I am going to have a rant now so I apologise in advance………..please, please, please Mr/Ms Candidate do NOT SEND ME A REALLY SHORT CV FULL…

I was quite surprised this week to receive a number of messages from LinkedIn connections congratulating me on Avocet’s Strategic Resourcing’s first year in business until…

Many, many years ago,  I was a recruitment copy writer – yes, such a thing did exist! Pre-internet, when there was only newspaper and magazine advertising…

I’ve been away from the keyboard for too long now and haven’t written anything meaningful for while – some may dispute I have yet to write…

It’s a cut throat business this IT lark and it seems like there’s always something more to learn or someone new that you have to impress. …

We’ve been busy (yay!) this week arranging a number of interviews (yay!) for a variety of clients (thrice yay!) and one thing that is very obvious…

Ok – what’s the most annoying thing in the world?  My pet hates are rogue apostrophes (actually, that’s more of an obsession), folk who put ketchup…

I’ve just had a phone call from my mother.  It went along these lines. M:        “Are you at home?” KW:     “Yes mum.” M:        “Aren’t…

Oh, times have changed………we recruiters have been creatures of habit for years.  Get a new requirement in, think if you know anyone and if you don’t…

As a recruiter, two of the most memorable sets of feedback I have ever received from a prospective employer post interview have been around the appearance…