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Why recruiters need to talk

...where a CV is relevant and the person has the potential to undertake the role the first course of action should be to pick up the telephone.

Ethical Recruitment

Consider what being an ethical recruiter actually means....

Dumbing down?

Plain English is fine but if you want good people they should be able to read and for any professional role they will have to know the relevant terminology

Getting your CV taken seriously

I thought I’d write a candidate focused piece and briefly discuss CVs.

This isn’t a guide on how to write them, there’s plenty of good free advice out there and we don’t offer a CV writing service; the point of this exercise is to explain what we look for and what the common mistakes are to help our more diligent candidates to get it right.

Recruiting Senior Appointments

When recruiting for senior roles, finding the right candidate is only half the job...

Why interviews go wrong...

What I would like to do is to share are some of the experiences that candidates have encountered during interviews that have caused them to decline offers...

Sharp Practices in Recruitment and how to avoid them

Working as a professional recruiter it’s very disappointing when I come across people operating in the industry who do not work to appropriate standards; often they are disingenuous, ineffective and mercenary; the ramifications of their actions can be far reaching.

I thought I’d share some of these practices in order to allow employers to recognise when they’re being used and to help to guard against them.

Widening the Gene Pool

Increase the chances of a good placement by widening the pool of possible candidates...

Recruitment – An Academic Exercise?

As a recruitment company we differentiate ourselves markedly from our competitors, this differentiation begins with the fundamental point that all of us have enjoyed long and successful careers, managing sales people and other staff in our respective fields before entering this profession...

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