Leadership: The impact of gender on leadership styles
Gender and its affect on leadership is a continual talking point amongst our clients. Reviewing the characteristics of male and female emerging leaders has revealed some interesting insights. All percentages and statistics in this infographic are sourced from the data for 2013 and 2014 relating to Identifying Tomorrow’s Leaders Today: Determining The Differences That Matter….
Resumes & cover letters: Cover letter templates
A cover letter is often your first communication with a potential employer, and therefore it is vital that when writing a cover letter you make it compelling and professional from the very first line, marking you out as a candidate they need to contact. A good cover letter is an opportunity to showcase your written communication…
Job Interviews: Why didn’t you get the job?
You got an interview for a coveted job – congratulations, that means you were earmarked as a suitable candidate. But if you don’t wind up with a job offer, you have to ask yourself: what did I do wrong? There are many possible reasons for not getting a job offer, and it may simply be…
New world of work: How to speed up innovation: collaborate and separate.
As business leaders, we know innovation is important. We know that most of today’s companies won’t be around in a decade’s time – at least not in the same guise. Organisations need to evolve with new products and ways of delivering them, or they’ll be left behind. The challenge for corporates and long-established organisations is…
Psychometric tests: Types of psychometric assessments
If you have been invited to attend an Assessment Centre for psychometric assessment, you will be going through a variety of exercises so we can measure your behaviour across various work situations. Below is an overview of the types of exercises you may expect on your assessment centre day. Not every assessment centre consists of…
Personal Branding: 5 tips to optimise your digital profile
Social media has become an additional tool for employers and recruiters to look up potential candidates. Even when you may not be looking for a job, others are taking note of your digital footprints. How does your digital profile look and how can you improve it to advance your career?
Job Interviews: How to prepare for a job interview
Most people have a general understanding of how to prepare for an interview. Yet, it can be easy to overlook some of the details, especially if you’re feeling a bit nervous or you’re focusing on preparing for common interview questions. To help take some of the stress out of your prep, here’s a handy guide…
Assessment: Make better hiring decisions with success profiling
How success profiling can help you make better hiring decisions Any manager who has ever hired someone who didn’t end up performing as well as expected – or perhaps was a complete disaster – knows that recruitment selection can be an inexact science. As human beings, our unconscious biases lead us towards hiring people we…