Recruiting for diversity in your team - 4 tips to getting it right
A diverse team is a highly performing team, and research has proven time and time again that diversity also results in better engagement, better morale, easier attraction of talent and even higher profitability, with some studies equating a 1% increase in diversity with a 3% rise in corporate profits .
How to be a career designer
As a contractor/freelancer, you interview regularly and you have to sell your skills and experience to a business every time. It can be a difficult task, but it also puts you in a position of unrivalled strength when it comes to mapping out your career path.
What you need to know about references for employment
Securing a positive reference is an essential part of any job move, so it may come as a surprise to learn that there is usually no legal obligation for an employer to provide you with a reference for your new boss.
How to answer ‘Why should we hire you?’
‘Why should we hire you?’ is the question that both recent graduates and experienced professionals should prepare for. Convincing an interviewer that you are the right person for the job is a delicate matter. If we were to take a few lessons from the world of marketing, we can sell to the interviewer effectively without sounding egotistical.
How to make your cover letter stand out from the crowd
Many jobs receive hundreds of applications for the available positions, so it is essential that you are able to make your application stand out from the crowd. It is not enough to have the right skills and background, but you must be able to present these facts in the right way in your cover letter.
Ensuring your next job is the right fit
When you are applying for your next contracting job you can only find out so much about a business and what it would be like working for them. So how do you determine if the job you’re bidding for is the right fit for you?
Questions to ask yourself before a job interview
In a job interview you will face a number of challenging questions, but there are also a number of questions it is worth asking yourself beforehand, to prepare for the challenge.
3 questions to help you decide whether a company is right for you
Changing jobs and working for a new company is an integral part of building a healthy career and helping you to progress. However, you shouldn't necessarily take a new role just because it sounds good and it pays more money.
What type of job do you want?
Searching for a new job is always a challenging proposition, and stepping into a marketplace even where your skillset is in demand needs good preparation while you’re focussed on developing your career journey. These are some key questions to ask yourself before formally starting out on your job search.
How do you prepare for an interview?
Remember the old adage, “fail to prepare and prepare to fail”? Well, when it comes to interviews, this statement couldn’t be more true. When you find an ideal job, you want to put yourself in the best position to get it, and that means putting in the work beforehand.
Do you recruit for now or for where your business will be in 12 months time?
Do you need to recruit for today’s skillset or do you need to recruit for someone flexible with aptitude and the right attitude to be adaptable and flexible addition to your workforce?
Recruit for skills or x train those with the right fit for your team?
At Meadows Recruitment one of the questions we face is, with more people employed and less people looking to move jobs, do you hire for skills or culture fit?