Jobboards : the end of the dinosaurs?
Bad times for job boards. Online recruitment platforms are experiencing a decline in popularity and effectiveness and are increasingly becoming the dinosaur of recruitment tools.
Human after all? The impact of digital technology on sales jobs and skills
Impact. Is this word too strong? Or maybe not the right one to describe the upheaval now affecting the labour market?
Super Mario Boss: when recruitment becomes a game
Mark Twain once wrote: “Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.” We all like to play. At least we all know how to play, because most of the mechanisms of play are instinctive and strongly linked to the social nature of our existence: we play with others, against others, and rarely alone.
9 tips for a successful job interview
You’re looking for a job, you sent out loads of CVs… and you’ve been invited for an interview! Fantastic news! Congratulations!
Dear colleague, I hate you!
It’s simply not possible to like everyone. In fact, you can hate as many people if you like if that’s your thing. But what to do when you loathe an unpleasant colleague and feel you can never get along with them?
I don’t have a degree, what do I do?
Ah! The big issue of degrees. Is it important to have one? Do people really need them? Why do some parents put such pressure on their children to earn a degree, or even two? Probably because at this point in time people are recruited on the basis of their degrees and academic history – to the detriment, sometimes, of the person they are or of their non-academic experience.