Category Archives: Recruitment Agencies

The pre interview ‘Mirror Technique’

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Use the 'Mirror Technique' to prepare for your interview

Use the 'Mirror Technique' to prepare for your interview

The pre interview ‘Mirror Technique’ is a very effective way to prepare for an up and coming interview.

We are asked every day for advice and information on how to present yourself at interview.

One of the techniques we highly recommend is to sit in front of a mirror and interview yourself.

Another option is to ask a friend or family member to interview you, but this has disadvantages – you can become self conscious, giddy or the feedback may not be too honest! -

A mirror never lies!

This is a very useful exercise for the following reasons -

  • Do you smile enough
  • How much you fidget
  • How much you use your hands and gesticulate
  • To observe your general body language which is 84% effective, or not in an interview situation
  • Are you casual or professional
  • Do you slouch
  • Do you look to the left or right
  • Are you rigid or relaxed

By playing the role of both interviewer and interviewee, you can observe how you come across to others.

This is concentrating on Body Language and in an interview situation, this is all important

Content of your interview is another matter dealt with seperately, but this ‘Mirror Technique’ focuses primarily on how you come across

In many interview training sessions, videotape is used and played back and this is a similar method to see how you sound, look and come across at an interview.

Unfortunatley, many of us do not have the relevant equipment at home to do this, but we all have access to a mirror!

Remember, when attending an interview, practice the ‘Mirror Technique’ beforehand so you are aware how you come across and have given youself the chance to improve anything you are not happy with BEFORE the actual interview.

Good luck!

First impressions last

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CV is your first impression

CV is your first impression

First impressions last and it is rare you get the second chance to get it right.

In this day and age, CV slip ups are simply not allowed.

There is no excuse for a careless or poorly presented Curriculum Vitae – (CV)

If you are serious about your next job, you must be serious about your CV.

Your CV can make the difference between you getting an interview or not.

 

 

One of the most common errors we are seeing on CV’s are spelling mistakes – simple spelling mistakes.

This gives the impression of a job seeker who is rushed, careless and does not have good attention to detail.

Your CV should be your show piece – it is your one document of your life and experience of utmost importance when changing or seeking a new job.

Your CV is a direct reflection of you

I say nowadays as we are in an age of very advanced technology, there is software available to do your CV for you – there is a basic spell check – grammar check and a multitude of sources of reference on the internet to perfect your CV – therefore there is absolutely NO excuse for spelling mistakes on a CV.

We have one here within our website specific to CV guidelines and layout -

http://www.jackiebrownmedical.ie/advice/resources.php?url=advice

Those who take care, time and pride in their CV, recognising it’s significance will be the ones who are called for interview – your CV is a future employers or a Recruitment Agents first impression of you, so remember -

FIRST IMPRESSIONS LAST

Other peoples’ opinions can be dangerous

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Other people's opinions

Other people's opinions

Other people’s opinions can be dangerous – always check it out before making a decision based on them.

We have had 2 recent episodes where our job seekers had been told by other people negative things about the Company they were applying to for a job and nearly pulled out as a result.

This is where word of mouth can be dangerous.

Check out the facts yourself first before making such a critical decision regarding your career and life balance.

Both cases were unfounded and it transpired that these were ex Medical Sales Reps who had left both Companies on a bad note and were both spreading negative feedback about these Companies down the Medical Sales Grapevine.

If you are a job seeker, you need to be very thorough in your methods and your research.

It is okay to hear negative things about the Company you are considering, but check it out – try to get a balanced non biaised opinion.

We are very thorough as Recruitment Consultants within the Medical Industry and will know whether rumours or word of mouth is true or not as we know our Client Companies very well and can therefore advise.

However, it is still imperative you seek out both sides of story and DO NOT let one person’s opinion dictate your career path.

Jackie Brown Medical Expands Once Again

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Jackie Brown Medical Grows

Jackie Brown Medical Grows

Jackie Brown Medical are proud to announce further growth.

Experienced Medical and Science Recruiter Elaine Lambert has just joined our team here at Jackie Brown Medical. Elaine comes to us from Techstaff International Ltd where she specialized in Science Recruitment, specifically Environmental Science recruitment. While at Techstaff, Elaine built up a fantastic relationship with a vast number of clients and is looking forward to working with them once again.

Elaine has 5 years Recruitment experience and is “delighted to be a part of the continued expansion of Jackie Brown Medical”.

Elaine’s science background, medical knowledge and personable nature will make her an invaluable part of the team at Jackie Brown Medical.

Elaine can be reached at elaine@jackiebrownmedical.ie or on (01) 2016363.

Send your CV in Word format only

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Use Word for your CV

Use Word for your CV

For job seekers out there currently in the market, please remember to use only a Word.doc version of your CV to send to Recruitment Agencies.

Word is the most commonly used format and can be edited, changed and read easily.

Client Companies also do not like CV’s to be submitted in any other format than Word.

Other formats eg JPeg or PDF do not look as well, do not copy or edit as well and can take up alot of time to translate back in to Word.

