I’ve just finished week 3 of my career ready placement here at Connected Talent. Each week has been better than the last. I can feel myself becoming more and more comfortable in the office environment that had seemed very daunting before this experience. Before starting......
It is the end of my second week here at Connected Talent and I feel that I am doing great. I am getting a better feel for the busy business environment and its’ real life challenge. I have witnessed how Connected Talent calmly and......
My name is Ethan Roddy, I have just turned 18 and I am currently studying a Level 3 Extended Diploma in Information Technology at the North West Regional College. I hope to go on and study Business and IT at Ulster University and as......
From one millennial to another… I was born in 1995, making me one of the work places hot topics; a millennial. I graduated June 2016 and my interview process took two stages; one initial informal conversation and then I was invited back to do a......
I loved Star Trek as a kid (and as an adult but I only wear my Cling-on mask at the weekends or for the occasional alcohol induced fancy dress party) but I was always amazed at the fact anyone heading down to the planet on......
We all remember the 1990 classic Pretty Woman. Essentially Hollywood’s incredible ability to turn LA’s bleak and horrendous sex trade into a romantic classic delivering one of the largest box office takes of all time… only as Hollywood can. Hollywood dark arts aside I recently......
A number of months ago I started a personal transformation programme (A12 programme for anyone interested.. its bloody fantastic) – more to follow in later blogs (with possible pictures.. I know … be still your beating heart :)) – but essentially a focus on becoming......
Like most business owners in Northern Ireland I awoke this morning like a cross between a startled rabbit and a confused meerkat. As a Recruitment and Talent Consultancy business owner with a HQ in the North West and a significant amount of business, clients and......
We work in world that doesn’t always enjoy the highest levels of respect. Minimal regulation, minimal types of relevant third level qualification and quality assurance ensures a difficult landscape which can allow bad practice to flourish with the actions of the ‘talent rascals’ impacting on......
Looking at our Bullhorn ATS it would appear those candidates who remain in a live recruitment process for longer than 45 days are 62% less likely to secure or take up a position with that particular client than candidates who have been in process for......