by Katrina Collier | Oct 6, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
A cost centre! How often do you hear Talent Acquisition called this? The people who bring in the people, therefore playing a crucial role in the fate of the company (or client’s company) are just a cost centre. Lovely. The business can think we are the very...
by Katrina Collier | Sep 21, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
If you hear yourself complaining about Gen Z… We created them. We enabled them. We are to blame. And it’s up to us to adapt because they’re in or entering our workforce. If we, by we I mean Gen X and Boomers, had had such easy access to the Internet...
by Katrina Collier | Sep 7, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Do recruiters really not know how to NOT get hired via LinkedIn? Day in, day out, recruiters look at LinkedIn profiles. So you’d think, of anyone, they’d know how to not get hired via LinkedIn. But apparently not because time and time again, I am asking...
by Katrina Collier | Aug 24, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Respected, yes. Liked, that’s just a bonus. Yes, of course, it’s easier if people like you but if you need to be liked that’s a problem. And, in my experience, it only matters that you like yourself. In fact, love yourself. I took a long time to get...
by Katrina Collier | Aug 10, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
Has curiosity ever killed a cat? 😼According to Wikipedia, “Curiosity killed the cat” is a proverb used to warn of the dangers of unnecessary investigation or experimentation.And indeed the wrong kinds of questions could land you in hot water. Like the one...
by Katrina Collier | Jul 27, 2022 | Recruitment Isn't Broken
What if your perception is wrong? Writing this in a cooler temperature, it’s hard to believe that the UK and most of Europe was sweltering just one week ago. Just one week ago it was 38°C (100°F) at 3pm here in London. But my Springer Spaniel didn’t...
