‘I feel the need…the need for speed’ (Tom Cruise, Top Gun 1986)



Whatever artistic merits ‘Top Gun’ may possess, there is little doubt that it remains an iconic 80s movie, with a number of quotable lines, not least the one above. With the ‘greed is good’ business decade well and truly in full swing by 1986 there was little doubt that speed was intoxicating. Everything needed to go faster, to happen quicker, from the time it took your car to accelerate to the length of wait for… Continue

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It had to happen one day.



It’s probably happened before and I’m sure this sorry story will be repeated many times in different forms until recruiters finally understand the power of social media, and it’s use for informing and engaging not just name gathering.



This week it happened to a recruiter I know…



The Scene:



Candidate has an interview for an interim role with Company XXX. The interview goes well, and candidate is asked if they have any… Continue