become extremely easy to bring loads of work back home. But does working more mean more productivity? Studies show it is the exact opposite: productivity seems to be plummeting as hours pass. In the infographic…
You put in really hard efforts to hire employees; you invest your time, money and energy to acquire the best of talent in your organisation. No doubt, you want it to stay longer and become a building block in company’s success. With the changing corporate dynamics, same efforts need to be put in retaining talent…
Once upon a time, when you asked someone “What are you doing? or “What do you plan to do after college?”, the reply would be: “Engineer”, “Doctor”, “Scientist” or “Businessman”. Nowadays, if you ask people what do they do, be prepared to get some unexpected and surprising responses. Careers and professions have changed dramatically and…
Getting a job in today’s market can be very difficult. As a recruiter people are always coming up to me and telling me their horror stories of how they are out of work, can’t get an interview or aren’t being made offers. I sympathize with them because I know how hard it can be. If…
There can be no denying the fact that we live in an increasingly tough world nowadays. Increasing populations across the world and rising rates of unemployment mean that more and more people are applying for the same types of jobs you are interested in. This means it is truly imperative for you to take the…
I was in business school at a very bad time. Whereas alumni who graduated years before me had job offers, sometimes up to five of them, in hand before graduation, my class was not as lucky. In fact, we were going to graduate right at a time when companies were laying off people. It is…
How lucky are you, and why? If you were a box of cereal, what would you be and why? How many square feet of pizza is eaten in the US each year? The famed ‘curveball question’ was once the sole preserve of mega-corporations like Apple. However, their popularity as a recruitment tool has grown, and…
Have you ever felt like you’re wasting your time at work? You’re not the only one. Work meetings, people running late, the interwebs… Sources of distraction are aplenty and can highly damage your productivity. At the very top of this infographic, our friends at ELF Productivity state that only 60% of time at work is spent productively! So where…
