Blogs category: Financial Services

Show an interviewer you have the ‘X’ factor. Here’s how

Today’s marketplace is crowded with excellent candidates. You have reached interview stage and have the opportunity to rise above your competition. Think your experience is all you need? Wrong! Your innate, intangible qualities will make enormous impact. What are these distinguishing skills? And how can you demonstrate them in a time-limited, confined situation? To help […]

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Has lockdown been unkind to your body and mind?

Hurrah! Your world is reopening! Finally – the chance to catch up around a (socially distanced) watercooler and see colleagues and teammates in person rather than across a screen. But don’t get too excited – there could be some unpleasant surprises ahead for you. Here’s a handy guide to being prepared… The lockdown muffintop All […]

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Will video kill the face to face meeting?

Love them or loathe them, the video meeting has earned its place in our working lives. Where colleagues once congregated around a table with water, tea and the ubiquitous office biscuits, now we are confined instead to a laptop screen in the least cluttered corner of our homes. For job hunters and recruiters, the interview […]

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Take YOUR career “faster, higher, further”

Sports fans are no doubt missing the summer’s sporting feast. If you are job hunting, you can still emulate our sporting heroes by applying the qualities they use to achieve excellence to your job search campaign. So, start stretching folks. It is time – in the words of Cuba Gooding Jr – to “show me […]

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Is the workplace as we knew it changed forever?

Let’s be honest, do you really yearn for the daily grind of the commute? Feeling nostalgic for your cubicle? Missing those water cooler chats? Can’t wait to get back to squeezing your lunch into an over-stuffed fridge? Maybe not, but then again, not all of us work effectively -or happily – from home, especially if […]

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“How YOU doin’?”

Your mental health is really important to us. So we were delighted to discover that this week is Mental Health Awareness Week. We are committed to promoting strong mental health, so we are excited to announce a new joint venture, helping companies ensure strong mental health in the workplace. See the end of this blog for details. […]

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