In the article Recruitment Tips: Planning the recruitment interview part one we talked about past performance as being the best predictor of how a candidate will perform in the future and we focused on describing the non-technical skills and attributes as behaviours. In the article working out which questions to…...
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Recruitment Tips: Planning the recruitment interview part two – working out which questions to ask
In the second of this series of articles Recruitment Tips: Planning the recruitment interview part one we looked at the importance of being crystal clear about the information we want the candidate to provide for us. In this article we’re going to move forward and focus on identifying the types…...
Recruitment Tips: Planning the recruitment interview part one – what do you want from the candidate?
In the first of this series of articles we looked at Recruitment Tips: How to Read a CV. In this article we’re going to focus on planning and preparing the recruitment interview beginning with identifying the information you want from the candidate. Why? Because the clearer we are about the…...
Recruitment Tips: How to Read a CV
In his blog, The Real Cost of Recruitment and Retention, Jonathan talks about the expense of recruiting the wrong person (and as this article from Forbes illustrates, it may be much more than you think!). So how do we minimise the risk of ‘bad hires’? Let’s start by looking at…...
The Real Cost of Recruitment and Retention
Like all things, there are pros and cons to recruitment agencies. Auxato Director, Jonathan Johnson, covers some of the main points to consider before calling a recruitment agent. Benefits of working with a recruiter Saves you time: why spend your weeks trawling through CVs when you could be doing your…...
8 top tips for a communications and public relations job interview
Like moving house, getting married, and waiting to be seated at a Peruvian Street Food Pop up, interviews are inherently stressful situations. In any stressful situation - unless you’re a Navy Seal - you might forget what, before, would have been automatic. If you are a Navy Seal; you’re probably…...
Telephone Interviews – Recruitment by Charles Darwin
Contract & freelance recruitment is recruitment at its most Darwinian. A discrete set of skills is needed for a set amount of time to achieve a certain business objective. It follows that the recruitment process should mirror these objectives; succinct, binary, and skills focussed. More Screwfix Direct than Match.com; you…...
Recruiters – when did we decide to walk, talk and act the same?
I read a lot of job adverts, I need to know where opportunities are to go find them for my candidates. It got me thinking about institutional knowledge and how this kind of thing is passed on in recruitment firms. Just when did it become accepted that we should all…...
How to move into the Communications and Public Relations industry
Do you love writing content? Do you find yourself up late blogging just for fun? If so then communications might be the right industry for you. PR and Communications is a continually growing industry with new opportunities from entry level through to director appearing every day across the Globe, but…...
11 Things to Avoid in a Communications and Public Relations Job Interview
So you’ve seen the job spec, researched the company and had your CV put forward. Great news – they like you too and have invited you in for an interview. This means you’re in with a good chance of securing that new job… but what are the common mistakes that…...