Job Search Advice

Avoid These Common Mistakes During Your Job Search

Looking for a job is hard and with so much conflicting job search advice online it’s difficult to know what you should and shouldn’t do during your search for a new job.

I’ve been a recruiter for almost two decades and here are the common mistakes I see a lot of people make.

50 common behavioural job interview questions and how to answer them

Behavioural interview questions are designed to help interviewers understand how candidates have handled various work situations in the past, based on the belief that past behaviour is a good predictor of future performance. When answering these questions, it’s important to be specific and authentic, using the STAR method (Situation,

Things I would do to kickstart my job search and give myself the best possible chance of landing a new job

If I suddenly found myself out of work tomorrow, these are the things I would do to kickstart my job search and give myself the best possible chance of landing a new job: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 I’d slap it straight on my profile, loud & proud. It lets my network know I’

3 red flags candidates look out for in hiring companies: They’re how you ‘get blacklisted,’ says ex-(insert company name) recruiter

While finding suitable candidates can be challenging, there are ways to conduct yourself that could make doing so even harder. “There’s something called validation seeking behaviour, aka desperation,” says Lee Harding, a recruiter and some bloke who likes to talk about talent acquisition. He adds that “it’s that

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