Dyscalculia is “a disability resulting in difficulty learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, performing mathematical calculations and learning facts in mathematics.”

I started in recruitment in July 2010, as a “multilingual recruiter”. By December 2010, I was yearning to move into IT recruitment. Why? Well, in order to hit my monthly target, I had to make 7 placements, whereas my IT colleagues had to make 1.5.

The internet is full of articles about how recruitment these days is very similar to online dating. As a recruiter who was online dating before the global pandemic put a halt to socialisation with strangers, let me tell you: Online Dating = Recruitment.

Seriously, why do people hate recruiters so much?   I have gathered 6 reasons candidates hate recruiters, and I’ll try to give you a behind the curtain peek at the work of a recruiter, so hopefully you’ll change your mind.

Raise your hand if you’re an agency recruiter and have never heard a manager or a director utter the dreaded "when I was a recruiter, I was a half-million biller"...

Dear Chloé from 2010, I know you've just started as a recruiter a couple of weeks ago, and I thought that in my (now) great wisdom, I would share with you 20 things that I've learnt that would have made my life a lot easier if I had known them before.

Personal branding... What’s in it for me? It takes too much time. There’s no immediate return on investment… I hear you, but here are 7 reasons you should work on building your personal brand today.

Looking back on my almost 10 years in recruitment, hiring managers often make your day or make you miserable. How you manage your relationship with them quite often decides how successful you're going to be as a recruiter.

Let me share with you some more of the resources that help me every day become a better recruiter: other recruiters who share their thoughts and content!

If you're new-ish to the world of recruitment, then this article is for you! If you're an experienced recruiter but you don't network much with other recruiting people, this should also help you.