Posts Tagged ‘trust/credibility’
Answers to interview questions you should never accept: “I left because of a personality conflict with my boss”
Consider the following interview exchange, which any recruiter with more than a few weeks experience will be familiar with: Recruiter: “Why did you leave your role at XYZ company?” Candidate: (Stony-faced) “I had a personality conflict with my boss” Recruiter: …
Read MoreDo you sound credible?
This lead story appeared in Issue 30 of my Newsletter, InSight Published: 30 April 2008 A common request I receive from clients or prospective clients is to run a workshop on “client control”. Of course it’s a ridiculous concept because you can no more “control” someone else (unless you have…
Read MoreLessons in Business Leadership: Gordon Ramsay
I am an infrequent television watcher. There is very little that I regard as “must watch” TV and very few programs (over the past 15 years) have been compulsory viewing for me: Frontline (current affairs spoof), This Life (young Gen X yuppies making their way in the world), Capital City (the lives of neurotic, alcoholic,…
Read MoreTrust me, I’m a recruitment consultant – Part 2 Winning Client Trust
This lead story appeared in Issue 27 of my Newsletter, InSight. Published: 9 April 2008 I first wrote about the issue of trust in recruitment about a month ago in InSight 22, (which also appeared as a lead article in Recruiter Daily on 1st April). During my day spent in…
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