Zoom interview tips
With more and more interviews and job offers being made online and as we move away from total reliance upon face to face meetings, how best should you prepare for a online interview? Whilst the normal considerations of having some well-considered questions prepared and a pen and note pad handy are still the go, here…
Want to know you ‘market value’ in a pandemic?
I’m prompted to write this off the back of a number of conversations I’ve had with prospective candidates (in construction, engineering and property sectors) over the last few weeks, particularly relating to their ‘market value’, as they seek a new job. Like everyone, this is my first experience of a pandemic so I’m no expert….
“Commensurate with Experience” – so what does it mean?
I’ve noticed over the last 6 months or so whilst recruiting within the Melbourne construction industry, that there is a recurring statement from prospective employers that I’m hearing, almost daily……something like ”we will pay a salary package which is commensurate with experience”. This broad statement is sneaking its way into online job-board vernacular. You’ve probably…
Don’t base your decisions, on the advice of those who don’t have to deal with the results
When I started my career in recruitment over 15 years ago, vast swathes of hiring managers perceived prolonged gaps between employment as ‘questionable’ at best, ‘career suicide’ at worst. Even further into the past, in a lot of industries your average worker would work with as few as one or two companies over the course…