At Snedden Campbell, we have values that reflect our attitude. Chief among them is that forming […]
One of the benefits of working in the post Covid world is the way in which […]
So, you’re an aspiring medical technology specialist, going for your big first job interview and you’re […]
We choose our jobs for lots of different reasons and, although salary is important, it’s rarely […]
With the inexorable rise of AI threatening to reduce humanity to the roll of trussed-up gimps, […]
In a world where nuance and diversity of opinion went out with the Spice Girls and […]
Covid changed the world forever in so many different ways, not least in making it acceptable […]
In a perfect world of our collective, idealised imaginings, where everything always works, processes run like […]
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Does how you are dressed at an interview really have any bearing on the likelihood of […]
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If anything, you were over-qualified for the position. Your answers were informed, fluent and confident and […]
The world of work seemed to simple and predictable for our grandparents’ generation. They worked, generally […]
H from Steps may have his detractors but would even his most loyal fans argue that […]
It started as a dating term in the US TV show Ally McBeal (or Ally McSqueal […]
Headhunters are odd, solitary beasts. We spend years polishing an aura and, above all, not being […]
For many people, January is a time for reflection and resolution – reflection on achievements, and […]
Waiting times, waiting times…oh how we’re all waiting for the time when waiting times improve and […]
With the office Christmas party season in full swing, it seems almost churlish to point out […]
Wherever you look, people are testing themselves for conditions that, a year-or-two ago, they had never […]
There was a time when we had genuine concerns about what we’d do to amuse ourselves […]
When making career choices, the likelihood of us dying on the job might not immediately spring […]
A boss who went viral after driving a job applicant to tears during an interview, brought […]
I don’t know as much about stand-up comedy as I do about business, but I do […]
It’s 20 years since I banked Snedden Campbell’s first-ever cheque – a retainer to find an Assay […]
I went to Art School, you know. I was a dreadfully self-opinionated git and made myself […]
I don’t know about you, but my post-apocalypse vision was that of emerging from the smouldering […]
After many detailed conversations with colleagues, friends and, of course, Ziggy the Office Wonder Dog, we’ve […]
And so we come to some observations about the recruitment business. To the external observer, the […]
From the beginning of time, my dad, Colin, had the Town contract to look after all […]
Well, I’ve had a week off, and here we are in January. I read that the […]
Once again, I’ve been caught out by the 23rd of December. One more shopping day to […]
I’ve written a few times now about navigation as a metaphor for being a decent headhunter. […]
“It’s like a jungle sometimes It makes me wonder how I keep from goin’ under” Carl […]
My job doesn’t have that many occupational hazards being mostly indoors and behind a desk. Okay, […]
A lot is going on at the mighty Snedden Campbell just now so the blizzard of […]
A quick trip to the surface between projects to let you all know that I’m still […]
As soon as they enter the building, all prospective employees* of the mighty Snedden Campbell are […]
In September 1978 I got a lift up to Aberdeen with my pal Kenny to see […]
These days it’s possible to fill a great many column inches on social media posts by […]
At some point over the last couple of weeks, I passed the milestone of writing this […]
Take a wander around an old church pretty much anywhere in Europe and especially in France […]
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I’m pitching this blog to you as a business piece on how even the best idea […]
Would you like to save yourself some time, effort and money? Of course, you would. Read […]
It had been a tough meeting. The kind of board meeting where questions get asked, and […]
The Palace of Versailles was built, in essence, to facilitate networking. It’s a big building designed […]
My route into recruitment was pretty typical. I started with a high street chain who trained […]
I went to art school you know. Amongst other things, I learned that beauty is absolutely […]
These blogs don’t write themselves you know. I have to shoehorn writing all this nonsense in […]
Here I am. Sitting by a swimming pool in the heat. Lovely, except that it’s gone […]
If you want to ride fast in a group make sure you know and trust the […]
As my children grew up, I found that school parent’s evenings slowly advanced from a focus […]
In 1482 a 30-year-old Leonardo da Vinci was sent off from Florence to Milan by his […]
I wrote a throwaway comment on social media the other day: “I think any “leader” unable […]
I’m working up to hiring a new member of the Snedden Campbell team. Between writing a […]
Every five years from the back end of the 1920s to 1991 the State Planning Committee […]
As an exceptionally talented stage magician, Harry Houdini had an interesting job. He was very very […]
Only twice in my time on the LinkedIn platform have I ever written anything that achieved […]
In 1969 when we all wore acrylic jumpers and underwear was made out of fibreglass, my […]
When I took my first job in the recruitment trade back in 1987 there were a […]
Anyway, the inspiration for this week’s piece comes from the people on LinkedIn, frequently in consultancy […]
Through the final 14 years of the 20th Century, I worked for a succession of companies […]
There now follows a story about climbing a hill. It is also a commentary on why, […]
I was visiting clients last week. Tuesday ended in London with an investor friend of mine […]
Between, water polo, #2 Son’s swimming career, headhunting and writing this rubbish I do not really […]
When I go to lunch I make a sandwich and prepare a bowl of soup. All […]
You may have heard of Dick Rowe. If you have not, he was the A&R guy […]
As it happens, I did not have a great week last week. It was a family […]
In all the excitement of setting up the new website and the weekly blog, it seems […]
I have mentioned before that back when Margaret Thatcher was still in charge of Britain I […]
It’s the superficiality that gets me. Endless articles about how Bob or Janice hired the right […]
It’s a curious thing but the posts that I put on LinkedIn with pictures involving people […]
I’ve engineered my business strategy so that from time to time I travel a lot. This […]
Hi! We have a special treat for you today in the shape of a guest article […]
I was out with Ziggy the Ginger Wonder Pup on our local mountain on Saturday. He […]
We can always look back on a rosy past where the shops were clean and tidy, […]
A lifetime ago I had my last job in an industry other than recruitment. I spent […]
I had some decent ideas for this week’s blog: An impending trip to Crete was sparking […]
How I Changed My Mind It was Aberdeen in 1995 and me and my then […]
Before children and sore knees, I used to climb a lot of mountains. Not for me […]
My dad was a clockmaker to trade. Pretty much the only useful business advice I got […]
In the coffee shop two people sit opposite each other nursing Americanos.
Waiting for Snedden Campbell to produce a new website and branding is a bit like waiting for a comet take a trip close to the sun.
I'm very old.
My grandfather Philip's orders for Passchendaele.