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What are the Most Important Things Neglected in a Job Interview?

Though there are plenty of job opportunities out there, there is no assurance that you can get a certain position to the field or industry that you want to belong to. In every company, there are set of rules and requirements and if you don’t fit or aren’t qualified to those requirements you will not get the…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound

Dear Santa, All I Want for Christmas Is…

Ho ho ho! It is that time of year again where blogs all over are being written to reflect the seasonal mood out there. Lots of reflections over the year, in fact, this blog almost became a look back over 2013 – how it compared to what I had planned back on Jan 1st 2013 and…

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Talent Acquisition

Recruiters: 10 Words to AVOID Using on Your LinkedIn Profile

There’s a lot of articles and infographics from LinkedIn on buzzwords that users should avoid using on their profiles – but which words should recruiters steer clear of? This infographic by LinkedIn gives a quick run-down of the most overused buzzwords by recruiters – to ensure they stick out from the crowd. Takeaways: Responsible is used…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

Why We Must Stop Talking About Hiring “The Best”

I remember receiving a call from a client that I had worked closely with, building their IT team from a single member to a fully functional team. One of the first developers I had placed with them, an extremely talented guy (we’ll call him Bob for the sake of argument), had handed in his notice…

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What are the Top 10 Words NOT to Use on Your LinkedIn Profile?

Each year, LinkedIn release their top 10 overused buzzwords on LinkedIn profiles. In 2012, the most used word was creative as it was in 2011. In 2013, there’s a new winner – responsible. Here are the rest of the results from 2013 – courtesy of LinkedIn themselves: Top 10 overused buzzwords on LinkedIn profiles 2013:…