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How Curiosity Can Help You Land The Job
What’s the single worst thing you can do when a recruiter calls to tell you about a career opportunity? I mean, aside from continuing to eat your sandwich in their ear. You know, the basic manners stuff. No, this mistake is obviously not very, well, obvious. Otherwise, why...
What To Say When Asked “Do You Have Any Questions?”
The interview’s winding up, and you know it’s coming...
How To Handle The Screening Call From Recruiters
Ever wondered what’s going on when you get a call from a recruiter after applying to their job ad? It starts off sounding pretty casual, but you finish the call with the queasy feeling you've just been assessed - and weren’t quite as prepared as you...
Make Your Job Application Count
It’s your typical recession type media article - it starts with setting the scene of the newly redundant person, how that person has applied to 243 jobs, heard back from 20 and is still waiting for an interview. The conclusion (of course) is that employers...
Feeling Anxious About Going Back to Work
Some of the Consult / Halo team were back in the office last week. It’s been wonderful to see each other after nearly 2 months of zoom calls and working in the “home office” (quotation marks because it varied in standards from a laptop on...
Focus on the Good, Not on the Negativity that Sells Papers
We spent much of the lock-down connecting with our community - how they were faring, how they were feeling, what their worries were and how we could help. Now back in the office - we are continuing to do this. Many people are reading the media...
The Recruitment Industry: Another Covid-19 Casualty?
Those of you in hospitality and tourism will know the face people make when they ask you “how business is faring”. It's that slight grimace combined with a sucking in of air - the kind you do when you ask someone how their experience at...
Consult Recruitment COVID-19 Update
With the government imposing a nationwide lockdown, the entire Consult team is working from home until further notice. We are fully remote enabled and while this is not business as usual - we are able to operate as per normal - just from the comfort...