Careers Advice

I have worked in the recruitment industry for close to 11 years. Over the course of my career I estimate that I have read roughly 200,000 resumes, give or take. I have seen countless spelling errors and ‘creative’ applications (including photographs of candidates at parties, on safari, and one particularly memorable applicant who included a pic of himself […]

Career coach, writer and entrepreneur Emile Wapnick opened her excellent TED talk ‘Why some of us don’t have one true calling’ by posing the question: “How many of you have been asked ‘what do you want to be when you grow up?” Putting aside for now whether or not we do have one (or more) true calling/s, how to re-write your

Job searching  irrespective of the length of one’s career can be daunting and frustrating, especially if the process stretches on for longer than you may have expected. Despite the talent market being extremely buoyant, as we enter into the second half of the year, employers are still acting with caution. This more often than not leads to a longer

Irrespective of your current work situation, if you are in the market for a new role there are some channels that you should be exploring in order to maximise your reach as a candidate. Recruitment Agencies Registering with recruitment agencies that specialise in the roles you are looking for, be it in your local market or

It sounds like click-bait (and in many respects, it is – we do want you to read our blog, after all), but please bear with me. There is one overarching theme that I see in every successful job seeker. I would argue that successful in-house and agency recruiters possess the same quality. Empathy. Think of

Recruitment was something that I ‘fell into,’ like most people I know in the industry. For the most part, I enjoyed my job. The pay was good, my colleagues were a decent bunch and the rough edges were smoothed over by generous performance bonuses and a well-stocked staff wine fridge that we routinely emptied every