Our first but often neglected language
Some time ago, in a moment of madness, I committed myself to a 3km swim in the BT Swimathon. Only afterwards, and when I got into a pool for the…
‘The Pratfall Effect’ and how it can help you.
According to Professor Richard Wiseman companies recruit people they like. Mentioned before, and well worth repeating, but naturally when attending an interview most of us will be nervous and this will affect…
Do interviews scare you?
For many people the interview is the most daunting part of the recruitment process and can be filled with dread. Over the years I have interviewed perhaps thousands of people…
Affirmation anyone?
“So… Tell me about yourself?” This is perhaps the most commonly asked interview question and one that can provoke all manner of responses. Option 1: Rabbit in Headlights When providing…
Can your ‘explanatory style’ help you to find your next role? And keep it? Part 2.
How do you raise the odds of interview success? In my last blog we explored the effects of an optimistic or pessimistic explanatory style, and if you missed it first…
Can your ‘explanatory style’ help you to find your next role? And keep it?
Introducing Shawn Achor… Shawn Achor is the winner of over a dozen distinguished teaching awards at Harvard University, where he delivered lectures on positive psychology in the most popular class…
Mental Contrasting
Nearly there.... The second interview had gone really well. Technically the role was well within his range of expertise and rapport between himself, HR and the recruiting manager seemed friendly…
If they have their forehead on the desk and are snoring gently, pick up your papers and leave the room quietly. You didn’t get the job.
Surely that never happens. Hopefully not but I have spoken to many interviewers whose thoughts have drifted a long way from what the candidate is saying. If it is the…
Can pyramid thinking help you to secure that job?
Being interviewed is nerve racking for most people or possibly exciting for a lucky few. You may have done research on the company you are meeting and even got to…
With apologies to Mark Twain, “I didn’t have time to write a short profile so wrote a long one instead”.
What is a CV? Of course all of us know, or do we? The expression CV perhaps doesn't help because in some ways it obscures it's true purpose and inclines…