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Author: Laurence Stubbs
Recruitment

Should You Ever Accept a Counteroffer?

It happens. An employee hands in their notice, and an hour later, they are in a room with their manager and talking about a salary they had been told a month before was impossible.

Suddenly, they are important and indispensable. They are vital for the future success of the company, and management has found the budget.

To the employee, it feels great. It’s validation for all their hard work. It feels like a win. Or is it?

So, what is a counteroffer? Why do they get made, and what both sides usually get wrong about them?
Recruitment

Where Have All the Entry-Level Jobs Gone?

For years, experts debated which workers artificial intelligence would most displace. The answer is becoming harder to ignore: not senior professionals, but the people just starting out—the graduates, analysts, and junior associates who were supposed to be the future of their industries. Recent research makes this picture disturbingly clear.
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Is Your Referee Ready? Why a Surprised Reference Could Cost You the Job

You’ve aced the interview. You’ve sent the thank-you note. Now, the hiring manager asks for your references. Most candidates treat this as a formality—a final box to be checked.
This is a mistake. In my experience, a hesitant or unprepared reference is one of the most common reasons a “sure thing” offer falls through at the last minute.
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5 Mistakes to Avoid When You Send a CV to a Recruiter

Here’s the thing: most of the CVs that recruiters read are terrible. It may sound like a hard thing to say, but it’s true. A recruiter might get 100 CVs, perhaps five of them are OK. Enough said.
If your CV isn’t getting results, it might be due to one (or more) of the following five reasons:
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Executive CVs – Dos and Don’ts

At the very centre of it all, today’s modern and most effective CVs combine data with narrative.

Job seekers are realising that a CV isn’t just a list of responsibilities, it’s a marketing document. Having a CV with a clean design, tight storytelling, and hard data helps land an interview faster.

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