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Spring Back Into Our JobSearch Step?
With UK summer time starting next Sunday I’m really hoping that some early sunshine and a good Olympic countdown marketing campaign can help put a spring back in our UK step.
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Web Links For Your UK HR Job Search
Far from a quick blog post these lists take time! Here are some web links for your HR search in the UK. read more
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The Sound Of Silence…
One of the biggest frustrations my candidates repeatedly share is the lack of feedback they receive from job applications. “I haven’t heard so I guess I’m not successful?” tends to be the norm.
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Redundancy & Your Rights
in ( Current Trends , Research And Preparation )Over the last 18 months, the number of people I have interviewed who have left their company due to redundancy has spiraled to unprecedented levels. Even more worrying has been the lack of knowledge some of them had about their rights in a redundancy situation.
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Unemployed And Too Busy To Interview
in ( Agencies )In the last fortnight one of our candidates, let’s call her ‘Heather’ was called for interview.
She had been made redundant over three months ago and this was a role she wanted.
The problem was Heather couldn’t make the interview, she was busy.
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Unemployment Still Heading North
in ( Current Trends )October 2011 was when I last wrote about the unemployment figures, and the data at the time showed an unsettling 17-year high, heading northwards which of course is the wrong direction for all of us.
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60 Twitter Accounts For FTSE100 Companies
in ( Link Lists , Social Media )Following on from my post here two weeks ago, I wanted to continue the Twitter theme and add some more accounts onto the list of FTSE employers using Twitter to engage and attract potential job-seekers.
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Web Links For Your UK...
Far from a quick blog post these lists take time! Here are some web links for your HR search in the UK. They consist of job boards, search engines, recruitment agencies and industry reads. Remember though an active job search means you have to do more than just surf the net you need to take action!
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Psychometric Testing ...
Along with case studies, formal presentations and assessment centres, interview tests are another tool in the box which many employers use to find the best candidate for the job. Psychometric tests which this post focuses on can be divided into two main categories – aptitude & ability testing and personality testing. If the statistics are correct, psychometric tests are used by 80% of the Fortune 500 companies in America and over 75% of the Times Top 100 companies here in the UK. At McGinnis Loy, we work with both UK and US businesses that use them in addition to the traditional face-to-face interview.
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