HOW TO CV – TIPS FROM RECRUITERS
Your CV is the first thing recruiters and potential employers look at, and only 2% of CVs make it past the first round. That’s why you want to stand out and make a difference! Imagine you just found a post with THE job of your dreams and you only have one chance to make that great first impression. You have to make sure that your CV does a great job representing you are, […]
21 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 – PART III
Yessss! I got to the 3rd and final part of my challenge where I’ll focus on how the way we live and work changes even more in 2021. Cause let’s be honest, virtually no one could have predicted in January or even February 2020 what the world we live in now would look like. Ok, maybe Bill Gates, but he’s definitively NOT mainstream 😉. The ☀️ is out, and […]
21 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 – PART II
Hi there, welcome back 😊. Today I will be sharing more thoughts on where 2021 is heading in comparison to 2020. This time the focus will be on the impact of on our Social life, Personal care and Leisure. Let’s start with the Social side of our lives: Then there’s the way that we have been taking Personal Care of […]
21 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 – PART I
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the great challenge that I received from the @M18 team to come up with 21 differences between 2020 and 2021. I’ll start with my more generic predictions that impact all of us, not just our target audience such as hiring companies, job seekers and interim managers… First, the ones that impact […]
21 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 2020 AND 2021 – INTRODUCTION
The end of each year and the start of the next one is always a great opportunity to reflect. This year is no different, on the contrary! No one will deny that 2020 has been a life changer! Everyone’s world has been turned upside-down, and nothing will ever be the same again! As if last […]
RECRUITMENT AND DATING PART 2 – GHOSTBUSTERS
Great ! You finely made your way through the pile of interesting profiles. You’ll now be able to make a short list consisting of four candidates or maybe just that one perfect match. Well, the best thing to do then is to meet, have an in-depth screening and get a more wholesome view of who they are, their personality, their skills and most of all if they are compatible. Just like in recruitment, […]
RECRUITMENT AND DATING PART 1: PREPARATION IS KEY
Looking for the perfect match is never easy. One might have a list of requirements bigger than the great wall and have unrealistic expectations, while another has none. Some people take great pride and effort in creating the perfect profile, and it shows! As a firm we try not to focus solely on the CV, because this little summary will never be able reflect all the hard and […]
RECRUITMENT AND DATING PART 3 – A WORKING RELATIONSHIP
Congrats! You found the one. After matching and mismatching with a few frogs, you found your prince(ss)! Contrary to what some agencies/people may think, this is where the real work starts. As everyone that has had a long term relationship knows, you have to put in effort every step of the way. By asking for the advice of experts (my colleagues), I […]
M18 MEETS INTERIM MANAGEMENT
With Interim Management, M18 recently added a new service to their offer. The idea is to give an added value to our customers in organizing their staffing resources. You might ask why? Or why now? Of course we have thought this through :), so let’s take you back to how it all started! Vivian and […]
IT’S TIME FOR THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
10-9-8-…-3-2-1: TAKE OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We at M18 are very pleased to announce our new business activity called: Interim Management. M18 has been connecting prominent companies with high qualified professionals for over 20 years. With our specialisations Executive Search and Talent Recruitment, we helped many young potentials and experienced directors at C-level in finding their way towards […]
