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Using social media effectively

Recruitment in the modern world - September 26, 2023 11:00 - 15 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Our work at FJ Wilson Talent Services is concerned with social media in two ways. The first (perhaps more minor way) concerns our own use of social media; the second concerns our stakeholders'. In this episode, we reflect on the characteristics of effective use of social ...

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How talent agencies work: content production with Bart Hallmark

Recruitment in the modern world - August 29, 2023 15:00 - 15 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. We explore the work of an agency by ...

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How talent agencies work: interviewing and media, with Sherah Beckley

Recruitment in the modern world - August 09, 2023 08:00 - 13 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. We explore the work of an agency by ...

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How talent acquisition works, with Fiona Wilson

Recruitment in the modern world - July 31, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. In the previous interviews, we've fo...

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How talent acquisition works: the Comms role

Recruitment in the modern world - July 20, 2023 11:00 - 16 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. Here, in the fifth interview in the ...

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How talent acquisition works: the Recruitment Administrator role

Recruitment in the modern world - July 18, 2023 10:00 - 14 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. Here, in the fourth interview in the...

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How talent acquisition works: the Researcher role

Recruitment in the modern world - July 11, 2023 14:00 - 15 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. Our series, How Talent Acquisition Works, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. Here, in the third interview in the ...

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How talent acquisition works: the Resourcing Partner role

Recruitment in the modern world - July 07, 2023 07:00 - 10 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. This series, How Talent Acquisition Work, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. In this, the second interview in the...

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How talent acquisition works: the Account Manager role

Recruitment in the modern world - July 05, 2023 08:00 - 15 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. This series, How Talent Acquisition Work, is designed to contribute to the development of such empathy. In this, the first interview in our ...

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How talent agencies work: view from the inside

Recruitment in the modern world - June 30, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Talent agencies contribute most effectively to talent acquisition when there's an empathy between agencies and their stakeholders. In particular, it really helps when employers and individuals (job-seekers, candidates) are given a window into how an agency works - and wha...

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How to improve recruitment practices: Afrah Qassim of Savera UK

Recruitment in the modern world - June 13, 2023 10:00 - 17 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Hearing how organizations have worked to improve their recruitment practices can be both fascinating and instructive. Savera UK is a leading charity working to end ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA) and other culturally specific abuse and harmful practices in the UK. It campaign...

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Reviewing your website: a non-technical guide

Recruitment in the modern world - May 17, 2023 11:00 - 12 minutes
Anthony Haynes (pictured) writes: As part of our work with clients and prospective clients, we study employers' websites carefully. One clear conclusion: the quality and user-friendliness of employers' websites varies hugely! In this episode we outline some straightforward criteria that non-tec...

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How to improve your meetings: with Carrie Goucher

Recruitment in the modern world - May 04, 2023 10:00 - 30 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: If you find that meetings don't make an undue demand on your time and that the meetings you attend are invariably engaging and productive, you don't need to listen to this episode. If, on the other hand, you live on planet earth, this episode might help to reduce your blo...

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Timeblocking and Energy & Attention - calendar management

Here's an idea worth playing with - April 10, 2023 08:06 - 8 minutes
In this episode I talk about using your calendar wisely by time blocking but offer some caution - simply filling your calendar with "stuff" often doesn't take account of your energy and attention. Some activities give energy, some deplete and all are vying for your attention.  SUPPORTI...

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Dealing with emails

Here's an idea worth playing with - April 03, 2023 08:03 - 7 minutes
In this episode I share ideas on dealing with email, why it won't go away and how we can still get our job done without being distracted by email.  SUPPORTING INFORMATION: The communication super power workshop The weekly newsletter - If you enjoyed this you can find a lot more in th...

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Talent acquisition and business development: rethinking in action

Recruitment in the modern world - March 30, 2023 14:00 - 11 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: In a previous episode, we reviewed a business podcast that made a big impression on us - Drew McLellan's Build a Better Agency. We mentioned that we liked the thinking on business development ('bizdev'), particularly the ideas explained in Drew's interview with Dan England...

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Why (the right) deadlines are helpful

Here's an idea worth playing with - March 27, 2023 08:02 - 6 minutes
In this episode I share why the right deadlines can really drive momentum and help us get things done. Without deadlines work could meander on and we also can't hold ourselves accountable.  Deadlines are helpful but the wrong type of deadlines (i.e. those made up for no reason) will dr...

