Do not underestimate transferable skills

Do not underestimate transferable skills

​It is believed that recruiters and hiring managers skim through CVs in seconds in search of those skills that best match the brief. What is often overlooked, however, is the importance that transferable skills recover and that recruitment professionals and employers...
The cost of lost opportunity in recruitment

The cost of lost opportunity in recruitment

Uncovering the impact of recruitment on the bottom line We’ve all heard the saying “time is money” and that could not be more true. Especially in a COVID19 world. It’s great to see that companies are hiring and growing their sales team again. However, with hiring...
Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship

Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship

The saying by Thomas J Watson (the OG CEO of IBM) “if you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate” could not be truer. We all know sales is a tough gig, it requires a lot of experimenting which means that 9 times out of 10 you will fail and fail a...
The science behind fear and cold calling

The science behind fear and cold calling

Have you ever heard of Atychiphobia? Neither had I, until recently. It’s a medical term I stumbled across recently. It immediately inspired me to write about it and share my thoughts to all sales candidates and professionals,  since most of us at some point in their...
Why aren’t there more women in sales?

Why aren’t there more women in sales?

Client Solutions Executive, Fhiona Lamb, tells us why sales can be a fantastic career opportunity for women. My Story Just like many of us who falls in a career that has zero relevance to what they studied at university, business development and recruitment was never...