Entries by Natalie Wilson

Magic? Spells? – Finding Your Next Role

How and Why did we come up with the idea of The Magic Hour? You may have seen us posting about our new service – which we’ve called The Magic Hour. The name was coined by one of our candidates who we helped with some coaching and advice earlier on this year. Essentially – The Magic Hour is […]

How Did You Learn How To Do Your First Job?

Are we being too quick to abandon the physical office?   I signed up with a temping agency after graduating – I still didn’t really know what I wanted to do and needed to earn some money.  After sending me around a selection of advertising agencies I was sent to the Really Useful Group (Andrew […]

Top 10 Job Searching Tips

Do you need some help with your job search? Jo van Riemsdijk at CX Talent Ltd gives her top 10 tips to get you started. I hope that the tips I detail here will be of some help to Candidates looking for roles or thinking about their next move. 1.If you are in a job […]

How To Make Recruitment Better

Poor Candidate Experience can damage your Brand. Kate and I have not always been in recruitment – I personally have been a Picture Researcher, an Account Manager, A Business Development Manager, A Commercial Director and now Recruitment Consultant. Kate has been involved in Theatre, Production and PR in General Management and is now a Recruitment […]

Be Prepared For Your Video Call Job Interview – Here’s How To Do It

If you are preparing for an interview or even looking for your next role – take the time to have a think about how to present yourself on a video call – it will be worth it!   First and foremost, do your homework in the normal way.  Re-read the job description, research the company, prepare some questions […]

BEing KIND In Recruitment – And Why It Matters!

Businesses and recruiters who are able to empathise and act with (professional) personability will always do best – now more than ever when all brands are under scrutiny about how they are reacting to the COVID – 19 situation.   From a recruiters’ point of view, you are likely to get a larger than normal […]

No Job? Redundancy? A Personal Story Of What Not To Do.

Have You Been Made Redundant? Lost your job? This is My Story: I’ve seen a lot of posts recently about redundancy. About how people are feeling and what they should do next. In a previous life way before I became a recruitment consultant – I was working in a Media organisation and lost my job! […]