What are competency-based questions? Competency-based questions (also known as structured, behavioural or situational questions) are some of the most commonly used in interviews. They are based on the idea that looking at how someone has behaved in the past is the best way to predict how they will react in future situations. Employers also like
Some years back, when I was working as a Retail Category Manager, I was interviewing for a retail analysis role. It was a promotion and the salary was attractive, but it was a job I wanted for all the wrong reasons. My motivations were personal, rather than professional, and my heart really wasn’t fully in
When you’re considering moving roles, one of the best ways to start is by polishing up your LinkedIn profile. With over 21 million users in the UK, LinkedIn is the largest professional network and employers constantly use it to find and vet new employees. Our video will go through how you can use your LinkedIn profile
Marketing Manager is at number one in Glassdoor’s 2018 25 Best Jobs in the UK report. The report is calculated by combining three factors: number of job openings; salary; and overall job satisfaction, giving Marketing Managers an overall job score of 4.5/5. One of the key attractions of marketing as a career is undoubtedly the
At The Tarsh Partnership, we see hundreds of candidates with excellent marketing backgrounds each year who tell us they would like to move into an FMCG Brand Manager job. It’s easy to see why FMCG marketing is so attractive; many people like the idea of working with leading household brand names, as well as working
Recruiters are often accused of simply ticking boxes; that is, matching skills and experience on a candidate’s CV to a client’s job specification, without taking the time to really evaluate how well a jobseeker will work in the role. For unsuccessful applicants, it can be particularly frustrating to be rejected simply because you haven’t got
