Interview with a difference 09/06/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Employment, Job, Recruitment, Uncategorized.Tags: candidates, employees, interview questions, recruitment agencies, technical recruiters
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A recent survey by SHL has found that almost half (49%) of UK candidates have a negative perception of an organisation following an unsuccessful job application. The areas that can often leave the candidate feeling like they didn’t get proper treatment range from:
- candidate not made to feel welcome on arriving at employer’s premises or even poor attitude/behaviours witnessed sloppy interview process – unstructured and lack of competency in interviewing skills
- an uninspiring interviewer – ineffective selling of the job and/or the employer’s value proposition
So that got me thinking, how can recruitment agencies help improve perception?? (more…)
You’re fired! 02/06/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in CBSbutler, Employment, Recruitment.Tags: candidates, employees, interview questions
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We featured in the Sunday Times recent article ‘Fired? You can get over it’. The article discusses being fired, and how you should deal with this issue in future job interviews. I for one certainly know what it feels like to be fired – prior to setting up CBSbutler I was working for an engineering firm and found myself going into work one day to be told I had lost my job! Certainly not a nice experience for anyone to have to go through but it can lead to better things.
Here at CBSbutler we hear from plenty of candidates on a daily basis and if we simply turned away those who had been sacked we would rule out a huge proportion of candidates. Instead we speak to these candidates about what happened and help them prepare for the likely questions that employers will ask them about their sacking. Here are our top interview tips for those who have been sacked:
- Don’t be tempted to skirt around the issue at interview or simply omit it – most experienced interviewers will pick up on what looks like a sacking.
- Confront the issue head on – employers will want to see a decent explanation for what happened and what you have done since. (more…)
Can you answer these? 23/03/2010
Posted by CBSbutler Ltd in Recruitment.Tags: candidates, interview questions, technical recruitment
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Many of us have seen the mind-boggling interview questions that Google subjects its interviewees to, but Google isn’t the only company to use such techniques! Some of our clients are consultancies involved with the goverment and defence and due to the nature of their work they have high requirements for their new hires – A’s at A level, at least a 2:1 or above from a Red Brick University and a Masters or PhD if possible – and that’s just the beginning. After the typical CV run through you’d expect in an interview and a presentation from the candidate they turn to problem solving and some pretty complex maths. Think you could handle that? Well, here are some of the questions they’ve asked: (more…)
