It’s a competitive world, and never more so than now. We all want our fair share, or at least what we think is our fair share. Employers want to attract better employees, candidates want to get better jobs, with more pay, and websites want more traffic. However, very few of us actually believe we are...
No not you, and I hope not me. I’ll try and keep this short, as there are already way too many blog articles discursively annotating the onward march of the social media phenomenon. Pop is indeed eating itself. In my view, the Network Effect, that is the key to the success of Linkedin, Facebook and...
I am totally transfixed by this election. What is clear is that we will not see the scenes of euphoria that greeted Tony Blair, (seen above) entering Downing Street in 1997. In no way does this election have the appeal of the Obama election, but I think there are elements which make it fascinating for...
I make no apologies for this being a blatant plug. Hold on, hold on, don’t stop reading, you’ll like this. My wife Luciana is Italian, and I have a large extended Italian family of in-laws. Most are in the UK, but several have returned to the “old country”. They’re barking mad, but I love them...
First of all, this is not some glib, and odiously predictable, article about how terrible I think it is to swear regularly; droning on about other people’s lack of imagination, limited vocabulary, and inability to state precisely what they mean. Quite the opposite, in fact. Anyone who knows me, will know that I can’t swear. ...
So Geoff Hoon, Stephen Byers and Patricia Hewitt have been caught going for interviews, whilst currently in the employ of the British Parliament. None are presently Ministers of State, but all are serving MP’s with, presumably, a full workload until 6th May. With time running out on their current contract, these three have taken a...
“Whoah! Hold on a minute”, you say, “not all websites are suitable for that kind of personalisation. It won’t look professional to our clients, and will only encourage Rec to Recs and rival agencies to headhunt my best recruiters”. I’ve got news for you, your rivals, and headhunting agencies already know who all your recruiters...
As Chairman of the National Online Recruitment Awards (NORA’s), it is my job to view as many recruitment websites as possible. Right now, more than at any other time, recruitment agencies need to differentiate themselves online, and not simply try to impersonate the larger job boards. It is essential that they fully exploit their unique...
In the 1960’s my dad worked as a trainer in the Scottish School of Salesmanship. For Thirty-Bob (£1.50 payable by jobseekers), he would train individuals and guarantee interviews for jobs as travelling salesmen (yes, they were all men). The training was very basic, but such was the appeal of working in sales in the ‘60’s,...
Gary is an average jobseeker; currently in employment, working in an insurance company in Manchester, aged 33, wife, 2 kids etc etc. He’s not looked for a job for 4 years, and has stayed longer than he’d planned with his present employer, rather than risk a move during the recession. So like 87% of jobseekers...
