Undercover RecruiterWhen I talk to candidates about Potential Opportunities (yeah, Bolded and Big as that’s how I see it when I say it), I always ask them to examine all the different aspects. Taking a new role isn’t about just one slice of pie – it is about how they make the whole pie as a…
Have you taken any calls recently from software providers? Calls where you’re promised the world if only you would switch from your existing software provider? The chances are that you’ve taken a few of these, and that’s a conservative estimate. For those of you who haven’t, it begs the question: What exactly is cloud-based recruitment…
Are you great at communicating your ideas? Do you consider yourself a natural salesperson? Would you like a career that throws up unique challenges and requires development of a wide range of skills? If the answer to any of these questions is a resounding “yes” then a career in marketing may be for you… Marketing…
What makes you choose your future career? Is it something personal, or for more professional reasons? This infographic by rasmussen.edu explains. Takeaways: Most 6 years old want to have a sports job, by age 8 that changes to a performing arts job. The most popular major is business management/marketing. The most common career in the US…
Social media is a very dangerous tool to have, especially at work. Here are the top social media fails to stop you doing the same! 1. The over-eager tweeter: Does this look familiar to you? Sometimes, you don’t even wait for the job offer – just the interview is enough to make you hit the…
With more than 225 million business individuals now on LinkedIn, there is a growing trend to ensure that a LinkedIn profile is not only created professionally, but can also be discovered by search engines such as Google. As a result of the public nature of the majority of users’ LinkedIn settings, an increasing number of…
What is a recruiting tragic? A recruiting tragic is a person who just can’t help bringing most things in life back to… recruiting. I admit to being guilty. I know others in the sad club. We don’t want to be like this. We are not proud of the affliction. It’s just in our DNA. Think you may have the ‘curse’? How many…
Is constructive criticism the same as feedback? I don’t think so – but others may beg to differ. I avoid using the word criticism as much as I can (except in a technical ‘literary criticism’ way) as it always feels as if it is negative. It is judgemental in its essence and unpleasant. Most people…
If your LinkedIn profile is written in the 3rd person, stop reading this blog and go change that description of yourself right now. I am dead serious. Nothing annoys me more than inflated egos (most employers think this way), and one simple technique for identifying inflated egos is the reference to the self in the…
