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Learning Life Skills in the Chippy Two Nights a Week!
Before I left education I just wanted to work and earn some money! I had the usual paper round, babysat, worked in a chippy two evenings after school and at a busy café all day Saturday. All the above…
Life in 2009 - the end of the decade
The year was 2009, Obama had just been named as the 44th president of the United States, Avatar made its way into cinemas and Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift’s speech at the VMAs. But can you reme…
Struggling to get past the first interview stage?
Our research shows that only 1 out of 3 first stage interviews got to the 2nd stage. This obviously means that 2 out of 3 candidates, unfortunately, miss out on their dream role. Frustrating we know.
3 Do’s and Don’ts of Handing in your Notice
Here at Network Marketing we speak to people moving on in their careers day in, day out, and we know how daunting this can be, in particular the thought of resigning. If your boss scares you at the be…
5 Great Things about Working in an Agency
At Network Marketing we often get asked the question “What’s it like to work in an agency?”. Obviously there’s a host of different answers to this question and different agencies operate in different…
Common Interview Questions Exploded!
Having run our recruitment businesses for 20 years it's understandable that we take for granted the experience we have of questioning candidates and of the interview process. What can be a
Mourinho vs Jones - Football vs Rugby
The result of a certain type of management style is always a difficult thing to quantify. After all, which is best? The rant and cuddle or the cool, calm and collected? Let's take Jose Mourinho.
Marketing’s Most Wanted Candidates: January 2016
Looking for a new job is consistently in the top 10 for new years resolutions and 2016 won't be any different. We looked at the most in demand people in the marketing industry based on a survey of 10…
Essential Interview Preparation - What Song Should I Listen To?
We’ve all had that moment standing in front of the mirror with our headphones on, feeling like a true Beyonce. But have you ever wondered what those notes and harmonies are doing to your brain? It has…
Ever Been Spooked At An Interview? Here Are Our Top 5
The interview has to be the stage in the recruitment process where the nerves really kick in for most candidates. In the spirit of Halloween, we thought we’d ask some of our candidates what parts of t…
Struggling with the CV? Make it Shine.
We spotted a lovely app called Shine that transforms your CV in to an infographic. We like the idea visually and for our creative brothers and sisters over at The Book it could work well, but if you'r…
Relocation, Relocation Relocation….Moving To Manchester
I have lived in various cities so far in my life, York, Barcelona, London, Leeds and most recently Manchester. All of which have something unique to offer and cities are great places to be: art, cultu…
How to Dress for a Job Interview - A Gentleman's View
The interview. The one chance you've got to impress on your future employers your suitability for a place in their business or organisation. Half an hour in which you need to be witty, charming and kn…
Great Career Advice from an old Sage in PR...
If you recently graduated with a degree in a particular marketing discipline you could be excused for wondering how relevant it is to the shifting sands of our industry. If you think the pace of chang…
Day 10 - What NOT to do in Interviews
Well, we've made it to Day 10 of our Top Tips for your Career in 2013 - if you've missed any of them then get started here. If you're serious about your career we guarantee you'll get real benefit fro…
Day 9 - Getting the most out of Recruitment Agencies
Thanks for joining us again as we approach the conclusion of our 10 Top Tips for your Career in 2013. Hopefully you've found the advice we've been sharing of use and more importantly, hope you've put…
Day 8 - Preparing for an Interview
Attending interviews can be a worrying and stressful part of the job-seeking process however, trust me, if you don't perform well at interviews you will rarely get the job. With that stark fact in min…
Feel The Fear and Start That New Job!
So you have gone through the gruelling process of interviews pumped with adrenaline and armed with a hard core powerpoint presentation and succeeded above your competitors.. congratulations on your ne…
Day 7 - Build Skills to Help Your Career
Phew - we're fairly rattling through our Top Tips for your New year Career and we're already on Day 7. Here we'll be talking about how to shore up those skills and experiences that may be preventing y…
Day 6 of Planning Your Career - Network, Network, Network!
Now we've got to Day 6 you should be well on your way to having your skills identified, companies that you want to work for nailed, the CV perfected and on-line profile polished. So what's next? It's…
Day 5 - Top Tips on Managing Your Profile Online
Here in Day 5 of our "Top Tips for a Successful New Year Career" we're talking about the importance of your profile on-line as part of your job search. Many job seekers still ignore the importance of…
Day 4 - It's Time to Look At The CV
Having evaluated our skills and experiences in our Day 1 blog post and then looked at identifying your ideal career direction and companies in Day 2 and Day 3, it's now time to take a long hard look a…
Day 3 Top Tips on Finding Your Ideal Next Company
So, we've talked so far in Day 1 about identifying your specific skills and experiences and in Day 2 about deciding on a realistic next career step and a bit on career planning. Today we're looking at…
Day 2 - Deciding on a realistic next step in your career
What you do really want to do in the next step of your career? Have you always wanted to work in a particular industry, do you want more autonomy, do you want to change discipline? But... is it realis…
Top 10 Tips for a Successful New Year Career
We know that many people start the New Year with a vow to look at their careers and make a change for the better. With that in mind, we've written our Top 10 tips for a successful New Year Career. We…
Day 1 Understanding your skills, knowledge and experience
In the first of our series of Top 10 tips we're publishing a new article each day to help with your career development. We're kicking off the series helping you understand your own skills, knowledge a…
Beware those New Year's Resolutions...
It is not unusual for people to usher in a new year with more than a glass of their favourite tipple. The turn of the year is often coupled with a resolve to move onwards and upwards. For many people,…
Your Guide to the Perfect CV - Top 10 Tips
It's the question we get asked the most as a recruitment business - "What makes a perfect CV?" Whilst there are many interpretations of 'great CV's' we think we're pretty well positioned with over 100…
If at first you don't succeed...
We love this blog on Business Insider, it’s all about famous very successful people who experienced failure at first. Did you know that Marilyn Monroe's first contract with Columbia Pictures expired b…
Will 'Super-Connected Cities' Mean More Working From Home?
Last month Culture Secretary Maria Miller announced a £115 million broadband pot that, theoretically will create 10 ‘super-connected cities’ and the list includes Leeds and Bradford, Manchester and Ne…
Creative CV vs Career Blunder
Being a professional recruiter, the part of my job that I love the most is being able to help candidates present themselves in the most positive way possible to a potential employer and watching them…
Our New Playlist Of Helpful Videos For Job Seekers
Over the past year or so we've built up a bit of an arsenal of helpful videos for job seekers here at Network Marketing Towers. Some have been created specifically for our business, others are where w…
Be passionate about your CV
Here at Network Marketing Towers we receive many CV's each day of varying quality. If you've seen our CV Writing skills video you'll know what makes a CV great and what you should avoid. So , when m…
A Question of Location - is it important in today's Agency market?
Today The Drum published a really insightful feature piece on the importance of location in today’s marketing industry. It raised the question of whether or not new communication technologies and flex…
