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By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Your LinkedIn Profile Photo - all you really NEED to know about it.

As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana – www.HIREgh.com), my associates and I, come daily across through several hundred of LinkedIn profiles via our candidate sourcing searches and via our very own professional networking too. And we see a lot of things that seem to be common to African profiles, so I decided to write a series of articles aiming to offer my very own humble opinion in the form of advice. This is the first one in a series of postings to come over the next weeks/ year.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,566 views5/5 (1)

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

20-tips on how-to talk with Heahunters

Headhunter is a generic term used to describe recruiters or executive search consultants, usually people searching for senior candidates or people 'really going after a candidate'. Some argue that a recruiter is for low lever jobs, a Headhunter for trained professionals and all Senior Management roles are handled by Executive Search firms. Whatever the case might be, these 20 tips apply universally to anyone approaching you to pre-screen you for a search assignment that they have got from their clients.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

2,090 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

How to get a job with NLP

As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana – www.HIREgh.com), I and my associates come daily across through a variety of candidates whom we prescreen for our clients. Strangely enough and most definitely true, you need a completely different skill- set to get the job, than you need to actually do the job. There is plenty of advice to google on interview techniques. One less known but possibly highly effective method/ skill-set to ace your interview is NLP. NLP stands for NeuroLinguistic Programming. Let me express this in a different way:

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,965 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Practical Linkedin – The Profile Headline.

As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana – www.HIREgh.com), I (and my associates) come daily across through several hundred of Linkedin profiles via our candidate sourcing searches and via our very own professional networking too. And we see a lot of things that seem to be common to African profiles, so I decided to write a series of articles aiming to offer my very own humble opinion in the form of advice. This is the second one in a series of postings to come over the next weeks/ year.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,958 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Practical LinkedIn for us Africans – Keywords II: Q&A

As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana – www.HIREgh.com), my associates and I come daily across through several hundred of LinkedIn profiles via our candidate sourcing searches and via our very own professional networking too. And we see a lot of things that seem to be common to African profiles, so I decided to write a series of articles aiming to offer my very own humble opinion in the form of advice. This is the four article one in a series of postings to come over the next weeks/ year.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,923 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Your Employee Goal Setting and SMART

Employee Goal Setting and SMART By Irene Gloria Addison, Owner of HIREghana

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,777 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Practical LinkedIn for us Africans – Keywords (Part 1).

As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana – www.HIREgh.com), my associates and I come daily across through several hundred of LinkedIn profiles via our candidate sourcing searches and via our very own professional networking too. And we see a lot of things that seem to be common to African profiles, so I decided to write a series of articles aiming to offer my very own humble opinion in the form of advice. This is the four article in a series of postings to come over the next weeks/ year.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,720 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Your CV and Numbers in it.

As an active recruiter (I am the owner of HIREghana, www.HIREgh.com ), my associates and I come daily through several candidates' CVs (we have a repository of 30000+ Ghanaian CVs). Over the years, I have also read several -unfortunately- bad books on CV writing and a lot of outdated online advice. And while there is plenty of advise on what to write and the how-to, there is rarely emphasis on adding 'cold data' on your CV.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,718 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Reality Bites of Job- Hunting

My associates and I at HIREghana (www.HIREgh.com), we posted almost 3 weeks ago an opening for a Personal Assistant (for a CEO). This article is based on our experience with that 'current' job opening (that search is finished as of now). I thought that it would be nice for candidates to have a look at real numbers -at least based on our own experience- on the job market of today! I hope/ I wish that the other recruitment agencies are equally transparent and help all candidates (and employers too) get a better inside into the current Ghanaian Job Market.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,683 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

10 ways to reduce Employee’s Time Waste.

10 ways to reduce Employee’s Time Waste. By Irene Gloria Addison, Owner of HIREghana You might not want to accept it, but the reality is that employee- disinterest (lack of engagement as it is called these days), boredom, frustration and even resentment and disinterest can ‘occupy’ your employees’ minds and hold them back from reaching maximum productivity if any. And let’s be honest… have you never yourself experienced moments where either you or your colleagues were watching the minute hand till it reached closing- time? Employee Time Waste in Perspective

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,665 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Things NOT to write in your CV (or Cover Letter)

As an active recruiter ( I am the owner of HIREghana, www.HIREgh.com ), my associates and I come daily through several candidates' CVs (we have a repository of 30,000+ Ghanaian CVs). Over the years, I have also read several -unfortunately- bad books on CV writing and a lot of outdated online advice. And while there is plenty of advice on what to write and the how-to, there is also good to know what to avoid in a CV... those CV mistakes known as 'CV-Killers'.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,625 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

That Cover Letter....

As an active recruiter ( I am the owner of HIREghana, www.HIREgh.com ), my associates and I come daily through several candidates' CVs (we have a repository of 30,000+ Ghanaian CVs) and (lack of) accompanying Cover Letters. Over the years, I have also read several unfortunately bad books on Cover Letters (why do you need a book to tell someone how to write a simple letter?) and a lot of outdated online advice. So, kindly allow me to offer some brief tips coming from experience. Why a Cover Letter (CL)?

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,566 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Best Practices in Workplace Communications

Communication is undoubtedly one of our basic human needs. And it is even taught at Universities as a separate discipline. Aside that there is an irksome sea of books on the topic; there is definite a plethora of all sorts of books. And the internet is full of articles on strategic internal communications and best practices on how to communicate glorious memos to your employees.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,490 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

HIREghana’s Job Reference Etiquette

We are all aware that whenever we apply as candidates for almost any role, we might eventually be asked for a few employment references from our previous role. And even though they might not be so common for junior and entry- level roles, they are almost the rule for all professional and senior placement. And the same way that you spend time preparing a CV and a Cover Letter, you should also invest a good amount of time preparing a full list of references and keep also a long-term active relationship with your referees.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,477 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

HIREghana’s Job Reference Etiquette

We are all aware that whenever we apply as candidates for almost any role, we might eventually be asked for a few employment references from our previous role. And even though they might not be so common for junior and entry- level roles, they are almost the rule for all professional and senior placement. And the same way that you spend time preparing a CV and a Cover Letter, you should also invest a good amount of time preparing a full list of references and keep also a long-term active relationship with your referees.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,439 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Avoiding Workplace Bias

“Bias at the Workplace - 11 ways to avoid it” By Irene Gloria Addison We are all humans and possibly one of the most human elements in our behavior is bias! And bias comes in so many flavors: it can be based on your tribal origin, where you went to school, where did you grow up, if you have tattoos, your weight, skin colour (tone of it and whether you bleach), your gender, your age, your height, your religion, and so many other things… that list is ‘endless’.

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,335 views

By Irene Gloria AddisonRecently published1 topic

Career Change in 2019?

A Career Change in 2019? Here is the ‘How-to’ By Irene Gloria Addison It is a Brand New Year and some of us might have wished for a Brand New Career in 2019. Is it doable? Of course it is! Over the years, I have read several books and articles on Career Changing, but to my humble opinion, I have not yet seen the definitive Golden Path to career switching. But I do welcome any relevant advice, so I can share it and help people succeed. Meanwhile, may I suggest that you -please- follow these 11 steps bellow? Step 1: Understand why do you want a New Career.r

Primary topic: Career Coach and Career Coaching

Career Coach and Career Coaching

1,320 views

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