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recruitment

A collection of 74 issues

Your Biggest Weakness?

The “snidey” monopolistic Leftist media in Britain are presently knotting themselves into a swirling fit. The current ruling political party are electing their new helmsman. This is (sadly [https://www.republic.org.uk/]?) no Presidential democracy. So no mere citizen ever gets a vote for supreme leader. Imagine a US-style

7 Second CV & Your Career, Your Docs

Launch pr attracts all manner of lifestyle reposting [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6577923/James-Reed-reveals-write-perfect-CV.html] for this catchily entitled read; the 7-second cv by James Reed [https://www.reed.co.uk/james-reed/every-second-counts/]. The net loves lists. He has plenty. Because bullet points on your two-page max “marketing

3 Sales Recruiter Tips From Top Esquire Interviewer

I’ve ran a number of workshops over the recent past to add interview proficiency onto sales managers skillsets. The modern preference tends to be for a short series of ninety-minute to two-hour sessions, over the course of a few weeks or so. When starting I have asked the typical

Latest Pseudoscience Personality Profile Checklist

[http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180508-the-secrets-of-the-high-potential-personality] Banging on a firmly open door. I was delighted to feed on this morsel of sense this week. Myers-Briggs and their Type Indicator.Really. Every such test I’ve taken has been so shockingly misleading as to be slanderous. So it looks like

Another Top Ten CV No-Nos & Your Sales Docs

This particular Horror Ten comes from Londonbroadsheet TheTelegraph. There’s the surface level job hunt point to make here. Audit your own resumé and remove any of these offenders if they exist. You could go long on what ought be displayed instead. Career ambition, career summary, your numbers, typical prospect

This or That at The Circle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq6CaZUOPvk So after blogging on This or That interview questions [http://salespodder.com/this-or-that/] recently, I saw the 2017 movie adaptation rewrite of the 2013 novel The Circle. Of interest as I blogged on internal new product launch [http://salespodder.com/the-circle-dave-eggers-2013-seechange-product-soft-launch/] pointers from

This or That?

Deceptively simple, yet fiendishly revealing. Also incredibly tricky to write. The ‘this or that’ rapid-fire quiz is a staple of the celebrity profile interview finale. Take a pair of seemingly opposing stops along a particular pop-culture line and shine the headlamp demanding one is chosen above the other. I remember

Early Dotcommer's Contrarian Interview Qu

My recent posts on interviewing [http://salespodder.com/category/recruitment/] reminded me a small piece I’d read on the inc.com [http://www.inc.com/] columns. There one scribe suggests [http://www.inc.com/paul-b-brown/the-unexpected-interview-question-you-should-always-ask.html] his most revealing interview question as; > “Tell me about your friends.” The

Sending A Proposal Cover Letter

As the Nineties dawned, I was once asked by a senior rep to send out a Prop on his behalf while he was out the office. In the prehistoric dark days before wheelie cases, I remember it being for large luggage manufacturer, Antler. I had but emerging knowledge for the

Are You Or Your Prospects Being Mushroomed?

I keep a keen eye out for the latest interview trends. Recruiting salespeople is possibly the most hazardous part of any manager’s job. Sadly sales managers get even less direction and preparation in how to do it well than they receive even on new and polishing selling skill. I’