Awkwardness of the question ‘What’s Your Current Salary?
Firstly, its not a trick question! As a headhunter Im not just being nosy in wanting to know how much you earn! I understand its a private question and sometimes not easy to answer. The reason for asking is, I need to establish where you are in relation to the…
Welcome to HR 101
As we deal mainly with professionals from the real estate sector we understand that whilst they might be excellent asset managers for example, they may not be experts in preparing a CV or preparing for an interview. The aim of this section is to provide honest (sometimes brutally honest!) and…
Be kind to your departing employees
Losing a good person from your team is never an easy thing to swallow. They are leaving to either go on to bigger and better things for their career or because you`ve not done enough to meet their development ambitions. Whatever the reason, from the day they hand notice employers…
Interview Day. The Dance.
Look, if you are really not interested in the job then why bother accepting the interview at all? Surely you have better things to do?. Ive had cases of people going to interview, leaning back on the chair as far as it goes and pretty much saying to the person…
Tara HRC announces professional CV coaching
Whilst we at TARA HRC are experts in the field of Headhunting for the Real Estate sector in CEE we would never be so bold to say we are expert CV / profiler writers. After numerous requests for assistance with CVs / profiles we have searched the market and found…
Picture perfect CV or not ?
One thing there always seems to be some confusion about is whether or not you should include a picture of yourself on your CV? To set the record straight, there is no obligation for you to include a picture, it’s purely a personal preference. I am personally against the idea…
Apply for jobs you have the experience to do!
1) For senior roles I pretty much know who I want to speak with on the market and 2) I get bombarded with CVs from people who either have no relevant experience for the role or are still a few years short of taking on such a role….. Let me…
Salary levels; Are you at true market level today?
Because the pre-crash levels were inflated and because companies usually could, and did, take advantage of the downturn in the market. 2013 was really the first year where we saw the pendulum swing from an employer driven market back to an employee driven market. What we are left with now…
Apply directly for a job or ask a headhunter to represent you?
Allow me to explain how this works, once you send your CV directly to a company I cannot represent you at that company. Reason? They wont pay a headhunter for the CV of a person they have already received directly from the person. What this also means is that I…
