One of the many things I love about recruitment, is that it isn't rocket science.  It is, however, very much a service industry and one where relationships (with both candidates and clients) are hugely important.  I've been recruiting now for close to 10 years and PMP has been built on str…

It's quite common for many Northerners head off to The Big Smoke at some point in their career.  Usually it's post university and it feels like this is almost a rite of passage, an opportunity to live and work in London, to work hard and to play hard and then, typically, after five years, …

I’ve had a bit of a week for ‘humorous’ CVs.    One candidate adorned the CV with pictures of himself with various zoo animals in reclining poses, another talked about space travel being a hobby and this morning I’ve had a Jedi Knight apply for a job.
So, does wit woo?  Erm, no. 
Your CV is not t…

I never used to think that covering letters were worth much.  I don't think I'm giving away too many recruitment industry insider secrets by saying that whenever an email arrives with a CV and a covering letter, the letter is rarely opened.  On the occasions that I have opened them, they a…

There has been a bit of publicity recently with a new recruitment business launching with the premise of registering only beautiful people on their books.  It turns out that it's a spin off business from a dating site which also only works with beautiful people...  I've hummed and ha'e…

There was a recent media flurry where the esteemed Medic & academic Robert Winston put his neck on the line saying that he actively did not recruit individuals who had a First Class degree.  His theory goes that he prefers more rounded individuals who have spent their undergraduate years becom…

A candidate recently came to me for some advice. I've seen a couple of similar scenarios in the last few months so I thought I would share the story and hopefully it might help others!

The candidate, a well established agency account handler  had,  following redundancy last year taken a role as…

I've mentioned in a previous blog that during an interview clients often make up their mind about the candidate within the first 5 minutes.  I read earlier today that actually we make eleven major decisions about one another in the first seven seconds of meeting...  The moment that the client/i…