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I’m a Doctor Jim, not a wheeler dealer… quality approach for your executive jobsearch
Tuesday 9 March 2010
I received an email last week from a senior executive entitled “Help me and win an iPad”. Essentially, if I forwarded his details on to my contacts and he got a job through this introduction, he would give both of us an iPad. I must admit the approach stood out and it provoked an interesting debate [...]
Round pegs, Round roles… not ideal for that executive job?
Tuesday 2 March 2010
Good morning Over the past few weeks I have been stressing the need to be positive and to tailor your key tangible experience to fit the remit of the job you are applying to. This has provoked some reaction from executives who had been wary of the current climate and, in particular, I performed a consult last [...]
It’s not rocket science: Two positives don’t make a negative job search
Tuesday 23 February 2010
“Your attitude, not your aptitude, determines your altitude.” Zig Zigler OK so I decided to google some quotes for this blog and I found the most suitable one from someone I hadn’t heard of before last week. In fact this is just one quote from many others I could have chosen from him. What is patently obvious [...]
Bring order to a chaotic executive career
Tuesday 16 February 2010
Every week I talk to experienced executives that are struggling to receive any positive feedback on their CVs, let alone responses to applications. After reviewing their CV, there is often a recurring trend… chaotic presentation and formatting gives the impression of an unorganised executive and a poor communicator. If you can’t represent yourself effectively, how can you [...]
Whatta mistaka to maka!
Tuesday 9 February 2010
When first deliberating the make up of this blog I was determined to avoid providing the same old “Top 5″ or “Top 10″ lists however I’m finding it difficult to avoid running down some “Mistakes to avoid” following a consult I conducted last week. In fact I come across examples most weeks – the executive job [...]
Help me help you
Tuesday 2 February 2010
I conducted an interesting consult last week with an executive jobseeker who is looking to move on from a company he had started 6 years ago. He had grown the company as far as he could and needed a new challenge, however it also turned out that the company had fallen on hard times more recently. And [...]
“Part-time cover”
Tuesday 26 January 2010
As an avid follower of all things sporting, I am especially sceptical about how some events are reported in the media. I often have to double check that the report I’m reading is of the same game that I watched. Of course this could be due to my red and white tinted spectacles, but I would [...]
Barack to the future
Tuesday 19 January 2010
Last week I read an interesting article that was inspired by a recent government commissioned report. “The Shape of Things to Come” report tackles the issue of the evolving job market and how technological advances would all but put an end to the concept of a job for life (in the main). Now this is not exactly [...]
Happy New Year!
Tuesday 12 January 2010
Last week saw an indifferent start to the year. For some companies, the cold weather has put recruitment on ice – mandates being delayed until conditions reach relative normality and the travel chaos recedes. However, in the main, I found a lot of recruiters were working from home and getting the ball rolling on various requirements [...]
No rest for the wicked…
Tuesday 15 December 2009
This December is like no other I can recall. Back in the day when the internet was merely a glint in Sir Tim Berners-Lees’ eye, December would spell a near shut down in recruitment advertising (selection). As the internet grew in popularity, online job advertising mainly supported traditional media. That has all changed now…. the targeted [...]
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