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10/09/2022

Understanding yourself

By Drake Editorial Team

When you need a job – particularly when you need one now – it seems like the wrong time to be thinking about “finding yourself”. After all, you have resumes to send out, cover letters to write, and interviews to attend.

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27/02/2020

Matters of the heart – employing candidates based on actual competency and not on feel alone!

By Dave Pattle

February – associated by many with Valentines day and matters of the heart – together with all the commercial trappings that go with it.  While I am not completely opposed to a little sentimentality, we need to guard against losing our heads to our hearts when it comes to the issue of appointments.

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03/10/2016

Who are your top performers? The balloon theory

By Neil I. Clark

Recognizing top performers is vital: They need to be treated differently than the rest because they are special. Everyone is different, of course, but some are more different than others.

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03/10/2016

Identifying high-potential talent in the workplace

By Drake Editorial Team

The key to an organization’s growth strategy and success is identifying and attracting high-potential talent...

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31/08/2016

Can you become a leader by accident?

By Monica Wofford

In promotion and hiring decisions, the rule of thumb is often not a rule at all, but more of a guess...

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19/07/2016

Defining talent in a downturn

By Dr. Robin Stuart-Kotze

The sharp downturn in the world economy has changed the nature of the talent business. It’s suddenly gone from frantically trying to recruit bright and able people to focusing on keeping and developing them.

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