What do candidates think of your brand? Are you appealing to the best in class or are they passing you by? Chances are, when a potential candidate sees your job advert or is called by a recruiter, they will already have an opinion on your brand. And that opinion will significantly affect their decision whether
It takes a lot of hard work on all sides to get a candidate to accept your job offer. From the recruitment team writing the job descriptions and running the advertising campaigns, to the external recruitment partners headhunting in the marketplace, to HR and line management involved in interviews, to all the candidates giving up
How to successfully manage the employee journey Employees are not robots with defined and static skillsets, they are humans with emotions who can be affected both positively and negatively by a whole host of factors. Some of those factors are just life, which you can’t control but need to accommodate, but other factors are within
To mark Mental Health Awareness Day, I wanted to share something with you all. There’s no satire or humour this time; no puns to hide behind. This is simply a story about a young man battling something he didn’t understand. It’s a true story and it’s taken 18 years to write, but maybe it helps
Why are most job specs so dull? On the great smorgasbord of vocational choices that make up the UK job market, job specs have turned into the plastic parsley garnish that gets taken out the HR cupboard and thrown on the plate at the last minute. No matter how enticing your company brand, culture, product
What you don’t know can hurt you – how to ask for negative feedback and how to use it If a dentist told you your teeth would fall out unless you stopped eating sweets, what would you do? Would you ignore them and carry on until you had no teeth left? No, I imagine you
How to test if you are suited to working from home… It wasn’t long ago that having a Remote Working Policy meant ensuring the batteries were charged and there was nothing in the way when pointing it at your TV. Then the world changed and we all started throwing around words like flexible, agile, smart
How to job hunt on your own terms Failure is defined as an unsuccessful attempt to meet predefined expectations. So, change your expectations! For example, what is your expectation when you apply for a job? An obvious answer might be “to get the job”. Nothing wrong with that, but if 10 candidates are all in
Getting an offer is a great feeling, there’s no denying that. All those hours of preparation, rehearsal, interviewing, waiting, negotiating and, finally, the reward at the end of it all. But what about the other role you are at final stage with? Do you spurn it like a jilted lover, or do you give it
Career Mindfulness: How is your career feeling today? If that seems like a ridiculous question to you then let me put it another way: how many times in the office this week did you smile / laugh / feel pride / succeed / learn / grow / help / create / inspire / be inspired
