Video resumes are slowly but surely becoming popular. I do not believe that they are a replacement of the traditional resume however they add that extra edge! As I have received a handful of applications via this method I found myself searching ‘video resume’ on YouTube to see what else is out there and if [...]
Past performance is the best predictor of future performance. Behavioural based interviewing is becoming a common method in the interviewing atmosphere. Examples of behavioural interview questions include: Describe a major frustration you have had in your work and how you handled that frustration. Describe a time you worked as a member of a team and [...]
I’ve done it, everyone has done it. We’ve all started at the bottom of our careers and worked our way up. I’ve possibly started at the bottom three times and I’ve not had a problem with doing it. Recalling my recruiting in the BOOM times graduates would hear this phrase and cringe! Expectation was for [...]
‘I just called to say I love you, I just called to say how much I care’….these are the words of Stevie Wonder but they will not be the words of your interviewer on the other side. Telephone interviews-yes or no? As a recruiter I am in favour of phone screening, as a candidate in [...]
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