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Cultural fit: How to match your skills and personality to a job
Do you know the worst thing about being a recruiter? Telling talent they didn’t get the job. It sucks. If I’ve done my job properly, the short listed candidates are all very qualified, smart and have [...]
How to find your next job using social media
So, we all know that LinkedIn is the fastest growing passive talent network used by HR, internal recruiters and recruitment agencies to source and headhunt candidates and that if you’re not listed on there you’re living [...]
Omni-channel marketing: why all the fuss?
Multi-, and Omni-channel: these terms are thrown around all the time, sometimes even used interchangeably when in fact they are different concepts. The best way to think of omni-channel is to see it as an evolution [...]
Thinking about resigning? How NOT to do it
So, you’ve been offered a new job, you’ve signed on the dotted line and are envisaging the exciting career prospects ahead of you when suddenly you realise you have to resign. Oh, the dreaded resignation. It [...]
10 marketing / advertising trends to focus on in 2013
Over the last few years, the ways a company can engage with a consumer have increased exponentially. Social, local, mobile, augmented reality, QR codes, popup shops – all these new channels have come onto the scene [...]
What makes an exceptional Marketing Manager?
A big part of a company’s success or failure is directly tied to the effectiveness of its marketing efforts. Whether a company has a dedicated Marketing Manager, or they outsource marketing efforts to an agency, marketing [...]
Exciting digital & innovative trends happening in the retail industry
Amongst the perceived doom and gloom facing the retail industry both locally and globally, I’ve noticed some gem ideas and innovations from retailers that show that even in tough times you can still be creative, cut [...]
A résumé – your future on a piece of paper
Ah, the résumé, that little piece of paper that can literally change your career and your life. The brilliant Tim McNamara wrote recently about résumés and the importance of being honest, both about your strengths and, [...]
What does a PR professional do anyway?
As someone who works for a Marketing and PR recruitment company, I get plenty of calls and emails from candidates wanting to break into the PR and Communications industry, but don’t know what it entails, what [...]
The rise of the ‘mopper’ (mobile shopper)
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the rise of mobile commerce (mcommerce). The mobile phone is a device people have with them literally 24/7, and when retailers can now offer shoppers “purchase incentives” through a [...]
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Cultural fit: How to match your skills and personality to a job
Hi Stuart, Excellent point. Cultural fit is vitally important. I just
Cultural fit: How to match your skills and personality to a job
Hi Leonie, I completely agree with you. Don't pretend to be someone y
Cultural fit: How to match your skills and personality to a job
I don't think there is any point in trying to make yourself fit into a
Cultural fit: How to match your skills and personality to a job
Is there really any point in trying to alter your personality in an in
Cultural fit: How to match your skills and personality to a job
I agree with what you have written however would also like to add that