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Try These 3 Ideas For More Successful Employment Interviews
Over the last 20 years I have participated in countless interviews – even conducted a few myself. But recently I have been thinking more deeply about what an interview really is about. Disclaimer: I think if you hire solely based on an interview, you deserve the inevitably painful experience you will get. I also think […]
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3 Things Recruiters Could Do to Deliver A More Valuable Service
Recently I have been looking for some paid work. Things are quiet on my own ventures, with my partners and previous clients and so, as part of my strategy, I hit my last resort – the open market. And what I discovered scared me. Before I carry on , this is where I’m coming from: A […]
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'For' vs 'With' – usage on the web!
As I searched the web for images to use for my recent post on “I want to work with you, not for you”, I search google for “work for us” and for the term “work with us”. In the end I chose to use a montage of website navigation text from the websites from the results […]
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I want to work with you, not for you.
What does ‘working for someone’ mean to me. To me, it means a transaction of employment – between an employer, who pays you for X – and the employee who provides the X. To me , it means almost all the power in the hands of the employer and almost none in the hands of the employee. To me, it […]
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Despair – the place between death and defiance
Imagine you couldn’t swim and you fell into a deep pool. As you sped down to the bottom — sinking lower and lower, confused and afraid. Your only hope. To reach the rocky bottom and push back up with everything you’ve got. To focus all that you are into a single powerful purpose — re-emergence. Your hope is to […]