Alex, our newest member of team, has been in the job for two months and is coming along in leaps and bounds. Brad, from the marketing department sat down with Alex over a nice warm brew to find out how things are for him. Brad: So then Alex, how are… Read More

Make sure you know what format the interview will take If the interview has been set up by a recruiter on your behalf, make sure you ask them what to expect. Will it be a competency based interview in which you will be asked to give specific examples of your… Read More

by Gillian Johnson I found an interesting stat when I was googling around recently from the Office for National Statistics. Its reads: almost one in two (48.4%) of adults aged 16 and over in Great Britain report a relatively low satisfaction with their work-life balance. That’s a staggeringly high number… Read More

by Lisa Jones, Director of Barclay Jones I work with recruiters to help them get the best out of technology and social media and I have done so for almost 15 years.  I’ve seen all sorts of changes brought on by the digital age.  I often debate with recruiters and their clients/talent… Read More

Research suggests that something like 80 percent of jobs are filled through word of mouth and internally (i.e there’s only 20 percent of them actually advertised online). So how can you maximize your job searching efforts to tap into this hidden market? Outside of the ‘job net’? Speculative Applications It… Read More