The One Tip That Will Get You The Job

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With so much contradictory advice out there, it is rare that candidates fail to ask me for my take on the ingredients for interview success. They are often perplexed a little by my simple answer, the sort of answer that you would give to a seven-year-old playing in their first competitive sports match: Enjoy it….

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Ride Those Career Peaks and Troughs.

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As we begin our slow-motion car crash into the next recession (whenever that may be), the cyclical nature of life and business cannot be ignored. Thinking back through our careers, many of us will have had times of feast and famine, but in a similar way to the fortunes of any economy, the times of…

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Want Feedback? Get Rid Of The Ear Plugs.

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I went to a metal gig by Baroness at the London club KOKO in Camden the other night. It is an iconic venue, so, despite a couple of cracked ribs from a Skiing accident the previous week, I was determined to get as near to the front as possible. My friend and I got there…

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Does Passion Get In The Way Of Balance?

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  Are you one of those people, who wishes that there were more hours in the day? I know that I am, and I know that I sometimes struggle in getting my priorities right. Maybe you know someone at work, who is so wrapped up in a certain project that they let everything else slide….

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Don’t Chase Success. Chase Trust.

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It sometimes seems to me that focussing too much on the “end game” actually hinders people from getting there. Success is a by-product of so many different ingredients and circumstances that its pursuit can sometimes seem hopeless if you lose your focus on what really matters. We all know the feeling of “I’ll never get…

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Who Contributes To Your Life?

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  Time to put yourself in some different shoes for a couple of minutes– shoes that may well have been yours without all the great people that make your life what it is. Think about all the people that care about you out in the world – your friends and family, your professional contacts, even…

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Daddy In Charge? Lead, Don’t Manage.

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You know that thing about kids not liking being told what to do? Well, I can testify to it from considerable personal experience. My wife has spent the past few months training for an Ironman Triathlon, so it has been exclusive “Daddy Daycare” time for my two young daughters and my son. This was far…

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Don’t Forget To Live.

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I have a farming friend who told me that sheep and goats have been known to forget to perform certain vital bodily functions, thus causing their premature death. No offence is meant to the intelligent sheep, but the vast majority just stand there, day after day, staring vacantly into the distance. I suppose that you…

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The Shoes Of Your Global Customers.

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You know that weird psychology drawing that looks like a frontal head-shot from one angle and side shot from another angle? That’s how I feel when I communicate with my different clients from all around the world every day. Only you need to add a perspective from above, one from behind and maybe even one…

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Is Your Recruiter a Painter or a Sculptor?

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Creativity is crucial in recruitment. And, before you comment, I don’t mean making up qualifications or selling the non-existent skills of an unsuitable applicant. That sort of creativity is what gives us a bad name. When you care about your clients and candidates, as most of us recruiters do, you want to get as close…

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