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Do you know enough about your new employer?
By the time you get to the offer stage of the hiring process, a company will have a fairly detailed picture of the kind of person they are about to employee. From the details you have put on a CV or...
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How to get your job application noticed Remember the days when you would have to wait for Thursday’s regional paper to check to see if there were any jobs you could send your CV to? Perhaps some of you...
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5 Types of Bad Interviewers
You can sometimes come out of a job interview unable to fathom where it went wrong. Sometimes however, a bad job interview doesn’t always mean that you were a bad job interviewee. Interview Focus It’s...
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Ensuring you build a strong reference list
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....
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What does an ’employment gap’ on your CV say about you?
I was asked a question last week by someone who applied to one of our vacancies about how they should tackle an employment gap in their CV. It got me thinking and it sparked a lively debate in the...
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10 Tips for recruiting in a candidate saturated market in 2013
The current job market is saturated with many candidates who adopt the scatter-gun approach with their CV; applying to anything which seems vaguely relevant to the type of role they are after. But...
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Ten typical interviewing questions: Part 1
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...
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4 Key tips To Get Back into Work after 40!!!
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...
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The 100 Most Ridiculous Job Interview Questions Ever
Have you ever sat in an interview and wondered why somebody was asking you a slightly left field question? Although you probably don’t realise it, there may well be a good reason why you are being...
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The 10 Silliest Interview Answers
A job interview is often a situation where we feel at our most nervous. Despite all the research and preparation, sometimes you will say something in an interview and afterwards wonder, “Where did...
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Everything You Need to Know About Hosting a Competency Interview
A competency interview can be used to assess a wide variety of skills and require candidates to give real-life examples to justify their claims. What’s most appealing is that you can use them to...
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8 Great Things About Job Hoppers!
Many recruiters will refuse to even consider hiring job hoppers (usually) because… “They’re clearly disloyal.” “They absolutely must be a trouble-maker.” “They’re obviously lazy and fickle.”...
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Everything Hiring Managers Need to Know About Interview Presentations.
Many companies now challenge candidates to come up with their own interview presentations, as a part of the recruitment process. Some hiring managers give candidates free reign to talk about anything...
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50 Great Interview Questions You Could Ask Your Candidates
Getting a bit bored of asking the same old questions in interviews? Sometimes, you just need to stir things up a bit! So this week I thought I’d put together a super-list of interview question...
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Everything You Need to Know About Hiring for Cultural Fit
“Hiring for cultural fit” has become a real buzz phrase over the last few years. Why? Probably because many companies have become almost obsessed with the idea of building a great, productive and...
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How to Tell If Your Interviewee is Lying to You
A while back, we published a pretty controversial blog about some of the most common lies candidates will tell on their CV. And, as predicted, some people thought that was a wee bit cynical of us…...
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Are You a Bad Interviewer? Find Out…
I’ve said it before (many times) and I’ll say it again – recruitment is a two-way street. Yes, the pressure is on your candidate to WOW you with their personality, skills and experience… But you are...
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10 Essential Interview Questions You Should Always Ask Your Candidates
The internet is absolutely packed full of blogs, articles & resources about how to interview candidates. You can ask brainteasers or competency questions, hire for cultural fit or based on hard...
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Everything You Need to Know About Psychometric Testing
Should you be using a psychometric test during your recruitment process? According to Psychometric Success, over 75% of the Times Top 100 companies in the UK do – which is probably not just a...
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The 10 Most Common Mistakes Interviewers Make
The web is absolutely jam-packed full of advice on how not to botch a job interview, as a candidate. However, other than the many articles illuminating the “top interview questions to ask,” there is...
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