Why You Should Hire a Curve Ball
Who knew really that they were going to choose recruitment as a career? I certainly didn’t; I was bored, very bored in a corporate telesales job and I stumbled across an advert for a trainee recruiter...
View ArticleChannelling Your Inner Recruitment Superhero
As I write this, I first need to point out that the real superheroes in life are those who work in the Police, Fire, Medical and Education services across the globe- those who choose a true vocation to...
View ArticleWhy Life Skills Are Also Needed
I have often written about the skills, attributes, and experience that a recruiter should ideally possess to be successful however I wanted to take the opportunity to recommend the other aspects of...
View ArticleWhy Making New Years Resolutions Suck – Later in the Year
Remember waking up on New Year’s day and having all those good intentions to transform your life with a set of goals and resolutions that would totally allow you to become a new person in some way,...
View ArticleShould we be Charging Candidates in Skill Short Markets to Find Them Their...
Since the worldwide recession of 2008-2011 most markets and sectors have tended to be very candidate short and therefore there is an undercurrent of sought after candidates knowing they are king or...
View ArticleWhy you Should Think Twice About Ghosting a Recruiter
Ten years ago the term “ghosting” was almost unheard of. Fast forward to now and this is term is synonymous in two distinct areas of life, online dating and recruitment! And often this unfortunate fact...
View ArticleLessons Learned From 2019
December is traditionally the time of year when you get to sit down with your umpteenth hot chocolate and mince pie to reflect and then review what you have achieved in the year gone by against your...
View ArticleCan You Help People and Be Successful?
Is it possible to be a successful recruiter because you want to “help people” rather than being money motivated? Let me start by setting the scene when I first became aware that this wasn’t necessarily...
View ArticleSelf-Isolating as a Recruiter
Who would have ever predicted I would be writing a blog as if we were in post-apocalypse times. I write this as I am on day 3 of a precautionary 14-day self-isolation as I was fortunate enough to be...
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