Posts by NickDerrick

Do you feel like you are being held back by your boss? Many of us feel this way but before you answer this question, maybe you should evaluate yourself first! So, you got your skills, you do a bang up job but yet you never get that golden promotion you have been working so hard for. Clearly your boss is treating you unfairly; maybe it’s the office politics playing its part to get you? As they say, “It’s not WHAT you know, but WHO you know”! For some I dare say this is the case, but maybe for many we just need to improve on our other skills such as our people skills or time management. These skills are vital in the work place but many of us over look them and favor skills more matched to your work. Soft skills play an important part of your working life and can...

At Recruitment Avenue we search for the best of the best to join our candidate list. We spend a lot of time looking for suitable people for the jobs we advertise. One of the places we look is of course LinkedIn, and we have found some amazing people there. But it is a time consuming task and we also come across some less than suitable candidates and so we have developed a sixth sense. No we don’t see dead people, but we do get a feel for who are the best and the people we want. The headline is the first thing we see when we are looking for people, and a headline can make all the difference. We get a feel for what we are want. Also your headline determines your place in the search results. So you can see it’s an important part of your LinkedIn profile to get...

Being a recruiter I spend a lot of time speaking with job seekers, people who are putting themselves out there to find their dream job. Most often I speak with those I have set up interviews for. Teaching them good interview techniques is my job, but I also learn new techniques that they are using. I get to see first hand what works and what don’t. Over the years I have built up a reliable stack of tricks used to put the job seeker above the rest and take advantage of the opportunity an interview gives. So here are my top 3 tips to take with you in to your next interview and hopefully bring you that job offer you have been waiting for. 1. The Research Right, you have your interview date and now as everyone know’s its time to do the research. This is a basic rule...

As you know, here at Recruitment Avenue we are all about inspiration. So it’s no surprise to find out that we have a few celebrity inspirations. People with story’s that makes us realise we can all achieve our dreams. Unemployment is for most a very uninspiring time in our lives and the uncertainty of our own future can leave us feeling pretty low. Not only does unemployment see us with financial challenges it can also leave us with social implications. Studies have shown that the unemployed have double the chance of suffering from psychological issues with depression, self-esteem issues and anxiety. If you find yourself unemployed and out of inspiration, keep in mind that some of the most successful people have had their down time and experienced unemployment...

We lead such busy lives, and searching for a new job can take up so much time that we feel we can’t fit it in. We work 9 – 5 already, and I have to have a social life. So how can I find a new job while I am still in this one?  Well you can, it just takes a bit of organising and discipline that’s all. Let Recruitment Avenue talk you through some steps you can take to get your job search started.   Only got 5-10 minutes free?   5 – 10 minutes is the most common amount of time we waste. If we have a spare 5 minutes we tend to waste them. It’s not long enough to start a new task or do anything productive so we tend to waste these moments waiting for our next thing. It does take a little commitment, but if you start to use these moments wisely it isn’t long...