How to deal with a counter offer
Should you stay or should you go? So you’ve decided the time is right for a career move and have smartened up your CV, met with your friendly recruitment consultant,…
Body Language
Body Language Tone of voice and body language accounts for 65% of what’s communicated. Words account for 35 of the message that’s communicated. Body language can give away a lot…
Putting candidates to the test
Your shortlist of candidates is drawn up, you’ve arranged the interviews and have your questions at the ready. But first impressions can be deceiving and making a recruitment mistake can…
How to survive your new job
After the hustle and bustle of job searching, interviews and offers, day one in your new job can often have you feeling like Harry Potter on his first day at…
Handling tricky interview questions – why do you want to leave?
The job interview is going well and you and your interviewer are getting on famously. Until she casually chucks in the killer question about why you want to leave your…
Positive employer branding is key to recruitment success
Making a good first impression is absolutely vital for companies if they want to attract and retain top talent. Staff generally want to work for companies who have good benefits,…
What Not To Say At Interview
Interviews are easy, right? In theory all you have to do is dress appropriately, arrive on time, and say all the right things. But add in a list of tricky…
Writing your CV
The 5 rules to writing a good CV Understand the employers requirements and tailor the CV to meet those requirements. Your CV should: Be easy to read Easy to read…
Time to change to a new career?
A career change can be prompted by a variety of triggers, from a need for new personal challenges, to shifts in the industry. The advertising, marketing, digital and design sectors…
Interview techniques
The 8 steps to a good interview Good preparation brings dividends – find out as much as you can about your prospective employer, its outputs, branches, turnover, customers, etc. The…