Author Archives: Lois Jamieson

The Big Issues Facing Business — No.1

Recruitment of Staff As many of you may already be well aware it is currently a tight employment market across the nation. There are more employment opportunities than candidates, so it’s a Candidate’s Market. Candidates can be the one’s in … Continue reading

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Why Use A Recruitment Agency

In medium to larger organisations it is common practice to outsource finding of staff to recruitment agencies. Also, many organisations may run their own internal human resource departments and handle the whole process within the company or in collaboration with … Continue reading

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What Can We Do For Employers?

We are here to help companies build great teams. Whether your business has 5 staff or 200 staff we can assist you in various ways to source and develop the right mix of people to help your business prosper and … Continue reading

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What Can We Do For Candidates?

Many candidates have had some pretty poor experiences with recruitment companies – no answers to applications, bland responses and feeling like the consultant just doesn’t care about you. Our aim at Lois Jamieson Recruitment is to improve the quality of … Continue reading

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Resume information for candidates

Useful hints for your resume layout Firstly, there is no one way to present a resume. But the most important thing is that it is clear, concise and easily readable and relevant to the role you have applied for. Many … Continue reading

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Researching Potential Employers

When you are in the market for a new position, it is a real bonus if you can find a role and employer that is going to provide the type of challenges and opportunities that match your expectations. People specifically … Continue reading

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Are you ready to employ, but don’t know how?

Your business has been growing but you are having trouble keeping up with the workload. It sounds like it is time to start to think about how you can continue that growth, but in a controlled and positive environment. Businesses … Continue reading

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Planning Interviews

When planning to interview candidates for any positions, you need to be well prepared and documented. Generally speaking you would probably interview several candidates for the one position. If you are using an external agency to source your candidates and … Continue reading

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Employer’s Obligations

Taking on new employees is a big step for any business. Whilst the relationship between an employee and an employer is primarily a common law contract arising from agreement between the parties, employers have rights and responsibilities under both Federal … Continue reading

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Sales Interview Questions

Customer Focus Ability to effectively meet agreed service levels. Can you give me an example where you ‘went the extra mile’ to deliver on customer service? Have you ever been able to identify a way to improve customer service to … Continue reading

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