Learning from the World Cup – Hope

June 14, 2010 No comments yet

I wasn’t really sure about jumping on the World Cup theme – there’s a heck of a lot of chat ( some better than others) about it already but I wanted just to comment on an observation.
In any game when the supporters are interviewed – or filmed watching the game which seems to be popular [...]

Why you need to tell stories in interviews

March 23, 2010 2 comments

Following on from my previous post about having courage in the job search process  the client I was coaching ahead of her interview yesterday showed me feedback she had received after being unsuccessful in a previous interview. It said that whilst she had performed well the decision on who to hire was made on the [...]

10 ways to use social networking to find a job

February 13, 2010 1 comment

Job hunters need to be smarter than ever to find the few jobs that are around when they are looking. The traditional newspaper and journal job adverts, along with online recruitment sites are a good place to start and  here  are some suggestions of how to use social networking online to support the search.
1 Make sure your [...]

Job application forms – you have to answer the questions asked!

September 1, 2009 No comments yet

I was working with the management students on Friday. The day was spent looking at recruitment and selection and we spent quite some time discussing the essential and desirable skills and experience of jobs that the students would typically have in their organisations.  This in turn led us to look at how to structure a job [...]

The challenge of being up against an internal job candidate

March 3, 2009 5 comments

Twice in the past few weeks clients have told me that they missed out on the job they went for and in the feedback they were told that it had gone to an internal candidate. Both of them felt a mixture of disappointment and annoyance that they had gone to the trouble of applying when  [...]


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