 

If it’s not in Word format, your CV will not get the full attention it should as it will go down the priority list over someone else’s who’s CV is in Word and is good to go.

If you are looking for a job – only send your CV in a Word.doc format so it will get immediate attention and be more appealing to a Client Company

Read the requirements for a job before applying

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Meet the criteria before applying for a job

Meet the criteria before applying for a job

It is always worth reading the essential requirements for a job before applying.

All too often, CV’s are being sent to us by people totally unsuitable for the jobs they are applying for.

There are a number of reasons for this -

  1. Careless
  2. Rushed
  3. Poor attention to detail
  4. Desperate

This creates a bad impression from the outset which is not what you want to give the Recruiter who will be helping you to find your next job.

It also wastes alot of valuable time when a Recruiter gets hit with 20 unsuitable and careless CV submissions before he/she can get to the ones that are suitable.

This may also be the reason why job seekers can feel they are being ignored or not responded to as even the most fantastic Recruiter in the world – all of whom work for JBM!, will eventually lose patience with what are commonly knows as the ‘time wasters’

Applying for a job is a process which requires care, attention and time – never fall in to the trap of just sending your CV out to a multitude of jobs and sites as this will be spotted very quickly as it starts turning up at the same place more than once and will instantly give a bad impression of you

Please always ensure you meet the criteria on the job advert before applying and if you dont – dont apply

Bah Humbug!

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Dont let Ebenezer Lenihan Ruin your Christmas

Dont let Ebenezer Lenihan Ruin your Christmas

Twas a few days before the budget, and all around the house, Nothing stirred, not even a mouse….

What festive cuts can we expect this year and what will it all mean for you and I?  Christmas… Bah Humbug!

Assuming that we don’t all get looted while the law is on strike, we can assume that we will all be a bit worse off, but we were expecting that.  Life will be a bit more of a struggle and, if we were to believe the general theme of the press, one could be forgiven for thinking that this may well be the last Christmas ever – such are the prevailing prophecies of doom for our little isle.

I for one do not think that that the level of doom and gloom is warranted.  I’m fed up of people saying that it’s going to be an awful Christmas.  Have people forgotten what it’s all about?  Did the Celtic Tiger take away our sense of magic?  Santa may well be affected by the budget too and his gifts may be more frugal.  Does that make him any less wonderful than I remember him from my own childhood?

In recruitment we have seen an upturn.  It is not a huge one, but it is an upturn never the less.  Businesses know that if they are not growing and finding new ways to do business better than their competitors, then they are not going to pull through.  The point some people seem to be missing is that a large percentage of our businesses have been through recessions before.  They have the experience to know what is required to pull through it.

All you nurses, doctors and other medical staff know that you are going to be in demand.  Nursing was a popular career choice during the 80′s when nursing offered security above and beyond that of other careers.  With the Celtic Tiger came a feeling of entitlement.  If the country is so rich, where is the share for the front line workers?  But that has changed again.  Now there is nothing.  Nothing?  There is security in a career that will always be in existence, you will always be needed.

It holds true for all medical staff.  Science careers are also more assured than most.  Ireland is putting considerable resources into maintaining and indeed accelerating R+D investment.  Simple economics are at play here (the type that even I have no problem understanding).  More exports = More money coming into the country.  This is the best way of increasing a countries wealth.  So to get more revenue in we need to export. Develop and sell.  The multi-nationals have a huge part to play here too.  They create jobs and even with the tax breaks available to them, they contribute to this land of ours through taxes.

In the 80′s we lost huge numbers of our skilled workforce abroad.  Now, with fewer opportunities in far away lands, we have a wealth of people right here.  If we can tap into our own resources we may just find that we are in a better position than we were back in the days of bad hair styles and leg warmers.

Enough of the bah humbugs!  Let us make merry with what we have and work hard at creating a more affluent new year!

Facebook is taking up more space

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Social Networks like Fcae Book and Twitter continue to grow

Social Networks sites like Face Book and Twitter continue to grow

Facebook is taking up more space at the docklands as news comes of a further 70 jobs being created in the social networking sites head quarters based in the heart of the Dublin Docklands.

These badley needed new jobs are being created in engineering, sales and  finance and are further testament to the growth in social network sites as previously discussed on this blog.

Facebook is based in California and has over 300 million members and over a million members here in Ireland. Those stats alone are seriously worth considering for Irish Medical Recruitment Agencies looking to tap into the current talent pool in Ireland and abroad.

Small wonder that  as previously discussed on this blog, social networks are clearly percieved to be the way forward in future recruitment. Indicative of this were the comments of facebook’s CEO, Sheryl Sandberg, who said at the company’s video presentation yesterday, that the company had not really considered anywhere else other than Ireland because of the number of qualified people here in Ireland.

Ireland has seen a considerable increase in numbers of highly qualified medical, science and R&D professionals looking for jobs in  the fields of Medicine, Science, Research and Development and the recruitment for these jobs is moving further away from traditional jobs boards to the universally available mediums of social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Heres to a brighter more social future.