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Alasdair Murray commented on Gareth Jones's blog post 'I am not a brand. I am me...'

I used a chocolate bar and a ferrari in a blog a while back. I agree, all this brand nonsense is just that. They'll be asking me to 'take a swim in Lake You' next. http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/is-the-term-employer-brand-a

10 hours ago

Alasdair Murray and Slouch are now friends

yesterday

Alasdair Murray commented on Gareth Jones's blog post 'Gen X using Gen Y tools spells trouble...'

Isn't there a debate going on somewhere at the moment about whether a potential employer snooping on an individual's social networking activities is, in fact, legel, or did I dream that? Either way, whilst social networking is indeed a marvellous th…

February 2

Maren Hogan commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'I used to be like Ricky Gervais...'

YEAH!

January 29

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I used to be like Ricky Gervais...

...no, not a slightly portly funny man - though I have my moments - but a Twitter sceptic. Ricky Gervais recently said of Twitter "I just don't get it I'm afraid. I'm sure it's fun as a networking device for teenagers but there's something a bit un…

January 29

Alasdair Murray commented on Mervyn Dinnen's blog post 'No transferability, no feedback – Candidates have feelings too…'

Here;s a real exchange of emails I had yesterday. Me: I just wanted to say how unimpressed I was that you didn't even take the time to get back to me, albeit with a "thanks but we have plenty of applicants" following my recent email to you regardin…

January 29

Alasdair Murray commented on Corey Harlock's blog post 'Big 3 Recruiting Mistakes'

I would add a fourth point. The point of advertising is to entice and provoke a response, even from the casual browser who is just surveying the marketplace. Cut and pasting a job description and person spec does absolutely nothing to turn on the re…

January 18

Alasdair Murray commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post '20 tricky interview questions...and how NOT to answer them!'

LOL!

January 13

Fran Holm commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post '20 tricky interview questions...and how NOT to answer them!'

Very funny Alasdair! I know you didn't ask for contributions to the list but I do have another one that comes from an actual interview. Interviewer (me): Why were you terminated from your last job? Interviewee: Crabs Interviewer: Excuse me? Interv…

January 13

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20 tricky interview questions...and how NOT to answer them!

January 13

Alasdair Murray commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Irritating co-workers. The definitive list.'

Oh I don't know, many of them were self-portraits!

January 12

Nat Cagilaba commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Irritating co-workers. The definitive list.'

so funny - but Alasdair I don't see you in this list!

January 11

Amybeth Hale commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Irritating co-workers. The definitive list.'

LOL. I've worked with every single one of these people at some point. And have even been some, myself :) But not sharing which ones!

January 11

Alasdair Murray commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Irritating co-workers. The definitive list.'

Years of observation, a couple of hours writing.

January 11

Slouch commented on Alasdair Murray's blog post 'Irritating co-workers. The definitive list.'

this is great. how long did it talk for you to do?

January 10

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freelance at my own business

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More than 15 years

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I used to be like Ricky Gervais...

...no, not a slightly portly funny man - though I have my moments - but a Twitter sceptic.

Ricky Gervais recently said of Twitter "I just don't get it I'm afraid. I'm sure it's fun as a networking device for teenagers but there's something a bit undignified about adults using it" and I have to say, I used to agree with him.

But that was before I started using Twitter as a business tool rather than a trivial update on my, to others, uninteresting life. I mean does anyone really care what… Continue

Posted on January 29, 2010 at 5:00am — 1 Comment

20 tricky interview questions...and how NOT to answer them!

There are few things more daunting than attending a job interview. That's why it's good to prepare by considering some of the questions you might be asked. Just make sure you don't end up giving any of these answers....

Interviewer: What is your greatest accomplishment?
Interviewee: Finishing Phantom Mutant Death Fighter 3 for PC - and in work time too! Have you played it?

Interviewer: Could you sell me this pen?
Interviewee (shouting): Get your pens, only 50p. Everything must go. Come… Continue

Posted on January 13, 2010 at 5:00am — 2 Comments

Irritating co-workers. The definitive list.

I originally wrote these observations with the intent of making some kind of HR Top Trumps game out of them. I thought it would make a nice leave-behind gift for recruiters, but as I am no illustrator I stuck to the verbal descriptions.

Let’s face it, From the person who stinks the office out with their lunch, to the colleague who hijacks the office diary to sneakily block book dates for the coming year's vacations, to the very helpful character who leaves guidance notes everywhere just… Continue

Posted on January 10, 2010 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

Want to write better job posts in 2010? Here's how.

I've been meaning to put together my thoughts about writing recruitment advertisements, or job posts as many call them, for some time. After all, I have written thousands of them down the years and, as many know, I have a real bugbear about bad job ads littering the web. So here goes. My gift to you all for Christmas. Why not resolve to put it into practice in the new year?

Think first
Get your understanding of the brief right (I am assuming you take a comprehensive brief. If you… Continue

Posted on December 19, 2009 at 9:30am — 4 Comments