If a recruiter asks you to jump on a quick call about a job, it’s very easy to treat it as the bit before the real interview. It’s only 20 or 30 minutes. The recruiter is usually pretty friendly. They might tell…
I spent about 45 minutes trying to work something out the other day. I Googled it, asked both ChatGPT and Claude, tried a couple of different things, went back through something I’d done previously to see if I could figure…
If you tell me you’ve applied for 100 jobs and haven’t got one, I still don’t really know what your job-search problem is. I know you’ve applied for a lot of jobs. That’s about it. I don’t know whether you’ve…
For years, there was something about the way I worked that I didn’t really understand. I could start the day feeling motivated, focused and ready to get loads done. Then I’d have a few meetings, a load of conversations, a…
Sometimes it might be, but more often than not it isn’t. Now, I’m not for a second going to pretend that ageism in hiring doesn’t exist, because it absolutely does. I’ve worked in recruitment for more than 20 years and…
A few years ago, I was hiring for a vacancy in my own team, so I was both the recruiter and the hiring manager. I got a load of CVs in. Some looked really good on paper, some just looked…
Let’s be honest—job hunting can feel like a full-time job in itself. Scrolling job boards, pinging out applications, and then sitting around waiting for a reply that never comes… it’s exhausting. But what if the roles came to you instead?…
Most people think career progression is all about hard work and hoping someone notices. But behind closed doors? There’s a little tool doing a lot of the deciding. It’s called the 9-box grid. And if you work in a corporate environment,…
One of the questions I get asked all the time is: “How long should my CV be?” The answer is simple. As long as it needs to be, and not a page longer. I’ve been in recruitment for almost 20…
If you’ve applied for 20, 50 or even 100 jobs and you’re not getting interviews, it’s easy to assume the problem is you. It probably isn’t. More often than not, the problem is your CV, your job search strategy, or…
