Blogs

Post Brexit Working in the UK   As we know the UK recently left the EU and for better or worse and it’s meaning changes to the Employment of people who aren’t UK Citizens. Some of which are people who might want to apply for jobs on our website.  ...

Blog 5 – The Product   How to Sell Brand:You   This aspect of job hunting is often overlooked for a few reasons which I want to initially confront head-on.   This is about how you position yourself in the job market, and how you want the job marke...

  I want to focus here on how to come across to the market. Which version of you are we going to see and what impact will that have on others.   I’ve felt for a long time we all have these little masks that we wear depending on where we are. I kno...

Over Christmas I read an incredible book by Bob Iger who has had more influence on popular culture and technology than I knew.   He is the CEO of Disney Corporation, was great friends with Steve Jobs and has overseen their acquisitions of Pixar, M...

Blog (2) – Blame Your Parents   My favourite scene in any film ever is halftime in ‘Any Given Sunday’. If you’ve seen the film, you know what I mean it’s Al Pacino, giving the greatest monologue in cinema.    When do you imagine he first got the s...

Blog (1) – Do not keep secrets     Moving forward I would like you to treat your recruitment into a job as a sales exercise.   Whether we like it or not, we are all selling. ‘Lifes a pitch’.   Now, consider the last thing you were sold, what made ...

Introduction to Blog Series:   I’m writing this blog having now worked in the ‘new normal’ for several months now in lockdowns, tiers and such. This is a blog series about how to better approach the Scientific job market to get results. It is all ...

LiCa Scientific has seen a significant increase in the registrations, as well as interviews at our clients. Our June interviews were at a very high level, the busiest June for a number of years.   This level of activitiy is leading to a LOT of con...

      0-4 Minutes - Introductions  5-9 Minutes - Communication and how it works  9-14 Minutes - Your overall impact and how to manage it  15-23 Minutes - How to tell a story / keep answers relatable  24-25 Minutes - Interview questions / breakdown...

As my clients progress their social distancing compliant interviewing, we are seeing more and more phone based interviews. I thought I’d focus on Phone Interviewing as opposed to Video Interviewing as this is a skill area you can train yourself in...