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Avoid These Common Mistakes During Your Job Search

Avoid These Common Mistakes During Your Job Search

Looking for a job is hard and with so much conflicting job search advice online it’s difficult to know what you should and shouldn’t do during your search for a new job. I’ve been a recruiter for almost two decades and here are the common mistakes I

How To Prepare For Your Job Interview Like A Pro

How To Prepare For Your Job Interview Like A Pro

In my almost 20 years as a recruiter I’ve interviewed hundreds of candidates and you can tell within the first five minutes of the interview whether they’re prepared or not. Why does preparing for a job interview matter? Well it shows your interviewers that you’re taking it

The Top 10 Interview Questions & How To Answer Them

The Top 10 Interview Questions & How To Answer Them

I've been a recruiter for a long time and I've sat in a LOT of interviews. Here are the most common interview questions and how best to answer them. I'm not saying they're the best questions but they are the most common.

Candidate Experience, Ghosting & Recruiter Experience

Candidate Experience, Ghosting & Recruiter Experience

Let’s talk candidate experience, let’s talk ghosting, let’s talk recruiter experience. They’re all linked, obviously. No recruiter (in my experience anyway) deliberately goes out of their way to give candidates a bad experience, nor do they think “I’m going to ghost this candidate". Most

How to Optimise Your LinkedIn Profile to be more visible to Recruiters

Being visible and easily findable by Recruiters on LinkedIn is a great way to hear about new openings in your industry whether you're actively looking for a new job or just open to hearing about new positions. In this article we'll provide some top tips to

The Ultimate Guide To Job Searching

The Ultimate Guide To Job Searching

Searching for a job is hard. They say it’s easier to get a job when you’ve got a job, but given the last four years of mass lay offs and economic uncertainty, this is no longer true. The truth is, it doesn’t matter whether you currently have

Asking Candidates Their Current Salary Is As Unnecessary As Asking Their Shoe Size

Asking Candidates Their Current Salary Is As Unnecessary As Asking Their Shoe Size

I shared a LinkedIn post yesterday which caused quite a bit of debate. The post basically said that recruiters & hiring managers should stop asking candidates about their current salary and it’s as relevant as their shoe size. By asking candidates their current salary you are anchoring them to