The world of recruitment is constantly changing and that works on both sides - from a client perspective and from a job-hunter's perspective too.  As generations change, mindsets change and expectations change too.  I've written about this previously and there are plenty of exceptions to t…

I try not to make a habit of looking at Daily Mail Online but it does provide useful fodder for discussion.  Recently they had an article which was titled: 'How describing yourself as a hard-working team player could be hindering your career'.  So far, so Daily Mail.  As usual, it wasn'…

I spoke to a candidate this month who had rejected a role, post interview, based on the fact that she couldn't see herself  in the working environment of a small agency based in Manchester (it's a well established agency and is purposefully small but perfectly formed).  The candidate had p…

This week, the news was full of the Human Rights Lawyer (female) who outed another (male) Lawyer after he had commented (favourably) on her LinkedIn photo. I've been mulling over this story to try to establish how I feel about it.  I'm certainly no fan of misogynist comments or sexism in o…

This week we've seen the annual publication of A level results and with it a lot of media commentary about the choices of young school leavers.    There has been a lot of discussion about there being more girls choosing university with more boys heading off to apprenticeships. we've had th…

Probably 80% of the roles that PMP work on tend to be within Marketing, Digital or Advertising agencies.  Sometimes, we see some wonderful and wacky recruitment processes with briefs designed to test a candidate's creativity or understanding of brands & the customer journey.  What we don&#…

Theoretically, it's the content of your CV and your covering letter/email that count.  These days, the life of a recruitment consultant is one glued to your inbox and where both candidates and clients prefer to email rather than chat.  Obviously it's much easier to surreptitiously and silen…

It's a tricky one this.  The Overenthusiastic Interviewee.  It's quite common that when a client is giving me feedback on a candidate who has recently interviewed, that they will say that the candidate didn't demonstrate enough interest or enthusiasm for the job and therefore the job h…

I always advise candidates of two key things when they have secured an interview...  The first is to ensure that you do your homework in terms of researching the company, the role and the person interviewing you.  The second is to never be too honest.  I was reminded of this second piece of advice …

I read a few weeks ago that JP Morgan employees were banned from making anything other than minimal use of LinkedIn.  According to reports in eFinancialcareers.com, the heads of department in the bank, apparently were exasperated by staff parading themselves as available for hire.  The new ‘regula…

I've been in recruitment for a long time so it stands to reason that I've been writing job adverts for a long time too.  I used to be of the opinion that it didn't really matter what went into the advert - job hunters would search for a job title, a location and a salary and then if th…

There have been several interviews recently where candidates have fallen down during interviews on what I would refer to as ‘the basics’.  This includes several candidates who have asked questions which really should be on an interview black list* – it reminded me of the importance of asking a) qu…