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Alasdair Murray commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Do you go into a grocery store to buy a car?'A blog post by Alasdair Murray was featuredWho or what really, really winds you up at work?
A survey of 2,500 office workers carried out at the end of 2012 revealed that the most annoying trait amongst their colleagues was noisy eating. Not surprisingly, general messiness, smelly food and irritating habits were also high up on the list of general gripes. But it got me thinking, other than the above examples, what is it that winds YOU up at work? Here are five of my own personal favourites.At number five, what I like to call ‘the sarcastic welcomer’ i.e. the person who pipes up with…See More
Alasdair Murray posted a blog postWho or what really, really winds you up at work?
A survey of 2,500 office workers carried out at the end of 2012 revealed that the most annoying trait amongst their colleagues was noisy eating. Not surprisingly, general messiness, smelly food and irritating habits were also high up on the list of general gripes. But it got me thinking, other than the above examples, what is it that winds YOU up at work? Here are five of my own personal favourites.At number five, what I like to call ‘the sarcastic welcomer’ i.e. the person who pipes up with…See More
Lauren Smith commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'What IS a talent community anyway?'"Hey Alasdair - Great question.
The #1 reason why a candidate should join a talent community, is because it's SO MUCH easier than spending the 45-minutes to apply via the complicated ATS.
Just join the community in a few clicks, and…"
Alasdair Murray commented on Kelly Blokdijk's blog post 'Why you should think before thoughtlessly following thought-leaders'"Thought leader is a hideous term. Those who call themselves that should get out more often! An anagram of 'A thought leader' is coincidentally 'Altogether now.....duh!. Also, social media guru, another self-assigned name to detest…"
Angela R. Furbee commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post '20 tricky interview questions...and how NOT to answer them!'"Funny! We all have our stories... wish there were a place we could document them and all refer back to when we need a laugh for the day!"
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Times may be tough but humor never hurts; share you recruiting jokes with the RBC community. Even the most dour recruiters need to be funny...See More
Alasdair Murray commented on Erica Bell's blog post 'An Inside Look at How Gen Y Views the Workplace'"PS I wish we;d had the web back in my youth. my demands would have been simple -more chicks and less heartache. Work was just something we did in between and dealt with whatever we were faced with."
Alasdair Murray commented on Erica Bell's blog post 'An Inside Look at How Gen Y Views the Workplace'"Gen Y wants this, Gen Y says that. I'm tired of all the talk about Gen Y and pandering to their needs in the workplace, the poor lambs. Adapt to the working environment you find yourself in rather than expect a whole organisation to change on…"
Ryan Leary commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'There's not a lack of talent, there's a lack of creativity and forethought!'"This quote sums it up very well: The fact is, whatever you advertise in this world, the message and the thinking and creativity behind that message, is key.
Great post. Thanks."
Mitch Sullivan liked Alasdair Murray's blog post There's not a lack of talent, there's a lack of creativity and forethought!Alasdair Murray posted a blog postThere's not a lack of talent, there's a lack of creativity and forethought!
The following is an elongated version of a comment I made recently about an article which posed the question "Does talent grow on trees" and debated whether there is a talent shortage in the current marketplace.As someone who has worked in recruitment marketing for over 20 years, I would say there has been a definite dumbing down in the messages that some people, recruiters and employers alike, put out there these days under the guise of being a job ad. In the days of press advertising for…See More
Alasdair Murray commented on Recruiting Animal's blog post 'Mitch Sullivan, Recruiter'"I was young and naive! I took voluntary redundancy (not a fortune but enough to get me by for maybe a year) from the national newspaper and wasn't really looking for anything when a role came along working locally. Seemed sensible to keep in…"
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Who or what really, really winds you up at work?
Posted on February 18, 2013 at 10:00am 0 Comments 1 Like
A survey of 2,500 office workers carried out at the end of 2012 revealed that the most annoying trait amongst their colleagues was noisy eating. Not surprisingly, general messiness, smelly food and irritating habits were also high up on the list of general gripes. But it got me thinking, other than the above examples, what is it that winds YOU up at work? Here are five of my own personal favourites.
At number five, what I like to call ‘the sarcastic welcomer’ i.e. the person who…
Continue Ever wondered what the clever phrases in those job ads actually mean?
Posted on April 24, 2012 at 7:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Conduct an online job search these days and you’re soon confronted with lots of ads, many suggesting, without actually saying it of course, that each day spent working with them will be just like dying and going to heaven, only better. But should they be taken at face value? Is your workplace heaven? Or is it more like hell, despite what that ever so enticing advertisement that lured you there in the first place suggested? Here I take a lighthearted look at what job ads say and what they…
Continue 20 more interview questions and how NOT to answer them
Posted on April 20, 2012 at 9:00am 1 Comment 3 Likes
Following the popularity of my original series of 20 interview questions and how not to answer them, I've once again revisited the job interview scenario and present for your delectation a bit of Friday afternoon fun:
Interviewer: "How do you manage people?'.
Interviewee: "I don't so much manage as tolerate them to be honest"
Interviewer: "Describe a complex problem you had to deal with"
Interviewee: "Chlamydia wasn't much fun, but…
ContinueComment Wall (3 comments)
- At 9:16am on June 8, 2012,
james nathan said… Still. Would you like me to repost with full credit to you and a link back to your site? I feel like I should do something
- At 9:09am on June 8, 2012, james nathan said…
Hi Alisdair, I hope you saw my comment on your comments before removing the post. I genuinely used an anonymous list given to me a few years ago as my basis for that blog and am really very embarrassed.
- At 12:02pm on January 4, 2012,
Roseanne Stockton said… Thanks Alasdair - my other title was going to be 'New Year New Job' Tell your Agency to change staff if thats the best they can do...I moderated it!
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The following is an elongated version of a comment I made recently about an article which posed the question "Does talent grow on trees" and debated whether there is a talent shortage in the current marketplace.
As someone who has worked in recruitment marketing for over 20 years, I would say there has been a definite dumbing down in the messages that some people, recruiters and employers alike, put out there these days under the guise of being a…