Ten ways for a job seeker to REALLY upset an interviewer!
It is pretty safe to say that you will have attended at least a few interviews in your life so far. They are not always the best experience, but they are there to serve a purpose - to try and help get you a job. In this current climate there are fewer interviews going around, […]
Should job seekers be turning to their drama teachers to improve their interview chances?
With more people than ever going to job interviews with a need to succeed (thanks to the damned recession), has the time come for a new breed of coach to enter the stage? With so many people attending interviews for each job, it is now how you present and portray yourself at the interview, that […]
OK, so what DO you have to wear to the interview to get a job then?
Is it a sign of the times that 76% of British bosses will make a decision on your suitability for their job, based on what you are wearing when you sit in front of them at the interview? Is this really a surprise? I don't think, so as employers have been doing it for years. […]
Do you know what happens to your CV when it arrives on an Employer’s or a Recruitment Agency’s desk?
As a job seeker looking for a new job, do you know what the primary purpose of your CV/Resume is? Is it:a) Ammunition for the office 'bin basketball' competition?b) Paper airplane material?c) A guarantee of getting a job?d) Something to make the reader of your CV laugh out loud?e) A route to a work permit? […]
Arrgghh! Why are candidates still being muppets at interviews?
This a mini-rant is born out of frustration and disbelief! Yesterday I spent the day with a client during one of their interview events. What I witnessed at the actual interview stages, was both unforgivable and unbelievable - from the candidates being interviewed - in this current climate of large amounts of unemployment.As a 'recruitment […]
Innovation or Madness? New Recruitment company, Playfair and Noble, pay 50% of their fee to the successful candidate!
Do you ever get emails from companies looking to 'sell you' their company? Probably like you, I get a fair amount arriving in my inbox each week. So you could probably say that I am a little sceptical (too long in the recruitment world, I am afraid!!) So it was a really pleasant surprise to […]