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Prioritise your work by visualising it

Here's an idea worth playing with - March 20, 2023 09:00 - 10 minutes
In this episode I explain why visualising your work is the first step to prioritising it, controlling it, talking about it and making trade offs about it. After you see it all, and you stop crying at how much you're taking on (or expecting from your team), you can start to make decision...

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Providing a talent acquisition service: beyond the traditional model

Recruitment in the modern world - March 16, 2023 10:00 - 8 minutes
How are talent services organised - and, crucially, what does that mean for clients, i.e. the employers and hiring managers using agencies? In this episode, we look below the bonnet of talent acquisition. We examine two models: a traditional (linear) model and a modified model. The latter is r...

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Be more effective with this powerful question - what problem are we trying to solve?

Here's an idea worth playing with - March 13, 2023 08:56 - 8 minutes
In this episode I share a powerful question to ask in work and life that helps us decide whether we're doing the right work.  Be more effective in your everyday work by asking these brilliantly powerful questions, starting with the most powerful one: "What problem are we trying to sol...

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The Pillars of Life

Here's an idea worth playing with - March 06, 2023 08:52 - 16 minutes
In this episode I share the 6 pillars of life, plus why there is an ongoing tension between them that needs managing and how we must be aware of this before it's too late. There are 6 pillars of life, as I define them: Health Family Productivity and Effectiveness Money and Finance ...

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Improving the recruitment process: the effect of reflective practice and action learning

Recruitment in the modern world - March 03, 2023 11:00 - 13 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Frankly. when it comes to recruiting staff, many organisations use the same process over and over (seemingly regardless of how successful or otherwise it proves). But supposing you don't do that? Supposing, instead, you engage in reflective practice and action learning - ...

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How to thrive in your career

Here's an idea worth playing with - February 27, 2023 08:00 - 32 minutes
In this episode I share 10 valuable lessons I've learned whilst trying to thrive in my career. And this doesn't just mean thrive at work - it means managing the tension between work and life. This is a keynote talk that I usually run at conferences. I recorded this especially for this ...

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An introduction to the basics of effective communication

Here's an idea worth playing with - February 24, 2023 10:17 - 8 minutes
Welcome to the Cultivated Podcast recorded on a personal retreat - In this episode I share a primer and introduction into the basics of effective communication.  I talk about Purpose, Audience and Context and share why having too many of each is a recipe for communication disaster.  S...

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The 10 Behaviours of Effective Employees

Here's an idea worth playing with - February 23, 2023 15:54 - 32 minutes
Welcome to the Cultivated Podcast recorded on a personal retreat - In this episode I share the 10 behaviours that I've seen effective employees demonstrate at work. I break each one down and share why this behaviour is so important. Here are the 10 behaviours I have identified talented...

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Become smarter with a Personal Knowledge Management System

Here's an idea worth playing with - February 23, 2023 15:49 - 16 minutes
Welcome to another episode from my personal retreat - and in this episode I share how I use my Personal Knowledge Management System. The key to becoming smarter at work and life is learning how to learn. One way to aid this is in the development of a solid and robust learning managemen...

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Writing EFFECTIVE emails: the 6 key points

Recruitment in the modern world - February 15, 2023 12:00 - 18 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Any literate person knows how to write an email. But writing effective emails is another matter. The frequency of complaints about people not reading emails, or not understanding them, or not responding properly suggests that there's scope for development! In this episod...

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Build a better agency: A management resource that produces results

Recruitment in the modern world - January 23, 2023 11:00 - 9 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: The purpose of this episode is simply review what we consider to be an outstanding business resource, namely the Build a Better Agency podcast, presented by Drew McLellan and published by Agency Management Institute. FJ Wilson's Managing Director, Fiona Wilson, and I have...

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What experience do your candidates really need?

Recruitment in the modern world - January 05, 2023 10:00 - 10 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: Job descriptions, and the advertisements based on them, frequently specify the kind of experience that candidates must have - "candidates must have 3 years' experience of..." or "candidates must have worked for such-and-such kind of organisations". Such specifications can...

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Job interviews: how to perform well as an interviewee

Recruitment in the modern world - December 14, 2022 12:00 - 14 minutes
Anthony Haynes writes: This episode is entirely practical in nature. Sherah Beckley and I discuss ways to help ensure that you perform effectively at a job interview. As has become our custom, we provide a bronze, silver, and gold tip - but here we also (for the first time ever!) a platinum pi...

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