Author Archives: Jeannine Dickie

How-To-Guide for Redefining the Candidate Journey

Congratulations and thank you for sticking with us on this job search odyssey!  We have reached Step 5 this month and it’s the final step in the How-To-Guide series. In this simple (but complete) How-To-Guide for Job Seekers, we’ve walked you through the application process from Step 1:  C.V Writing,  Step 2:  Where to Apply […]

How-To-Guide for Redefining the Candidate Journey: Step 4 – How to Get Ahead in Your Job Search through Reference Checks

Read this simple (but complete) guide to understanding how to select the best referees to support your job application, the purpose of reference checks, the POPI (Act) permission, and pitfalls of background checks. Three Actionable Reference Selection Tips: It’s polite and professional to ask for their permission to be listed as a reference contact. Confirm […]

Hire Power’s The Resource | March 2021 | The Virtual Edition

Meet our team as we Flip the Script CoVid has robbed us of that “skin-factor” – the feeling you get when you meet someone for the first time. Meeting someone in person is always more interesting than over a telephone call or via email. For our health and yours, our team still prefers to interview […]

How-To-Guide for Redefining the Candidate Journey: Step 3: How to Master the Video Interview

For several months in 2020, face to face meetings were not permitted (well at least not during the L5 and L4 lockdown periods). Virtual interviews have become increasingly popular over the years, but this is yet another stage in the recruitment process that has changed drastically due to the pandemic. In Step One: we dealt […]

Celebrating International Women’s Day | IWD 2021

Here it is once again: The International Women’s Day on March 8th! For this special day, we have some inspiring quotes for you from the hearts of some beautiful women in our Talentor International network. For more than a century now (the first gathering was held in 1911), The International Women’s Day on March 8th […]