May 8, 2023
Your Career Journey Part 1: Résumé Prep and Job Searches
Who doesn’t enjoy a good sequel, trilogy or series? I do because I like watching a story evolve and unfold in, often, surprising ways! Managing…
Posts tagged with 'recruitment'
October 8, 2021
What Bugs You About Recruitment Adverts?
Thanks to "The Great Resignation" there are a lot more recruitment adverts out there, and they’re not all good. You told us what needs fixing
May 12, 2020
Your Onboarding Lessons – #MTtalk Roundup
Here's what happened in our latest #MTtalk Twitter chat, about the secrets of successful onboarding – even during COVID-19
May 23, 2019
Why Incompetent Leaders Get Ahead: Our Expert Interview With Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic
In his provocatively titled new book, “Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders?”, Tomas Chamarro-Premuzic boldly presents the case for a causal…
April 5, 2018
Train or Hire? Should You Develop the People You Have, or Get the Skills In?
If you’re a people manager, then at some point you’ll likely need to fill a vacant position. And chances are, you’ll face a…
February 20, 2018
Recruitment Truth and Lies – #MTtalk Roundup
Recruitment: Two Sides of the Coin Recruitment is no “walk in the park” for employers, or for the people who are seeking employment. Each side…
April 6, 2017
How My Small Mistake Led to Big Problems
Learning from our own mistakes is how we progress. We can only hope that the consequences of them are not too burdensome.
February 13, 2017
Is This Netflix Presentation Silicon Valley’s Most Important Document?
What made Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg say that a Netflix presentation, “may well be the most important document ever to come out of…
June 10, 2016
Avoid Misfiring in Your Hiring!
Recruitment is a tough business – for both the job applicant and the recruiter. The wannabe recruit is desperate to land his or her dream…
February 5, 2016
It Pays to Look After Customer-Facing Staff
I turn my back on the gray, drizzly high street and stand at the threshold of the store, blinking in the light of a thousand…
December 18, 2015
Are You In or Out?
Imagine you’re at work, sitting with your two colleagues. It’s mid-morning and the company coffee bar has opened. One colleague asks, “Fancy a coffee?” You…
April 28, 2015
Personality vs Character
A century ago, the military asked the American Psychological Association to develop a test capable of identifying soldiers susceptible to shell shock. Rorschach inkblots then…