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Following two years within the business, we are delighted to announce that both Oliver Wales and Oliver Cliffe have been promoted to senior consultants within GCB Recruitment. Both individuals have performed consistently year on year and have transformed their respective desks along with adding value to the business with their constant support and dedication to not only the ...

Of course, everyone lies! We lie to the guy in the coffee shop about how great our day is going, we lie to our colleagues about the exciting plans we have for the weekend that don’t really exist, and we lie to ourselves after having a McDonalds that we’ll work off the extra calories by going to the gym the next day. These are all little white lies we tell ourselves and other...

Here it is again, our annual holiday incentive! The holiday incentive is hugely popular with the consultants and is in its 5th year this year! With previous years locations consisting of Dubai, Berlin and Cyprus to name a few. This year the prize was for an all-inclusive stay in their own private villa on the sunny island of Zante, Greece for a number of days. Following an i...

It’s not always a candidate’s fault when a job interview goes south. Hiring managers can also be to blame! Some hiring managers see the interview process as a waste of their valuable time, while others treat it as a casual chit-chat or more often than not enter an interview with the view of ‘winging it’. Having such approaches are not only unsuccessful but also lead to the c...

Interview preparation…we all know about it, but do you actually do it? If you don’t here's why you should. Interviews are all about preparation, ‘prepare for the worse and hope for the best’ type of situation and good preparation is the essential key to a successful interview. By being prepared will not only make you appear cool, calm and collected but the right preparation ...

Personally, I hate this interview question whenever I’ve been interviewed in the past but now as an interviewer, I understand it’s purpose. But for those of you still undergoing the interview processes, you may share the same feeling I used to have back when I was a job seeker. When you get asked this question there are obvious answers that start swimming around your head. “...