Why Recruitment is Like a Game of Rugby
As the Rugby World Cup kicks off in Japan this month, we’re chomping at the bit to find out how the home nations are going to perform. Now, we’ve got quite a few ex-rugger recruiters in the office and they…
Things All Recruiters Are Thinking… But No One is Saying
Sitting at your desk with your forehead resting painfully against the palm of your hand, you bring the phone slowly back up to your ear… your candidate’s rant about their immovable (and quite frankly unrealistic) salary expectations continues to flow…
Hostage Negotiation Tips to Improve Your Sales Calls
Think you’ve had to make a high stakes deal before? Think again! Chris Voss is a former FBI hostage negotiator, and someone who knows a thing or two about getting what he wants from a tricky phone call. He’s had…
Recruitment Office Rituals We Can All Do Without
Let’s face it, we’re all creatures of habit. That’s especially true for us recruiters who have to get the mundane day-to-day work out of the way before we can even dream of the high stakes closing call you see on…
How to Find the Right Cultural Fit When Job Hunting
Picture the scene. Your commission structure is great, you’ve found the sector you wanted and there’s an impressive training programme on top of it. But – something’s off. Company culture. It’s something everyone talks about in the recruitment industry, but…
A Recruitment Veteran’s Life Lessons
You might think you know recruitment… that’s cute! Take it from me, you don’t. Not really anyway. You might be sitting there with a little experience, heck you might even have some half decent billings to your name. But rest…
The Recruitment Quiz: Have I Still Got What It Takes to Succeed?
Recruitment’s a funny industry in many ways. It’s one of the best and quickest ways to progress and climb the corporate ladder (without kissing anyone’s arse). Yet it’s also a line of work where you can go stale if you…
The Pros & Cons of Being a Millennial Recruiter
The millennial label gets a bad rep. But, is being a millennial really a bad thing? Moreover, what’s it like to be a millennial in the recruitment industry? We thought we’d try and settle this once and for all. Time…
Act 1st, Think 2nd: A Lesson for Recruiters
Think before you act. It’s age old advice which doesn’t just benefit you in daily life but often in your career too. This isn’t always the case in contingent recruitment though. Your speed to market is your advantage, if you’re…
Your Craziest Candidate Excuses Exposed
Earlier this month, we ran a competition where we asked recruiters around the country to share the craziest excuses ever heard from candidates. Now it’s time to expose the most incredible, outrageous and downright bizarre stories you had to share…