I hit the age of 40 next week. I see hitting the milestone of four decades on this earth as an accomplishment, but I know that I’ll be in reflective mood, pondering like many if I’ve achieved enough in my career in those 350,000+ hours of being on this earth. And if you are 40 plus, you [...]
Category: candidates, interviews
Tags: HR, Interviews, Recruitment
Sweaty palms and a dry mouth; if this is the way you typically feel before going into an important job interview, don’t worry, you’re not alone. It’s natural to feel nervous occasionally, and far from being a negative, sometimes nerves can help you focus and stay alert in pressurised situations. However, whilst it always natural [...]
Category: Recruitment
Tags: candidates, HR, Interviews, Online Recruitment, Recruitment Process, Talent Acquisition
A recent survey from Bupa revealed that companies in the UK are losing close to £50 million a day in lost productivity from workers who fail to take a lunch break. I used to be part of the 70% of employees who failed to take a lunch break. I believed that by not having a [...]
Category: candidates, Leadership, Recruitment tips
Tags: HR, Lunch break, office, Recruitment
Stretching the truth on a CV is unfortunately considered the norm within the recruitment industry with an estimated 50% of candidates admitting to fibbing or blatantly lying on their CVs. And whilst the majority of most people’s CV embellishments will go undetected, Yahoo’s CEO Scott Thomson was less fortunate when he got caught misrepresenting his [...]
Category: Client, CV, Recruitment
Tags: CV, CV lies, CV Writing Tips, HR
One of the biggest challenges facing HR today in 2013 is effectively orienting a new recruit for their first day in a new job. I remember starting a role in the past where on my first day I was plonked in front of a PC and given a myriad of bewildering manuals to read. Straight away [...]
Category: Client, Human Resources, Recruitment
Tags: HR, new employee, new recruit, Onboarding
After impressing in an interview and hopefully clinching that dream job, the final step in the hiring process will be when the recruiter asks for references to make that last check on your background. References are still a vital part of the recruitment process. And this is where you need to ensure that you carefully [...]
Category: Recruitment
Tags: CVs, HR, Interviews, Recruitment, References
Recruiting the people that will really make a difference in your business can be a tricky process with companies and individuals still frequently making the same basic mistakes. I’ve listed below the top five common mistakes below made in the recruitment process and how these could be avoided in order to make the whole process [...]
Category: Client, Recruitment
Tags: HR, mistakes, Recruitment
It may sound like a bit of a cliché, but the first impression you make with a potential employer is the most important one. And that first impression will be derived from how you look and what you are wearing. So, dressing to impress at a job interview is imperative, regardless of the work environment. [...]
Category: candidates, Human Resources, interviews, Recruitment
Tags: HR, Interview help, Recruitment
Firing someone is never a nice task. And believe it or not, it can sometimes be as stressful for the manager doing the firing as it is for the employee being fired! There are plenty of horror stories of the methods in which some people find out how they have lost their jobs. And of course most people who [...]
Category: Client, Recruitment
Tags: HR, Recruitment
As an employee feels the manager’s presence over their shoulder; they instinctively press the Alt & Tab buttons on their keyboard in an attempt to hide whatever was on their screen – usually a website of some description. Who they trying to kid? It’s annoying and an obvious sign that the employee either doesn’t have [...]
Category: candidates, Human Resources, Leadership
Tags: HR, Leadership, Office management, Recruitment
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