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How Fame and Fortune Ruined Mike Tyson
Some years ago, while I was attending evening classes studying for my CIPD qualification, I was informed that the new school caretaker was a sparring partner for Mohamed Ali. Now, this guy must have been in his 70s and he look a little frail, and several the students wanted to mess around and do shadow boxing with him, but as he was at work, he wasn’t at all interested. One of the young lads w [...]
February 15, 2019
“We cannot teach people anything; We can only help them discover it within themselves.”
Many years ago, in Thailand there was a temple that was called The Temple of The Golden Buddha. At this temple was a huge golden statue of the Buddha. Word came to this village where the monastery was that an army from a neighbouring country was about to invade. So, they came up with brilliant scheme to cover the golden Buddha with mud and concrete so that it looked like a stone and thus the [...]
February 13, 2019
Is this Dumb or what?!
Recently, I had someone attend my workshop presentation, who on the day was unable to invest the full start-up fee as her money was tied up in a savings account that she did not have immediate access to. So, she paid a deposit to reserve the special offer that we had on the day and agreed to pay the balance to get started the following week. The following Friday she phoned up and said Joe I hav [...]
January 07, 2019
101 Benefits Of Having Your Own Recruitment Agency – Benefit No.16_ Stephen Hawking -Truly Inspirational
World renowned scientist Stephen Hawking recently passed away at the age of 76, but he left behind an amazing legacy that we can benefit from. Sometimes I have people who put off starting their own home-based recruitment agency because English is not their first language. Not being able to wax lyrical certainly was no hindrance to Stephen Hawking. Imagine how hard it must have been to do what he [...]
November 05, 2018
101 Benefits of Starting your Recruitment Agency – Benefit No.15 -Ten Things Successful People Do
Picking up from my last blogpost, I would now like to discuss ten key things successful people do differently. The intuitive answer — that some people are born predisposed to certain talents; however, this really is a small proportion of successful individuals this would apply to. In fact, decades of research on achievement suggests that successful people reach their goals not simply because o [...]
September 20, 2018
101 Benefits of Starting your Recruitment Agency- Benefit No. 14- The Uncomfortable Truth
Sometimes life can seem so unfair. You may have a good education, the right attitude and a sincere desire to make something of yourself. Yet, despite your knowledge, feelings and desires, you continue to lead a life of quiet desperation. By all accounts, you should have so much more than you do, but you seem to receive so little. Then there are those who always seem to receive so much and ye [...]
September 04, 2018
101 Benefits of Starting your Recruitment Agency- Benefit No.13 – No More Alarm Clock…Bliss!
If you hate waking up on someone else's schedule and you are ready to be the one controlling your alarm clock and not a boss, then today’s blog post is for you. Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep Just ten more minutes… Snooze Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep Oh, five minutes more won’t hurt… Snooze Beep, Beep, Beep, Beep Arrrghhh!!! Is this what your Monday is currently lo [...]
September 04, 2018
101 Benefits of Starting your Recruitment Agency- Benefit No.12- Remember the Five P’s!
When preparing a candidate for an interview it is always good to remind them of the five P’s! What are the five P’s? Prior preparation prevents poor performance! Being well prepared will ensure they come across as the best candidate for the job. This will also help your candidate to be better composed, confident and competent. In [...]
September 04, 2018
101 Benefits of Starting Your Own Home-Based Recruitment Agency- Benefit No. 11 – Stop doing what you’re doing
“If you keep doing what you are doing, you are just going to get what you’ve got” I strongly believe that if I can get some momentum behind my offer to bring recruitment to the masses, it will give more and more people the opportunity to have a slice of recruitments £35 billion industry. Yesterday, I phoned someone who had previously attended my workshop to tell [...]