Yesterday I saw a tweet from @greg_savage referencing his blog post about HR and Internal Recruiters needing to lift their game. There were some decent points, some of which I've talked about in other posts. I actually think that some of Greg's observations are also true of agency recruiters too! It's also important to realise there is a difference between an HR…

Let me start by saying that I think interviews are a two-way process where its as much for the Interviewer (company) to sell themselves as it is the interviewee (candidate)

However all too often its apparent that candidates don't:

• Do enough research about the company where they are applying for a job
• Consider why they want the job, or
• Have any questions prepared to ask at the interview.

This all seems like basic stuff but…

In a world where there are so many interruptions to our daily routines and there are so many choices (especially for which recruitment agency to use) then referrals should be the thing which recruiters aim for.

I'm therefore still amazed how often recruitment businesses handle referrals poorly…

I read a blog post and the content got me thinking about the recruitment industry and how much of it appears to be very short term in its outlook. I don't mean to generalise and I know there a lot of good agencies who don' t take this approach, but a lot…