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…
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…
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?…
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…
Most job search advice focuses on what you need to do. Fix your CV. Improve your LinkedIn profile. Prepare better interview answers. Apply for more jobs. Follow up with recruiters. Network more. All of that can be useful, but it…
You’ve found a job ad that looks perfect. The company’s exciting, the role matches what you want, and the salary’s decent. But then you hit the requirements list — and you don’t tick every box. Sound familiar? This is one…
Back in May 2020 I was laid off. It was right in the midst of the COVID Pandemic. When I got the new my heart sunk, I went into full panic mode. What was I going to do? How was…
Most people treat interviews like a performance. But they’re not. They’re conversations. And conversations are shaped by the person sitting across from you. Every interviewer has their own way of doing things. Their own style. Their own ideas about what…
