Comments - Mitch Sullivan, Recruiter - RecruitingBlogs2024-03-28T11:12:39Zhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=502551%3ABlogPost%3A1610415&xn_auth=noI was young and naive! I took…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16121242012-10-09T11:55:11.160ZAlasdair Murrayhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AlasdairMurray
<p>I was young and naive! I took voluntary redundancy (not a fortune but enough to get me by for maybe a year) from the national newspaper and wasn't really looking for anything when a role came along working locally. Seemed sensible to keep in the earning loop, but in hindsight, despite filling in a blank on my CV in terms of national AND regional experience, it wasn't really a role with any long term future.</p>
<p>I was young and naive! I took voluntary redundancy (not a fortune but enough to get me by for maybe a year) from the national newspaper and wasn't really looking for anything when a role came along working locally. Seemed sensible to keep in the earning loop, but in hindsight, despite filling in a blank on my CV in terms of national AND regional experience, it wasn't really a role with any long term future.</p> Sounds like you didn't resear…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16119472012-10-09T11:48:09.725ZRecruiting Animalhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/canadianheadhunter
<p>Sounds like you didn't research the most basic aspects of the job. I'm surprised.</p>
<p>Sounds like you didn't research the most basic aspects of the job. I'm surprised.</p> I think we all have our own v…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16120652012-10-09T11:36:39.546ZAlasdair Murrayhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AlasdairMurray
<p>I think we all have our own view about cultural fit based on our own experiences. Clearly the need to be adaptable is important wherever you're working, but the move I described above was the wrong one at the time for me, and I made it in haste, without consideration for cultural fit. Hey, they did what I was used to doing, but, as it turned out, on a much smaller stage and in a much more petty way (the bonuses we were dealing with sometimes involved pences not the pounds I was used to). If…</p>
<p>I think we all have our own view about cultural fit based on our own experiences. Clearly the need to be adaptable is important wherever you're working, but the move I described above was the wrong one at the time for me, and I made it in haste, without consideration for cultural fit. Hey, they did what I was used to doing, but, as it turned out, on a much smaller stage and in a much more petty way (the bonuses we were dealing with sometimes involved pences not the pounds I was used to). If anything people need a more expansive challenge when they move on, rather than doing what I did and taking what turned out to be something of a retrograde step, so I do think consideration, even if only fleeting, for cultural fit, has a part to play sometimes.</p> @Alcindor I know Mitch doesn'…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16119462012-10-09T11:28:24.862ZRecruiting Animalhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/canadianheadhunter
<p>@Alcindor I know Mitch doesn't think specifics are important but you should turn that story about culture into a full article with lots and lots of examples. It could become a classic because most people are just unsophisticated lads who make claims without proof</p>
<p>@Alcindor I know Mitch doesn't think specifics are important but you should turn that story about culture into a full article with lots and lots of examples. It could become a classic because most people are just unsophisticated lads who make claims without proof</p> You're right Mitch. You were…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16120642012-10-09T11:22:54.208ZRecruiting Animalhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/canadianheadhunter
<p>You're right Mitch. You were on for an hour but never got the opportunity to discuss things in depth. And examples that support unproven statements, they're bad. </p>
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<p>So I'm inviting you to come back for a half an hour or an hour and go into all of the stuff you didn't get to say last time around. I've still got dates open this month and November is entirely free.</p>
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<p>Just call on a landline (preferably a corded phone) or get Alan Whitebread to set you up on skype --…</p>
<p>You're right Mitch. You were on for an hour but never got the opportunity to discuss things in depth. And examples that support unproven statements, they're bad. </p>
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<p>So I'm inviting you to come back for a half an hour or an hour and go into all of the stuff you didn't get to say last time around. I've still got dates open this month and November is entirely free.</p>
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<p>Just call on a landline (preferably a corded phone) or get Alan Whitebread to set you up on skype -- with a headset only. You can't call on skype unless you sound like him. I've had enough guests I can't hear.</p>
<p></p> Maybe,m but some environments…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16120562012-10-09T08:54:36.862ZAlasdair Murrayhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AlasdairMurray
<p>Maybe,m but some environments are more difficult to adapt to than others possibly. Anyway, in answer to the question, I endured it for six months or so, applied for, and got, a job with a London ad agency, and never looked back!</p>
<p>Maybe,m but some environments are more difficult to adapt to than others possibly. Anyway, in answer to the question, I endured it for six months or so, applied for, and got, a job with a London ad agency, and never looked back!</p> Alasdair, how did you cope wi…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16120552012-10-09T08:52:45.553ZMitch Sullivanhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MitchSullivan
<p>Alasdair, how did you cope with the new environment? I suspect you adapted fairly quickly.</p>
<p>I think most people can adapt to almost any change in circumstances pretty readily. Most people just want to fit in.</p>
<p>Alasdair, how did you cope with the new environment? I suspect you adapted fairly quickly.</p>
<p>I think most people can adapt to almost any change in circumstances pretty readily. Most people just want to fit in.</p> If i might make a quick comme…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16120542012-10-09T08:33:31.200ZAlasdair Murrayhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/AlasdairMurray
<p>If i might make a quick comment about cultural fit. An example from my own career is when I made the move from working for a national newspaper to a regional one. The roles were very similar but the environment was totally different. It was like moving from the Royal opera to the local dramatics society, so I think that sometimes there is a need to keep an eye out for the fact that you're not taking someone from a blue chip and putting them in a SME or possible vice versa, though the step up…</p>
<p>If i might make a quick comment about cultural fit. An example from my own career is when I made the move from working for a national newspaper to a regional one. The roles were very similar but the environment was totally different. It was like moving from the Royal opera to the local dramatics society, so I think that sometimes there is a need to keep an eye out for the fact that you're not taking someone from a blue chip and putting them in a SME or possible vice versa, though the step up would probably seen as a positive. In short, if someone is used to a large corporate environment, or conversely a family run affair, the difference between the two can sometimes be very evident.</p> Animal, one of the limitation…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16119342012-10-09T08:29:36.294ZMitch Sullivanhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MitchSullivan
<p>Animal, one of the limitations of the show is an unwillingness to go into anything is any real depth. </p>
<p>There's too many requests for stories about real-life interactions - many of which are fairly mundane events. Like who ever remembers a specific conversation where they've asked for a referral? If you really want those types of questions answered seriously, then you need to get a few trainees on the show.</p>
<p>I understand the need for the show to be entertaining, but I think it…</p>
<p>Animal, one of the limitations of the show is an unwillingness to go into anything is any real depth. </p>
<p>There's too many requests for stories about real-life interactions - many of which are fairly mundane events. Like who ever remembers a specific conversation where they've asked for a referral? If you really want those types of questions answered seriously, then you need to get a few trainees on the show.</p>
<p>I understand the need for the show to be entertaining, but I think it sometimes falls between two stools - with the other one being the need to be informative.</p>
<p>Maybe its novelty value has worn off and needs to evolve into being something a bit more serious? Or make it more adversarial whereby you court more controversial guests and basically have an hour long argument.</p> Bill, how do you measure cult…tag:recruitingblogs.com,2012-10-09:502551:Comment:16121122012-10-09T08:17:51.115ZMitch Sullivanhttps://recruitingblogs.com/profile/MitchSullivan
<p>Bill, how do you measure culture fit?</p>
<p>What types of questions do you ask to ascertain if someone has it?</p>
<p>Bill, how do you measure culture fit?</p>
<p>What types of questions do you ask to ascertain if someone has it?</p>