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Standing Out in a Project Management Meerkat
Posted on March 8, 2012 | No CommentsTweet One of the most common questions I still get asked a lot is how can I make my CV stand out when I’m applying for positions? I get asked... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Hiring Right First Time
Posted on February 13, 2012 | 2 CommentsTweet As the hiring manager how do I “ensure” that more often than not I get the right person for the role first time of asking? What a great question... -
Why is Interview Feedback SO Hard?
Posted on February 10, 2012 | 1 CommentTweet I’m currently writing a chapter on project management recruitment for a book which will be published in 2013 on the people side of project management. One of the areas... -
Tipoffs out next week
Posted on April 14, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Project Management Tipoffs, the monthly newsletter from Arras People, takes another crack at the issues and concerns facing project management & recruitment next week. On Thursday, subscribers to this... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Interview Tests
Posted on February 7, 2011 | No CommentsTweet Things are hotting up in the project management marketplace and with an increase in more project management jobs being available – we also see the advice requests swing from... -
Q&A Project Management Careers – Getting No Feedback
Posted on December 1, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet This week’s question comes from Mr R-C I have applied for 15 project specific jobs in last month with no response whatever. I’m primarily looking for contract and I’m... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Strength Based Interviews
Posted on September 1, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In this Project Management Recruitment Ideas, I’m going to cover a new kind of interview technique – the strength-based approach. In an article in this month’s Recruiter, the strength... -
Things to Know About the Values Based Interview
Posted on August 10, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet Time for some values based interview advice, from straight out of our collection of careers-based advice on the Arras People website… Sit down for but a moment and take... -
Why Hiring Managers Are So Dysfunctional
Posted on June 15, 2010 | 2 CommentsTweet It’s a tough thing being in the job market. You make up a CV and send it out by the truckloads. You write it and rewrite it; you peddle... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Presentations
Posted on May 27, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week, the Project Management Recruitment Ideas looked at Scenario Questions at the Project Management Interview, this week we focus on those interviews where you are asked to provide... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Scenario Questions at Interviews
Posted on May 21, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Last week, the Project Management Recruitment Ideas looked at Questions at the Interview, this week we focus on a particular type of interview question, the scenario. Scenario questions are... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Questions at Interviews
Posted on May 10, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet A few weeks ago, I kicked off a series of Project Management Recruitment Idea – Job Interview posts, in this post I want to cover questions at project management... -
Arras + DWP + Technical Support Ensures Results!
Posted on April 27, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Arras People has been providing the Job Search Support Service in partnership with the Job Centre Plus for 12 months now. We are often approached by the job centre... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – The Job Interview
Posted on April 15, 2010 | No CommentsTweet We’ve looked at the application process, the cover note, competency based interviews, brushing up on your project management knowledge and looking after your information so far in this series... -
Tipoffs: A Big Day Tomorrow
Posted on April 14, 2010 | No CommentsTweet A last-minute reminder for fans of great newsletters: Project Management Tipoffs, the project and programme management newsletter from Arras People, will be distributed to subscribing inboxes free tomorrow morning.... -
Where would you go if you thought your interview was discriminatory?
Posted on April 13, 2010 | No CommentsTweet I actually picked up this question when reviewing the stats counter for The Camel. It’s always good to see how people came across The Camel and which posts are... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – Brushing Up on Your PM Knowledge
Posted on April 2, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet We’ve looked at the application process, the cover note and competency based interviews so far in this series of Project Management Recruitment Ideas; this week I’m going tap into... -
Graduate Opportunities in Project Management
Posted on March 26, 2010 | No CommentsTweet Mooching through the web I came across this opportunity at Mouchel within their Government and Business Services (GBS) stream which may be of interest to graduates looking at an... -
Project Management Recruitment Ideas – The Cover Note
Posted on March 16, 2010 | 3 CommentsTweet Last week we looked at the application process in the first Project Management Recruitment Idea and I’m going to stick with the same part of the process because I’m... -
How to Respond to the Changing Project Management Jobs Market?
Posted on March 8, 2010 | 1 CommentTweet Last week I took part in a podcast with the delightful and delectable Paul Naybour and John Bolton of Parallel Project Training where we discussed the changes in today’s... -
Casting Pods with Lindsay Scott
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No CommentsTweet In my worst Chris Moyles impression, download the podcast tomorrow afternoon! Arras People‘s own Lindsay Scott will take questions from Parallel Project Training’s Paul Naybour in his highly-regarded Project Management Jobs Podcast... -
The Lowdown on Job Assessment Centres
Posted on November 6, 2009 | No CommentsTweet If you’ve watched ‘The Apprentice’ or entertainment-oriented shows featuring judging panels, you might think you have a passing idea of what an assessment centre is all about. Really, you... -
Job Interviews: Ways and Mechanisms to Interview for Success
Posted on October 29, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Interviews are the make or break of the job search; No matter how good your CV and career record is to date, the face-to-face (or telephone) interview remains the... -
Monday Morning Links – 26th October
Posted on October 26, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet “You can observe a lot just by watching.” Yogi Berra It’s en vogue and a bit overdone, even for an English blog, to quote Yogi Berra. And though the Hall... -
October Edition of Tipoffs Out Today
Posted on October 15, 2009 | No CommentsTweet With the beginning of a new month comes anticipation. No, not of early Christmas creep (much to the consternation of several businesses) – of the new edition of Project... -
The Job Advisor – Nicola on Assessments
Posted on September 30, 2009 | 1 CommentTweet Once a week, Arras People will give one of our own expert project management careers consultants a chance to answer some of the nagging questions you have about the... -
Project Management Recruitment – Walking into a Beam of Light
Posted on September 25, 2009 | No CommentsTweet You have no doubt heard all about the Job Search Support service Arras has been providing in partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions in support of the... -
The Job Advisor: Nicola on Second Interviews
Posted on September 17, 2009 | No CommentsTweet Once a week, Arras People will give one of our own expert project management careers consultants a chance to answer some of the nagging questions you have about the... -
Showing Up: The Job Interview in Context
Posted on September 7, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet Imagination time… Picture the graduate: fresh and excited to interview for a job opportunity, one that simply did not come along very often in these times of economic woe... -
Some Job Searching Hints Beyond Your CV
Posted on August 12, 2009 | 3 CommentsTweet At Arras People we have been running our JobSearch Support Service for Newly Unemployed Professionals in conjunction with the DWP since the beginning of April. We provide a tailored...
