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30/09/2013
The World’s Toughest Interviews and How It All Started You know what they say: The resume may get you the interview, but it’s the interview that will get you the job. And nowhere is that interview tougher than at McKinsey & Company. The big-time consulting company ranked first on Glassdoor’s annual list of the companies…
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23/09/2013
Forget the Interview. Conduct a Pre-hire Performance Review Instead. – Lou Adler A Rational Way to Make a Gut Decision. I was a full-time recruiter from 1978-2000. During that time I interviewed thousands of people for jobs ranging from billing clerks to CEOs. While I asked a lot of questions, the most important involved having…
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16/09/2013
Presenting yourself as ‘hard working,’ ‘motivated’ or ‘a team player’ may no longer be the key to getting an interview. For the words have become the most over used on CVs, making them meaningless to employers and doing little to make candidates stand out. So many people now follow a standard format when applying for…
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16/09/2013
Stretch Factor℠ = the combination of factors that collectively indicates how much bigger a job a person can currently handle. If known, a person’s Stretch Factor could be used to offset any lack of direct skills and experiences when considering someone for a new role. Collectively, this would help minimize the national skills gap, reduce…
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09/09/2013
Speaking in generalities can be dangerous. Making assumptions, as the old joke goes, can make an ass of you and me (ass-u-me). But when it comes to the likelihood of employees being engaged (or not) a report from Quantum suggests that the bigger the company is the less likely their employees are to be engaged…
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19/08/2013
But increased labour market activity ‘not expected to boost wages’ More employers are looking to hire staff as employment confidence has reached its highest level since 2008, according to the CIPD’s latest Labour Market Outlook (LMO) survey. CIPD survey results show that the jobs market has continued to grow for six consecutive quarters in a…
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19/08/2013
James Caan expalins that getting an interview for that dream job is a perfect chance to sell yourself and you need to make sure that you get everything right. Preparation is vital and it goes without saying that you should turn up for the interview knowing everything there is to know about your prospective employers…
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12/08/2013
Large organizations are facing an employee engagement crisis, a new report suggests, with only a quarter of their employees highly engaged with their jobs. http://www.management-issues.com/news/6722/large-organizations-failing-the-engagement-test/
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12/08/2013
With the number of years that people are working as contractors increasing (13% – 15%), higher rates of pay, better work/life balance, the outlook for contractors remains positive in the economic climate. http://www.onrec.com/news/news-archive/recruitment-agencies-still-no1-for-contractors-says-latest-survey
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05/08/2013
IoIC has launched an online discussion called ‘The most important thing I’ve learned about internal communication’. Around 30 individuals with a broad spectrum of internal comms and related expertise – including psychology, research, HR, employee engagement and organisational behaviour – will be contributing articles on this topic. Those who have already offered a ‘gem’ of…
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