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Ask James Caan – Issue 96

Posted under ask james caan on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, With unemployment on the rise once again, it’s affecting all levels of applicant, including graduates. Not so surprising, news coverage recently revealed the dip in the graduate job market meant an increased proportion of finalists found employment prospects as ‘limited’. In this competitive continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 95

Posted under ask james caan on Thursday, May 17, 2012 1 Comment

Dear Member, You regularly hear me discuss technology enhancing the way we identify and attract talent with the majority of recruitment activity now taking place online. The impact of digital media has paved a new way for recruitment; progressing from targeting the active jobseeker through continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 94

Posted under ask james caan on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, Do you know how to effectively market your skill set? This is a question frequently posed to me by many people from all industry sectors. So, to help guide you one step closer to securing that interview or clinching that career opportunity, webrecruit continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 93

Posted under ask james caan on Wednesday, May 2, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, Recently I’ve been contacted by many budding entrepreneurs looking at the recession as the perfect opportunity to go for what they’ve always wanted, by starting their own business. Over the years, I’ve learned many important lessons, including this: setting up a business is continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 92

Posted under ask james caan on Thursday, April 26, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, I’m often asked what job seekers need to do to effectively market their skills in such a tough climate. And this question isn’t from job hunters from one or two particular industries. I’ve had finance professionals, IT managers, sales people, marketers and customer continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 91

Posted under ask james caan on Thursday, April 19, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, What’s the biggest transition you have made in your career? According to the Career Transition Partnership, each year, over 18,500 service leavers enter the civilian job market, including highly trained engineers, trainers, administrators, nurses, chefs and managers – all seeking to get the continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 90

Posted under ask james caan, IT recruitment on Thursday, April 12, 2012 No Comments

Dear member, The webrecruit team has been busy this week compiling results from its latest survey looking into IT jobseeker trends. Nearly 600 IT professionals took part, and shared with us what it is that they look for in their next job. Interestingly, it highlighted continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 89

Posted under ask james caan on Thursday, April 5, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, Before we begin, I’m pleased to announce, the group has now reached an astonishing 75,000 members. I really think it’s time for the market to open up new ways for job seekers and employers to engage, and our success is proving just that. continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 88

Posted under ask james caan on Thursday, March 29, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, Last week’s post sparked some great interest with many of you sharing your thoughts on recruitment agencies and their lack of communication with job seekers. Thank you for providing your comments; it is certainly clear that changes need to be made. This week, continue reading

Ask James Caan – Issue 87

Posted under ask james caan on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 No Comments

Dear Member, The last few weeks have been extremely busy for the webrecruit team. Not only is the group fast approaching 75,000 members, but we’ve been working on many initiatives aimed at helping jobseekers that we shall be rolling out very soon. As a result, continue reading