First, let’s review the purpose of a cover letter. A cover letter “marries” your resume to the open position. Put yourself in the position of a hiring manager. If you received several resumes per day would you want to review each one and attempt to match them up to the positions open within your company? A
You’ve applied for a new role and so impressed the employer that they offer you the job But wait – are you sure this is the right role for you? To help you find out we’ve drawn up a list of questions. Some will be more important to you than others, but saying “No” to
When the students pass their graduation level course and go forward for a Masters degree in business and administration, they must be aware of the facts and challenges that may come along their path. Getting into good MBA college is not that much easy. One has to clear CAT, GMAT or some similar exam to get qualified
MBA degree course or Master of Business Administration is a higher postgraduate degree program to provide expertise and new habits of business industry. The program helps to move forward to higher level of management skills for different business areas like finance, marketing human resource or some other such fields. This degree course is considered as one
An individual headhunter will work as part of a larger professional team from a headhunting firm. They will have experience in various industries but generally specialise in one type of industry and they will be able to effectively “track down” candidates for your vacancies.
Many large companies now use headhunting firms to headhunt the best candidates for their directors and board level vacancies as there are many advantages to this type of recruitment:
Many recruitment agencies will have you believe that finding the right person for the job is easy but the right candidates – talented, driven people – are often not looking for another position. Therefore you need a specialist headhunters like us who know exactly which companies look in and who within them to contact, as
When headhunting within the healthcare industry or for cosmetic surgery and other kinds of aesthetic surgery, we are experts in putting together the people who have the skills with the people who need those skills. Headhunters will ensure that you get exactly the right people for the job you need them to do, by actively
If you want to maximise your chances of finding employment in your chosen field, focused work experience can really help you on your career path.
I trusted too much, too soon
A career in insurance offers well qualified professionals an interesting and varied life in secure and well-paid circumstances. Because there are now so many different areas of our lives that can be insured, there are plenty of opportunities to gain experience as you work your way up in the business. The insurance industry is a
Almost every company and organisation in the country relies upon computing power to operate both effectively and efficiently these days. The number of personal computers in homes continues to grow as the price drops and the computing speed grows. There is no sign of this trend slowing down, in fact, research shows the opposite. What
Additional employment laws are deterring businesses from taking on staff. The weight and complexity of employment legislation is stopping small businesses from creating new jobs, according to new research.
Tomorrow’s high-fliers put work-life balance before big pay cheques. Graduates looking for their first job are more interested in work-life balance, company image and career prospects than the initial salary that an employer offers, according to two new surveys.
When the economy took a downturn at the start of the 1990s, my career — ironically, it’s headhunting — took a downturn, too. I have to admit I wasn’t ready for difficult times. But that rough patch was probably the best thing that could have happened to me. Today, amid another downturn, I’m sharing the
How many of us secretly want to live a life different from the one we lead now? Relatively successful at what we do, we may be using our talents and deriving pleasure from our activities, but every once in a while, we hear a little nagging voice.
Seemingly irrelevant characteristics, including beauty, height, obesity, and even whether one keeps a clean house, are often robust predictors of earnings,” write three well-credentialed economics professors in the December issue of the Journal of Economic Literature.
We’ve been here before, the point in an economic cycle when managers need to take special care. The job market is awash with candidates and the competition for available jobs is intense; it’s a recruiter’s dream. This type of situation always encourages managers to become lazy about how they treat their employees. As business psychologists,
he holidays can be stressful, but job hunting often compounds the problem. Well-intentioned friends and family can hover with questions such as, “Hey, Harry, did you get a new job yet?” As if the external pressures aren’t enough, your own internal thoughts, beliefs and feelings can drive you to distraction.
I feel your shame, but you’re not all to blame OK, regular readers of this column will know I am fairly caustic when it comes to our industry – recruiters are no better than estate agents, you know the rhetoric. Well, I am not convinced it is all our fault.
