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April 2, 2025The Hardest Part of Leadership and How New Managers Can Overcome It
Becoming a leader is often seen as a rewarding milestone, yet it comes with challenges that even the most prepared..
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December 29, 2024The Importance of New Year Goal Setting
New Year is obviously a time when resolutions are put in place and we have a clear vision for the..
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October 24, 2024Why Demonstrating Leadership Potential is Crucial for Interview Success
As you ascend the career ladder, landing a senior leadership position becomes about more than just highlighting your past experience...
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October 7, 20247 Interview Tips for Introverts: How to Shine with Your Unique Strengths
Job interviews or boards can be daunting for anyone, but for introverts, the experience can be particularly challenging. The pressure..
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September 26, 2024Top Tips for Demonstrating Strategic Vision and Leadership at Interview
Based on anecdotal feedback from many of my clients over the years, the most difficult aspect of a senior leader..
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September 10, 2024How to Answer “Why should you get the job?” In Your Interview: Top Tips For A Winning Response
Even in a competency based interview the questions “Tell me about yourself” or “Why should you get the job?” are..
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August 27, 2024The Past, Present, and Future Model – Master Unstructured Interview Questions
Unstructured interviews can be challenging. Unlike structured competency based interviews, where questions are predefined and follow a specific order, unstructured..
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August 16, 2024Competency Based Interviews versus Strength Based Interviews
Competency-based interviews and strength-based interviews are two distinct approaches used in recruitment and selection to assess candidates and enable a..
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August 14, 2024The Performance Cycle
I had a long conversation with an candidate yesterday that was similar to many that I have every single week...
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April 6, 2023Remembering What You Did – The Hardest Part of A Interview Process?
Over the 20 years or so that I have been successfully coaching and helping candidates ‘b the best they can..
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March 4, 2023How Much Time Do I Need To Prepare a Competency Based Interview?
A common question that we are asked at bselectedpharma Towers is “How long do I need to prepare for my..
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February 25, 2021How To Smash A Zoom/Teams Virtual Interview
More and more organisations are moving to running their recruitment and selection online, so it’s very prudent to consider a..
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October 29, 2020Just Be Yourself – The Worse Interview Advice EVER!
Let’s be honest, interviews are a very strange concept and very unlike how you tend to speak normally to friends..
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April 20, 2020The Blind Leading The Blind: The Importance of Expert Interview Coaching
Have you got an interview, board or assessment centre approaching in the near future? The chances are then that you..
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January 27, 2020Why Do Great Candidates Fail Thier Selection Process?
Why do I spend all my time coaching candidates to ‘b the best they can be’ and help them perform..
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January 13, 2020Planning For Success
Last year I completed an Ironman consisting of a 3.8k swim, 180k cycle and a 42K run triathlon – a..
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December 16, 20193 Top Tips For Interview Success
The most common question that we are asked here at bselected towers is “What are your top tips for success..
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December 9, 2019Assessment Centre Role-Plays: What’s the big deal?
Role-plays or interactive exercises are often a part of a selection process. So it makes sense to be prepared for..
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December 2, 2019Striving for Simplicity In The Interview Process
Take a look at this definition of simplicity: The contradiction here though is that simplicity, making things easy to understand,..
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November 22, 2019ALF – The Most Important Rule To Smash Your Interview
This is a short but really important blog in order for you to perform at your best at an interview..
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November 12, 2019Marginal Gains In Interview Success
The idea of marginal gains is all about making small incremental improvements in any process that adds up to a..
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September 6, 20193 Simple Presentation Tips
For many candidates the act of standing in front of a board or selection panel can be the most difficult..
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August 25, 2019Interviewer Fatigue – How Does It Effect Your Performance?
Fatigue during an interview is a reality. It creeps up on you making you lose concentration and make mistakes that..
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July 25, 2019Effective Goal Setting
If you have watched athletics or cycling over the years, you may be familiar with the athletes or cyclists talking..
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June 11, 2019Unconscious Bias In Selection
I recently read an article that got my hackles up as it is something I believe is so wrong within..
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May 30, 2019Visualisation & Interview Success
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