Topic

recruitment

A collection of 86 issues

Principal Proper Hiring

"Still, they were kind, and they taught me everything. On-the-job training like that barely exists now. Today, if you haven’t got at least five years under your belt, you won’t make the cut. People expect perfection on day one." It's a disease. Debilitating endeavours before they've even begun.

Don't Die By Your Ideas

Super-coach, and some might say super-ego, Jose Mourinho, football's self-styled 'Special One', enjoys another bumper pay-off after his latest sacking. Add it to the fifty-mil. As he slips straight into one more hot seat, quotes abound highlighting his apparent ossification. For once, he was at the vanguard. A one-man innovating

Beyond Baller Potential Talent

“I’m not a football expert. There’s definitely people better than me at spotting talent and I’ve got people very close to me who advise me on players. But what I am very good at is analysing the human side of the player, the mentality side. Talent’s

Avoiding Graveyard Shifts

How often do you mull it over? When in the day to schedule that key call, meeting or pitch can be a sticky one. Italian scientists think the ideal time is around noon. Suggested after assessing a whopping 104,522 oral assessments, lasting between ten and thirty minutes, given by

Telltale Bookcasing

the guy's a pro, already scrubbed all his socials, no pic of him online so, here goes pic.twitter.com/mTYNRcXcpC — Flo Crivello (@Altimor) July 2, 2025 This is a still from a video call. The reason given for its sharing by the above AI agent startup founder seems chilling.

Optimism Reminder

I've noticed an uptick in optimistic talk lately. Away from the general counter to 'doomsters and gloomsters' about matters global politik. Focused rather on us, the humble seller. My recent post noting Grand Slam winning sportsman Rory McIlroy's predilection for optimism as a pillar of his victory mindset stays with

Condé Nast Interview Test

"To be hired at Vogue in the 1990s, candidates had to recognise all the references on a sheet of 178 names, ranging from the Connaught to Diana Vreeland, proving their cultural bona fides, and their social class." So explained Hadley Freeman. In her review, "Michael M Grynbaum’s Empire of

Are You A Lucky Person?

Yes, Napoleon demanded lucky generals. Grand Slam winning golfer Gary Player famously quipped, 'the more I practice, the luckier I get'. Not to mention the ol' driving force long spake throughout Sales, 'luck is a place where planning meets opportunity'. You may also have caught the aphorism, 'luck is believing

Team-mate Compatibility Check

Apparently only half of new hires work out. Sound true? This finding isn't from the business world though. It's from football. Coming I believe, from Portuguese researchers. As referenced by author of a book with the resoundingly baiting title, How to Win the Premier League. Could it be from Sales

Will AI Ruin Sales As It Currently Wrecks Recruiting?

A Boxing Day linegraph from the Daily Mail. On their scale of zero to one hundred, over the past five years Google Trends shows the search term 'how to write a CV' hovering around the 40 mark. Yet since starting along the 10 level, the past 48 months has seen