Recruitment

I’m looking for a personal assistant

by Matthew Stibbe on July 3, 2011

I run a specialist, successful marketing agency (www.articulatemarketing.com) and I am just starting a new online business (www.turbinehq.com). I work from home in Chiswick and I’m crazy busy. I am looking for a permanent, part-time, ‘virtual’ PA to take care of day-to-day administrative tasks efficiently and reliably. By virtual, I mean that you can mostly [...]

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How to get the job you really want

by Matthew Stibbe on April 9, 2009

I ran a computer games company for more than ten years. I read thousands of CVs and did hundreds of interviews. Now, I’m writer-in-chief at a technology marketing company, Articulate Marketing. This article is based on first-hand experience as a hirer and as a professional writer. I hope it will help readers maximise their chances [...]

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How to be a really lousy interviewee

by Matthew Stibbe on August 1, 2007

The most popular search term on Google for this site is “How to interview.” I thought it would be fun to subvert the usual ‘how to…’ post with some some top tips for really screwing up an interview. Arrive late. Shows disrespect and/or incompetence. Also it irritates the other person. (See How I trained myself [...]

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Want a job? Learn to spell (And ditch the Star Trek uniform)

by Matthew Stibbe on August 7, 2006

The BBC report a recent survey by Hertfordshire University. It reveals that poor spelling on an application is the most likely thing to put employers off hiring someone. It alienated 77 per cent of the businesses they interviewed. Having read through thousands of CVs when I ran my computer software busines, I agree but there [...]

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