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7 Interview Tips to Help you Land your Dream Job!

The market has started with a bang in 2018 and there are some excellent opportunities out there with well known companies that offer great career path prospects. Job interviews are never easy, so here are some tips that will help you catch the job you want. The more prepared you are, the more chance you

New Years’ Resolutions!

Right so 2018 is with us – awesome!  Like the vast majority of the population you have probably had a good look at yourself in the mirror:  farewelled 2017 and made some resolutions for 2018. But, have you ever wondered where this ‘tradition’ originated? Well here is a potted history for all you fact lovers!

A Graduate Tip Sheet

I recently had the opportunity to meet with a young lady who had finally secured her first “adult” job after graduating university. The reason for our catch up was evidently not to help her find a new role – but rather she wanted advice on how to make a great first impression on her new

Transitioning from Public Sector to Private Enterprise

Are you jumping ship from public sector to private enterprise … how does this make you feel? Apprehensive? Scared? Uncertain? Interested? I have recently made this transition and although it was overwhelming and daunting at times, it has also been very exciting and I cannot tell you how happy I am that I took a

The Secret to Happy Employees!

How happy are you with your job? On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate yourself? I hear it daily from our recruitment business that the pre-Christmas period is a time when candidates are active. Forget the New Year resolutions! We also see it from the data we get from our clients via Engagement

Good People Make Great Organisations

Despite what is portrayed, most of us are still inherently good. Once upon a time I was somewhat addicted to news.  I read every square inch of newspaper I could find, ate breakfast with the morning news in the background, and was subscribed to various RSS feeds that gave me instant access to breaking news.

The Skill of Moving On Professionally

Everybody resigns from a job some time. We have all done it and most of us will do it again before we retire. It is never easy to resign; telling your manager that you are leaving your role is an extremely awkward and difficult conversation for most people to have. However, almost ironically, it is

My Younger Self

  Wouldn’t it be great if at any one point in our lives we could go back in time and talk to our younger selves? What would we say? What advice would we give them? What would we have done differently? Recently I was in a meeting with a client who is heavily involved in

Why Are We Different?

Earlier this week while waiting for a coffee I began a casual conversation with a client. As the conversation progressed he asked me what I liked about Optimum. My immediate response was “we’re different”. Of course, this then led to the follow-up question of what is different about Optimum; and again, without pause, I answered