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Top 5 Qualities of a Great Teacher

Great teachers remain with us throughout our lives: the way they encouraged us to speak out when we were unsure; the time they stayed back after class to help us understand a maths problem. These men and women have common traits, including a love of their subject and a genuine interest in young people’s development….

4 Ways to Assess Candidates’ Soft Skills During Interviews

As well as considering the qualifications and job experience of a potential candidate, it is also worthwhile thinking about their critical soft skills. These may end up determining whether your chosen candidates will be the right fit the role. Soft skills are the personal qualities or attributes which define each individual’s approach to their health…

4 Things to Learn About an Employer Before Your Interview

To make sure you are fully prepared for a retail interview, you need to do your homework on the hiring company. Once you start digging, who knows what you’ll find? News stories about dynamic charity work, perhaps, or strong commitment to diversity in the workplace. Whatever turns up, use it strategically during the interview to…

8 Behavioural Questions for Nursing Candidates

Behavioural interviewing is a commonly used technique where candidates are asked questions that put them in a particular situation. By learning how they have behaved in the past when faced with common job-related scenarios, an interviewer can get an idea how a candidate might perform in the role if successful. There are an infinite number…

9 Tips to Improve Your Hospitality CV

With so many good hospitality candidates out there, it’s important to know how to catch a recruiter’s attention immediately – and hold it. This is where your hospitality CV is a vital tool. It should, ideally, make you stand out as a key candidate the recruiter can’t afford to miss. Once you’re invited for interview,…

Why You Need a Recruitment Strategy

In a world of ever-increasing competition, hospitality employers need to employ the cream of the hospitality crop – and know how to keep them. Why let your competitors snag all the best workers? Let’s look at how to put together a recruitment strategy which really works for you. What is a recruitment strategy anyway? A…