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9 Things you need to know to Ace your Skype Interview After refreshing your inbox an embarrassing number of times, the email finally comes through. You’re one of the lucky few selected for an interview. Yippee. Only, hold up, they want to do it over Skype. If you are someone who wants to use the interview as a time for the company to get to know you (and be impressed by you) as a person, Skype is preferable to a phone interview every time. It shows them so much more about who you are and how you will fit into their team. So, prep for your interview as per usual and then, make sure you’ve got all your Skype bases covered. Here are our top nine Skype interview tips: 1. DON’T MAKE EXCUSES. If you’re asked to do an interview over Skype, saying you’d rather interview over the phone, or that you have a crappy internet connection, or even worse, that you don’t have Skype is a fail. You’ve just answered no to your first interview question. Congrats! If you want this job...

The 4 Myths About Job Hunting Myth 1: You have to know exactly what you want to do before you start applying for jobs If you’re one of those who left university with no idea what you wanted to do, don’t panic – you’re not alone! Unless your degree has set you up to enter a specialist industry, you’re not expected to know exactly what you want to do. So, where should you start? Begin by thinking about where your strengths lay and from there the types of jobs that you’d be best suited to. For example, do you like working in a team or on your own? Do you want to be behind the scenes or out in the thick of it interacting with people? Think about what you enjoyed about your degree and any previous work experience you have, then make a short list of what you liked, along with your key strengths. Once all this is in front of you, you can then start to translate your strengths and likes into a job that’s tailored to you. Myth 2: You have to find your perfect job now ...

6 Ways Your Team Can Grow And Stay Together You may have heard the adage, “Those who work together, stay together.” Or wait, is it, “Those who play together, stay together”? Which one is it? Does it matter? I think they’re both true and important. Especially at work. A big part of getting a group of employees to gel is by adding non-work-related elements. From a study by the State of Friendship, a good portion of adults met one or more of their closest friends at work. And when employees have good friends at work, they’re much more likely to stick around—therefore, helping with retention. One study found that 67 percent of employees chose friendships with coworkers as the top reason why they were staying at jobs. 1. Share Food . It’s one of the first things employees do together (many companies take new hires out to lunch on the first day) and then we have to eat again every day. That’s why it’s only natural that you would take time to catch a bite wi...

RECRUITMENT IS MARKETING AND BRANDING One of the biggest challenges facing the recruitment sector across the world is the looming skills shortage. Recruitment solutions   are now being tailored and developed to create an effective resource of talent that can be used to fill the skills gap. HR managers are starting to look at recruitment solutions in terms of branding and marketing and this paradigm shift is having the most impact on skills and talent recruiting. Being a “premium employer” is not enough anymore to attract the best talent and new skills into the workforce. Recruitment solutions are more assertive, better planned and use the latest technology and HR software to make a difference. You need to start looking at HR managers who have marketing and branding experience to truly make an impact on your most important resource: your employees. BETTER RECRUITMENT SOLUTIONS ·          Continual recruitment:   recruitm...