Bias Beats Best

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Bias is “the inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair”. We have all been biased at one time or other and I suppose depending on how strong our biases are, they can affect the decisions and the choices we make in life and work. […]

You’re a ‘STAR’

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When sending candidates to job interviews, we try to advise them, as best we can, to ensure their best chance of success. In an interview, your interviewer is trying to predict how well you will be able to perform a role.  Demonstrating your competency will show the interviewer how your talents fit the requirements of the job. A workplace competency […]

I hate the job. I like the company.

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There are many reasons why people look for a new job. One of them may be that the day to day of the job itself isn’t enjoyable anymore. It has become a drudge, unchallenging, monotonous, too client facing, not enough client facing, too isolating, too stressful, not pressurised enough, too much commuting, etc. You name it, you have […]

Employment Agency Contracts. What are they ?

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You may have seen a role advertised as an ‘agency contract’ and wondered what it meant ? We are finding that there are an increasing number of companies looking for agency staff and the reasons vary. An agency worker is a person who has an agreement with an agency (PTP Recruitment, for example) to work […]

CV basics are necessities…

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In the huge sea of recruitment firms, the advice I give here is from a small fish who has reviewed many many CV’s from great people over the years. So you’ve decided to change career, move company, re-enter the jobs market and you are in the zone when it comes to describing your skills, competencies […]

Our guide to success in Telephone Interviews

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We recently worked with a client who wanted to hold preliminary phone interviews with prospective candidates prior to calling for face to face interviews. The following is the advice we gave to our candidates. This may be of value to you at some stage in your job search.   Prior to the phone interview : […]

The Value of Mentoring in Smaller Organisations

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All of my industry- related experience is with SME’s. I am grateful for that as it gave me a wonderful insight into how other departments and functions interlinked to produce the products and services. Due to their size, many of the support functions in SME’s are stand alone roles, as mine was.  The pro’s are obvious. […]

Preparing for a Psychometric Test

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You may,over the lifetime of your career, be asked to attend a Psychometric Test as a pre-selection method to finding the right candidate for a particular role. A Psychometric test is designed to measure a candidates’ suitability for a role based on required personality characteristics and/or aptitude.The tests are designed to be objective and unbiased and are […]

Does age limit our success in getting the role we want ?

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I met a wonderful potential candidate last week with over 20 years experience in her chosen field. She was made redundant last year and in her search for a new challenging position she has felt that her age (53) has had a negative impact on her success in getting an interview. This lady has wonderful […]

The Perfect Employee

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There are the most wonderful job specs on company websites, job sites, our site ! Some roles seem so interesting, challenging and varied that I am almost envy the successful candidate sometimes. Does the candidate ever live up to every part of the original spec ? – probably not – and it is most likely […]