Can today’s graduates really be bothered?
I have read many articles and blog postings about the candidate experience – hell I even wrote one myself bemoaning the bad service candidates get in terms of engagement and feedback. However, as someone who has been involved in recruiting for our own organisation over the past few weeks, I have been quite literally gobsmacked [...]
Continue Reading →The sea of CVs
Apologies readers for the lack of BlueSky blogging of late – BS HQ has been very busy! Not that we are complaining – it’s good news both for us but for the recruitment sector too. As more recruiters invest in PR it’s a sure sign that conditions are on the up! So as it’s 4.30pm [...]
Continue Reading →TECHNOLOGY – FRIEND OR FOE ?
If I read one more article about how technology is going to put traditional recruitment firms out of business, I think I might weep (with frustration). I have a few grey hairs ( well quite a lot actually) and I get so bored with the same old scaremongering thats trotted out during every recession! Now [...]
Continue Reading →WHO CARES ABOUT CANDIDATES
I was chatting to Alan Whitford recently of RCEuro . To any innocent eavesdropper it would have sounded like an episode of grumpy old men/woman. You see Alan and I are from the old school of recruiters – before technology, before faxes – hell even before electronic typewriters. But during the last twenty odd years [...]
Continue Reading →How (not) to interview
Interviews. We all know the basic rules, don’t we? Arrive on time, do your research, firm handshake and so on. Well, apparently not. Whilst browsing the Times online I found this article with some great examples of what you definitely should not do in an interview. Here are a few of my favourites. Do not: [...]
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