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Can Google+ support your job search?

Lynn Tulip — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:00:20 +0000

Pin It Google+ and social media as part of your Job Search Google+ is now up and running. Far from being the newbie on the block it is fast catching up with a whole load of ideas on how to job search. As with Facebook, Twittter and LinkedIn it has many characteristics that are about [...]

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Conducting Interviews

Lynn Tulip — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:00:04 +0000

Pin It Conducting interviews for recruitment can be a sticky task Interviews that are unplanned can place your organisation at risk Some tips on running interviews: Interviews should be conducted in relaxed, comfortable surroundings, without interruption and in a manner that enables the candidate to give the best account of themselves. Following introductions, the structure [...]

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Avoid making mistakes in #recruitment

Lynn Tulip — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:00:51 +0000

Pin It Recruitment is not as easy as you think. If someone leaves or you have overworked employees, a simple solution could be to recruit someone as quickly as possible and to get them in role soonest. Sadly there TWO COMMON MISTAKES in recruitment which leave you open to making disastrous decisions which are both costly [...]

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The craziest question you have ever been asked at an interview is?

Lynn Tulip — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:00:00 +0000

Pin It This post relates to an article written for JobMob entitiled Tricky Job Interview Questions and Answers. It’s the $5K Guest Blogging Contest . Go and take a look and then come back and read the rest of the post (it makes no sense otherwise ) Sarah, our esteemed editor suggested I write an [...]

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Where doesn’t age matter?

Linda Mattacks — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:00:46 +0000

Pin It I’d originally thought of calling this post ‘Woman 50+ Redundant Bounces Back’ because that was a story wanted by one of the women’s magazines. A features reporter contacted me the other day off the back of my redundancy website. It happens every so often – a hack leaves their research till the last [...]

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Time for a career change?

Lynn Tulip — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:00:00 +0000

I’m talking about me. Online dating testing. Is this a light bulb moment or am I just being cynical? So what’s my specialism – it’s using psychometric tests, interpreting them for candidates and clients in recruitment, development or outplacement. Yes, I also use them for career coaching. This could be my bye-line: “Knowing your personality [...]

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Recruit in haste, repent at leisure

Lynn Tulip — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:30:00 +0000

Imagine this: as the economy recovers, desperation can set in. No longer are your resources so stretched and now you think would be a good time to get another person on board to manage the work load. OR one of your key people has handed in their notice and you need to replace them pretty [...]

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Work for the Dragons’ Den

Lynn Tulip — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 10:00:38 +0000

Pin It AKA how to recruit a Dragon I couldn’t believe it when the boss gave me a new project. Just up my street I thought. I knew that there was a vacancy as I had heard through the media of a resignation and that it would be opportune to review the post. Yes, recruitment [...]

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Happy new year, happy new job?

Special Guest — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:00:14 +0000

Pin It Image via Wikipedia This evening we welcome regular bloke on the blog, Nick G There’s a commonly held view that there are three recruitment spikes throughout the year: January, April and September. In January people return to work after an enjoyable (?) few days off, full of renewed determination to make some progress [...]

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Recruitment Checklist [5] Hire

Lynn Tulip — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:00:00 +0000

You’ve decided on your candidate, so the next bit is to HIRE them – that’s how the last blog on the recruitment checklist ended. After the interviews are over and you have made your decisions, it’s important to let all the candidates know the decision whether they are successful or unsuccessful. Try to give positive [...]

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