Posts by Paul Hamilton

  I hope you’ve all had a fantastic week. Thanks for joining our Hamilton Professional Affiliate Program. I look forward to gratefully paying you multiple $1,000 referral fees! I have been asked by a couple of people what the conditions are. It’s very simple. Your Referral only needs to get through their probation period and…

We spend a big chunk of our week at work, so if your manager is driving you crazy, you have to ask yourself if it’s really worth it, that perhaps there’s a better opportunity out there. You are being reasonable in expecting that on most days, your work is a place you are happy to…

5  Critical Tips for Helping your Placed Candidate Resign from their current role   So you’ve made a placement ! Congratulations. You’ve worked hard to make a successful match between your client and candidate. You have made sure there has been a formal written offer which has been accepted and signed, but your job is not…

The cynics out there might say such a creature does not exist – a recruitment consultant that hasn’t bounced around from one agency to another – but yes they do* – and when they have a look outside their comfort zone, they are more often than not, surprised at how things are done at other…

One of the first questions I get asked at every meeting with Clients and Candidates is: “How’s the market”. 2015 has been an exceptionally busy year. It’s been the first time in a long time that we have seen consistent demand across all white-collar industry sectors for experienced Recruitment Consultants. We cannot find enough experienced…

Recently I interviewed Harriet Tommany-Hall. Harriet has been as extremely successful Recruitment Consultant over a number of years. I recently noticed on her LinkedIn profile that she’d had a short stint in Internal Recruitment before returning to her current employer in Agency. I often get experienced Agency Recruiters asking if I’ve got opportunities available in…

We are a proactive Recruitment company. We don’t use Seek or any other job boards to attract Candidates. We Headhunt all day every day. I find one of the best times to approach Candidates is three or four months into their tenure because so many new starters are promised the earth during the interview process…

I am absolutely staggered by the number of experienced Recruitment Consultants who come to me looking for a new job who have put no time and effort into their LinkedIn Profile. The first thing my clients will do when I speak to them is type your name into LinkedIn Search before even asking for your…