Research reveals the true price of poor interview preparation.

• Britons have missed out on pay rises worth £2.3bn in the past 12 months through unsuccessful job interviews
• One in three jobseekers failed to get a single offer in the past year
• Poor interview skills are the top reason for lack of success
• 5% prepare for interviews by wearing lucky pants or taking a good luck charm

Here is the press coverage it received…

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I’ve been in a new job for just over 5 months and have found that I can spend a few days working on something only to find that my boss can make 2 phone calls and complete the same task!

Granted he has worked in the job for 10+ years. How do I stop beating myself up about this?

Jon

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I have complete sympathy with anyone who gets nervous at interviews, as last week I was in the hot seat myself, under the studio lights at BBC2′s Working Lunch. I had been invited onto the programme to discuss Jobsite’s new BeMyInterviewer website, offering candidates interview practise with real business bosses from some of the UK’s leading companies such as Dragons’ Den’s Duncan Bannatyne, Ruth Badger of BBC’s The Apprentice fame and Jacqueline Gold, CEO of Ann Summers and Knickerbox.

My part of the program was set up like an actual job interview with the presenters grilling me like an interview candidate; it put an inventive angle on the report as the guys from Working Lunch often do. It was good fun – though I know what side of the interview chair I prefer!

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New partnership increases candidate reach for recruiters

19 February, 2008 – Leading online recruiter Jobsite (www.jobsite.co.uk) and successful regional newspaper organisation, Berkshire Media Group, today announce an exciting new partnership which increases candidate reach and market presence for both brands.

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Leading online recruiter Jobsite and successful regional newspaper organisation, Berkshire Media Group,  announce an exciting new partnership which increases candidate reach and market presence for both brands. Here is the press coverage it received…

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