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My colleague, Dave McKillop, posted an article recently regarding candidate interview preparation, which was incredibly well received by people at all levels of seniority willing to take advice that will improve their interview performance. It prompted me to consider the flip-side and whether the interviewer is as open as the interviewee. We have found a…

​​ Score yourself out of 10 on how keen you are to move roles -10 being extremely keen.  If you are less that an 8.5 don’t bother starting the process – you are not ready to commit Pick out your top 5 “must haves” and what you are prepared to be flexible on Talk to…

Recognising that the contract that you sign with an employer, is exactly that –  a contract  – actually helps set the scene for a successful partnership. When all parties involved in a hiring process reach the decision making stage, there are many criteria, both financial and non-financial that need to be aligned.  However, I find…

I get it… interviews can be unnatural, sometimes uncomfortable and are often conducted by people with no real expertise in sitting down to interview. So you’re gonna be nervous right?  Perhaps – but there are ways to minimize those nerves and give you some control before you are “on the spot”.  Here are a couple of ideas that…

So you are finally here; you’ve met the recruiter, you’ve had three interviews with the company and you are on the precipice of a fantastic new role.  Exciting times!! ………                                                   …

When did you last shy away from giving negative feedback or telling someone something that they might not want to hear? It can be very hard giving someone your views on their presentation, demeanor, dress-sense, communication style or general appearance and I have found that typically feedback is taken one of two ways: A –…

More and more professionals are choosing to ditch the corporate environment in favour of working for themselves. Some corporations moving out of physical addresses in favour of greater fluidity. There is a growing contingent workforce and project based working is becoming more popular, meaning that business are contending with employee fluctuations that the traditional rental model…

For this, most recent, installment in our series of insights in to the Australian employment market we wanted to give our perception of why employees remain loyal to their current employer.   There is a lot of research on employees staying loyal and plenty of articles (particularly from the US and Europe) which address this…

   It will come as no surprise that – like so many industries – a career in accounting is not immune from a rapidly developing technological and technical environment which is making it even harder to map a the “perfect” career path Ed Kirby and I sat down this afternoon and discussed amongst other things (England’s…

In a candidate rich, job-short market, it is important to stand out from the crowd. In this month’s blog, Talent Web’s business support specialist gives some advice to candidates looking for temp work. Temping is all about building relationships so here are a few tips on how to lay a great foundation with your Recruitment…