As a portfolio manager for financial markets, Don possesses a lot of technical ability. In fact, in this regard, he is significantly better than others who hold the same role and enjoys being recognised for this. But suddenly, Don finds himself let go due to a...
Redundancies are all too common – it’s one of those unfortunate truths that, sometimes, organisations need to cut jobs in order to restructure and survive in the future. Everyone knows this of course, but it doesn’t make it any easier to compute if it ever happens to...
Recently Australia’s top rating radio hosts Hamish and Andy, known for their pranks, asked a random person (James) to act as a referee for a person (Tim Barnard) who James had never met. Tim was going in for an interview and needed someone to act on his behalf....
image credit: http://goo.gl/4ZgQUj Exaggeration is rife A study of 300 Australian employers found 82% of respondents believed candidates lied or exaggerated their skills and experience on their LinkedIn profiles. But hiring managers who rely heavily on...
image credit: http://goo.gl/XX8BhP It does not matter if you are leading a well-established brand name business or a start up, the need to find great cultural fit is central to any employer’s success. I coach managers that in order to hire for culture fit, your...