I did some analytics earlier this month to ensure that I'm spending my online advertising budget in the right place.  In recruitment, it's essential to advertise jobs on the right jobsites and it has been interesting over the past 5 years to see the increased role that social media sites a…

One of the primary reasons for looking for a new job is to gain a higher salary.  We're all human, the cost of living is rising rapidly, we live in an increasingly aspirational world where the latest advertising makes us well aware of all the gadgets/cars/clothes etc that we 'need' in o…

Read an article yesterday in one of the Sunday papers that got me thinking about Personal Statements on CVs.  The piece was written with a view to statements written by A level students on their University application forms but many parallels can be drawn to CVs for candidates at any stage of their…

I don't generally have much time to scour the Web for useful tips & stories about recruitment (too busy finding those perfect marketing folk their perfect jobs!) but I noticed the following link on a friend's Twitter feed and thought it was worthy of mention... ow.ly/d5eQ2

The most impo…

Bit of a topical one this.  I've had several calls this week asking me about part time opportunities in the North.   Mostly, these calls are from candidates who are on maternity leave, about to return to a role and they're keen to explore other opportunities....on a part time basis.

In the …

We all have something where we have zero tolerance.  For me, it’s poor spelling   Poor punctuation gets me down too but it’s a while since I read Eats, Shoots and Leaves so I’m not going to go on about that.
It’s spelling, particularly with relation to CVs.  Ultimately, it’s unacceptable to have any…

I have a candidate who has handed their notice in with no job to go to.
It got me thinking…
Fundamentally, it’s not a good idea in the current climate to leave a role with no job to go to.  Yes, there are jobs out there, but the lead time to finding a job is significantly longer than in the past.  It…

Honestly, this isn’t a rant. Really it’s not.OK, it sort of is.
Here’s the thing.
We’re all human.  Recruiters understand that, clients understand that.  Life’s tough. It’s often hard to make time for interviews, particularly if you have a demanding job, have taken off lots of time recently, had too …

This has the potential to be the shortest blog yet.I’ve been mulling it over for years and I’ve yet to come across a situation where I think it adds any value to put your photograph on your CV.
It’s standard human behaviour for people to judge each other from what they look like and employers are no…