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Our blog is designed to enable us to post our own content, principally in the form of news and resources, and to showcase other parties' quality content in the areas of talent acquisition, talent development, and career development. 

We're also open to publishing guest posts. If you'd like to propose a post, please email us (with 'FAO Anthony: guest post' in the subject line) to discuss the idea.

Got to give a presentation for a job? Let us coach you!

Anthony Haynes (pictured) writes:  Increasingly, employers are moving beyond using interviews as their only tool during the recruitment selection process. Probably the next most favoured tool is presentations - the candidate is asked to give a shortish presentation to members of the employer's staff, followed by questions and discussion. It makes good sense for employers not to rely on only one method of assessment. But if you're not wild about the prospect of having to give a...

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Get that job in 2024! Free sources of advice and guidance

Anthony Haynes (pictured) writes: No doubt many people have started the New Year with the intention of finding a new job. If you are one of them, I'm pleased to say that we have three types of practical resources available to support you - all of them available free of charge. Webinars These take place on Fridays, starting at 13:15. as follows: 1. Optimising your CV - 12th Jan 2024 - There’s plenty of advice available for job-seekers on how to write CVs.  But if you merely...

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Should you use a recruitment agency? If so, when?

Anthony Haynes writes: Engaging a talent agency can help an employer to save time and leverage specialist skills – but it can also add to costs. So when and how can an agency genuinely add value for employers? This week we seek to answer these questions in our latest webinar.  The webinar's designed to: ·         Articulate the advantages and disadvantages of agency engagement ·        ...

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