Why a CV is a Credit Check?
The importance of maintaining a good credit check is well known. The inherent system is notoriously swift and blunt for mistakes we make and painfully slow to rebuild. For those that suffer bad credit from historical poor decision making, it may seem impossible to...
Is technology making recruitment harder?
Technophobe or not, it is hard to hide and not be affected by technology. It advances at a rate often quicker than our learning; all with the agenda of making life-better through efficiency and speed. Business and in this example ‘recruitment’ is at the forefront of...
Different CV’s for different Countries
Often, we are told it is prudent to have 2 or 3 versions of your CV to accurately reflect the type of role you are submitting your CV for. This is common practice and OK to do as long as its not a lie. Rather, more that it drawers out, to the attention to the selector...
Invest in Yourself
My business and passion over the years has centred around helping people achieve their career goals. This would range from helping people get started and the chance to clock up much needed experience to selectively refining the high end of career to play to strengths,...
Handshakes = A thing of the past?
On average people will shake hands 15,000 times in a lifetime! This figure though will have received a blow for this year due to recent events. The intruders have included: The elbow bump The foot tap The head nod The yoga bow The wave Does this mean that COVID-19 has...
Death of the Cover Letter
Things change and they change quickly! Just as we get used to a way of doing and it slips nicely into our comfort zone and thus taken for granted there is a new way. Quite often we are not welcoming of this as we like the ways we have become accustomed to. I recall...
Put yourself in the hiring manager’s shoes
Put yourself in the hiring manager’s shoes When it comes time to write or update our CV, many of us write as if our CV will be read extensively. We tell our story and attempt to put our best foot forward by using words to create interest and better our competition....
Top CV Mistakes to avoid
Your CV is what gets you the opportunity to interview and have the chance to go for the job you want. The importance of this document cannot be understated as without it the best opportunities can pass you by. In my career I have seen 1000’s of CV’s and see repeated...
How to get the most from your Recruiter!
Whether you like or loath Recruiters, they serve a purpose. I have personally have been on the receiving end of gratitude many times for solving staffing issues for businesses and I’m sure this is the case all across the world or the model wouldn’t of worked so well...
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