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Talent Acquisition

Sales Recruiting Cold Call: What Are You Getting Out Of It?

To say there is a love hate relationship with cold calling would be an understatement. In any sales career cold calling is the lifeline of your success. You’re job as a salesperson is to get the person on the other end of the phone to say yes so you can complete the sale. In agency…

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Workplace

How to Use Social Media to Seek New Opportunities

If you are looking for a new opportunity, or even if you just want to surf around the web for attractive job opportunities, I recommend that you begin with social media channels! 1) Don’t just seek – become sought after: You may not know it, but employers spend time searching for their most suitable candidate…

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Workplace

How to Write an Honest Cover Letter to Avoid the Wrong Job

When there’s an opening for your dream job but you’re not qualified for it yet, what should you do? A lot of people will look at the qualifications specified for the job and think of ways to embellish their actual skills and experiences to make it seem like they’re a good fit. But where’s the…

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Employer Branding

Why a Healthy Employee is a Happy Employee

Following on from our employee’s guide to staying healthy, this useful infographic from ChairOffice provides lunchtime inspiration for those aiming to get a head-start on their new year resolutions on keeping healthy and fit. Not only will you feel better overall but you’ll work more efficiently! Remember, keeping healthy is 80% nutrition, 20% working out. Killer…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound

Strictly Finding Your #XFactor: Which Judge Should Recruiters Learn From?

Dancing shoes ready: I am an avid fan of the BBC1 Dance show, Strictly Come Dancing. As a keen intermediate learner of the ballroom and Latin genre, I can critique the celebrities each week, judging their technical ability over flair, substance over style…. Whilst watching this latest series, it dawned on me the parody it…