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Last year I caught up with a candidate after an interview to get their thoughts on how they felt it went. They thought it couldn’t have gone much better. Later that day, I followed up with the client and I couldn’t have gotten more opposite feedback. It was a hard NOOO… Here's my list for people so they know what not to do in an interview. 1.Wear Sunglasses on your head. Mig...

A lot of people will be looking for work over the coming 12 months. Inevitably, this will force many people into a situation no one necessarily wakes up and wishes for- a conversation with a recruiter. In this gripping 2-part series we will cover how to identify a good recruiter, and then, what to say to them to get the best out of the relationship. So! How to identify a goo...

Every day for over 8 years of my life I have looked at CVs. Let’s lowball and say 20 a day, every day. 20x5x52x8 = enough to have an opinion. Most of them suck! Yours probably does too. Save yourself the $350-700 a professional CV writer will charge you by reading the below and taking my personal opinions as gospel. Have a simple structure. An easy way to do this is to break...

In the last 4 weeks I have personally spoken to over 40 people who have been made redundant. I’m talking great people- intelligent, articulate, well presented. Some are even funny and charismatic too. People that typically have people like me all over them (as a recruiter, not just a general fanboy). As a group, these people are tackling this challenge with courage and grace...

In a past professional life I got fired. Lee* my boss and very good friend called me and said “it’s best if you don’t come back in to work again.” Ouch. I didn’t have a leg to stand on so I took the medicine and moved on. On a very positive note I have not been fired by an employer since. A few weeks ago I was having coffee with a very professionally successful friend of min...

I remember my very first kiss like it was yesterday. I was on year 7 camp, it was a Thursday night about 7:30pm, I had a serious girlfriend who I’d been holding hands with for several weeks and we finally locked lips. I thought I felt the world shaking. I also remember my first decent commission cheque like it was yesterday. I was 23 years old, I’d been flirting with decent ...

What’s in a name? It would seem that the evolution of various tech startup names ebs and flows. Anyway to differentiate yourself and gain traction. A number here, a pun there, and capitalise a middle letter like you’re failing your pen license- it's all deemed attractive or catchy. There are consultancies to assist with the naming process it’s that integral at certain phases...

How one lad left London and ended up on the shores of St Kilda. March 2006: With a fairly successful hospitality career across the UK, Europe & Sydney (briefly), I found myself in Melbourne continuing on my quest to ‘live the dream’. Three weeks later; after getting minimal shifts (and even worse tips) in a flashy CBD bar, I had to find something else. That something else wa...

As a candidate that is! Engaging with people on Linked these days is a common way to network and develop business. I personally do it daily, much like every other person in the sales and recruitment industry. You can’t win them all, that’s a no-brainer in the industry. However, there is one element of Linked in that I’ve encountered a lot over the years and that’s varying ap...

When I tell people that I did door to door, commission only sales for over 4 years, I usually receive similar reactions. “was it terrible” to “I can’t believe you did that” and “were people horrible to you?” Contrary to popular belief, I had an amazing time, made some decent money and learnt a lot about sales, people and sales management too. And of course all the suburbs in...