The Corner Office

Interviews are designed to do just one thing: identify the best possible candidate for the advertised job. And sometimes it may feel that the questions being asked have been designed to deliberately catch you out or make you question whether you are up to the job or not. But that’s not their intention. Some questions [...]

Could your future boss be making a hiring decision based on your online profile?  According to a survey from CareerBuilder.co.uk, 27 per cent of employers in the UK said they either currently use social networking sites to research potential job candidates or plan to start. Specifically, 15 per cent of employers said they currently screen potential [...]

This is a guest post by Nisa Chitakasem, Founder of Career Consulting Company Position Ignition. It’s particularly understandable why so many of us find job interviews to be so challenging. You’re effectively meeting a stranger—or maybe more than one—face to face in an unfamiliar environment in order to sell yourself to their organisation. And yet [...]

As repetitive as this may sound, the essential tip to being a desirable candidate is to be FULLY prepared. Preparation is essential to the success of any interview.  Make sure that you do your homework , research the firm and sector that you are applying to thoroughly. At the Corner Office, we often found that recruiters often [...]

This is an article by guest blogger Jorg Stegemann. Well, let’s assume that most hiring managers don’t do this on purpose. But still it happens regularly that candidates sign for a work contract and find a different job on their first day in the office. What are the possible reasons for that and what can [...]

Your CV is nearly flawless and your outfit was perfect. You came prepared and answered all questions, you talked about your strengths and weaknesses and all in all, the interview went well. But then you are rejected. What went wrong? The reason you didn’t land the job may have been something you showed rather than [...]

By Nisa Chitakasem, the co-founder of Position Ignition When you think about it, it’s easy to underestimate the importance of job interviews because we don’t realise what they represent in the context of our job search. Whilst a lot of us are concerned with perfecting our resumes or spending hours slaving over application forms, we [...]

While money isn’t everything, planning for salary discussions and negotiations should be an important part of your job search preparation. According to a recent CareerBuilder.co.uk survey, the majority of UK employers – 70 per cent – said they typically leave some negotiating room when extending initial job offers to candidates and 10 per cent said [...]

You bought a new suit and you are ready for the interview. Also your CV is flawless and you even seem great on paper. Now, for the last piece of the successful job search puzzle you need to impress them at the interview. How do you do it? Try asking questions. Besides showing your interest [...]

More and more companies are using telephone interviews to identify possible candidates for a job, especially when they live out of town. Telephone interviewing is not usually a substitute for a good old face-to-face interview, however. They’re a quick and easy way to identify and discount unsuitable applicants. In-depth interviews for senior and managerial positions [...]