Assuming you already have a strategy for networking in place, another important factor of face 2 face networking is communication or as I call it Emotional Quotient. This is the ability to use, communicate, recognize, remember, learn from & manage your relationships with other people, a short explanation would be: Rapport = Listening, Trust, Influence, together these will = Results! First impressions: Eye contact & smile, the eye contact validates the other person, the smile opens the door. Fac...
The title of this blog says it all and boy what a shame it has to be this way! The function of HR has in recent times been extended to recruitment, by that comment I mean HR peeps are also expected in many cases to act as RC. It wasn’t always this way, initially HR remit included recruitment in the wider sense of liaising with RC and agencies, delegating vacancies and providing job specs, organising interviews, feedback etc. The position of the HR person has been greatly imposed upon by companies wh...
When I was doing the rounds on the networking circuit I made many contacts in every sector and contacts within small, medium and large size businesses/corporations too. Networking can and does work for everyone, sectors and size is not a bar to networking. However the smaller business tends to utilize it more to build a brand, enter a market, find advocates and clients and probably because they have less in the money pot to spend on advertising and so on. Many of those smaller businesses understand ...
To quote @markshaw, “Twitter is about real people, talking about real stuff, in real time” This means we all talk about things we feel at that moment, so if we are in good spirits this shines through our stream and if we are in bad form we tend to express it too. What about when a client has irritated us, or we have had a bad day, or feeling blue and fancy a ‘tipple of beverage’ not forgetting we sometimes feel playful or prank-ful and express this emotion in many ways. What about debates, discussio...
Social Media, what is it? Still not sure of what the right answer is to that question! There are so many SM experts out there or peeps I come across who tell me they are SM experts, yet, I still don’t know how best to answer that question. I am not a SM expert so I can only tell you what it is to me, a conversation with many other participants and a huge audience prepared to listen, discuss, debate, interact, influence, persuade, network and a set of technical communicating tools allowing the ...
Monday morning and here we are again, still having to advise clients (who look after Brands for a living)about looking after their own brands! As ‘Brand’ people, are you not supposed to be able to see the ‘bigger picture? I am a recruitment consultant not a brand strategist however I do understand social media and how negative ‘conversation’ can impact a brand. Do you? The labour market is a high volume ever evolving entity full of peeps who can ‘speak’ and use tools like Twitter etc as a plat...
When someone tells you,' you can't " make sure you do! When I was at school I was not focused and this translated to 'stupid' to many people. When I walked into a higher education collage two kids later to pick up my studies, I was told, "you don't have the basic education to get through a degree" when I GRADUATED with an LLB Hons and applied for Law shool I was told," you have the wrong 'accent' to be a Lawyer, elecution lessons might be advisable" when I became a POST GRADUATE with a PG DIP and wa...
Engaging your workforce is not about the command and control principle but accessibility and a freedom to utilize the brain every employee comes with. Too many employers seem to miss out on the seemingly obvious benefit that with each new employee comes more than just an extra pair of hands. Most employees want to see your business grow because it benefits them if it does, most will have the commitment and loyalty to your corporate vision, most of them will want to contribute to its success, if only...
As you all know by now I have been involved with the recruitment industry for some time so I know a little about the subject. There are many issues to discuss within this subject and many angles to come from but I have to say, the lack of common sense and business sense applied by some recruiters astounds me, thus; my rant today is directed at those recruiters who read this and instinctively know I am talking to them! The client is thought by many to be the most important element of the recruitment ...
People assume that in this economic climate recruitment is slow and for some industry sectors this would be a correct assumption to make. However in the Media sector and in particular, social media, recruitment business is booming! This means Branding & Marketing agencies are experiencing growth and looking to recruit specialist people to deal with client accounts and their social media needs. However the labour market is short on these skills and good candidates are hard to find and the competitio...
I hear too many people express delight at the new engagement and knowledge based economy that’s occurring but amazingly it is not the platforms or technology they wonder at but the ‘engagement’ that goes on. Engagement is not a new concept, the platforms and the technology which simplifies and conveniences the art is new but the art of engagement has been around for years. The concept of referral business which led to the B2B networking organisations such as BRX and BNI springing up everywhere was alwa...
I have said it before and I will say it again, just because you do not see the value in someone else does not mean they have no value! I have come across many instances in business of peoples 'worth' not being valued because in the eyes of the beholder their own base line of ‘value’ is often built on a very shallow meaning or narrow interpretation of the definition. In my recruitment world a candidates value is often measured on the university they attended and whether it was a ‘redbrick’ Univer...
I have to speak up here for recruiters because I am one, a good one, who gives a professional and worthy service and so to all critics of recruiters I would say this, don’t tar us all with the same brush AND check out a few facts before you cast your stone! As a professional recruiter I take pride in the service I can offer any employer looking for assistance in recruiting. I can also guarantee that not one of my past or current clients or candidates has had a bad experience working with me, one of ...