Anthony McCormack, Author at MacStaff

Diary of a recruitment entrepreneur

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February 9, 2016

Diary of a Recruitment Entrepreneur Pt 1

I am Macstaff founding consultant and Managing Director, Anthony McCormack. This is something I have been getting used to the sound of, just this last week, since waving goodbye to my PLC agency career and taking the plunge as a ‘recruitment entrepreneur’. I have learned a lot through 15+ years’ experience in the recruitment industry. I have witnessed much industry change in this time and a variety of different styles and standards in my industry peer group. Some may say the good, the bad and the ugly! My conviction had been deepening that I could make it on my own […]

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May 1, 2017

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BLOG: Prepare to smash your job interview

Anthony McCormack takes you through several helpful and practical hints to give you the very best chance of being successful at an upcoming job interview. And some are more obvious than you think.

April 1, 2017

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BLOG: Winning while working with a recruiter

Okay, I admit it, of COURSE I am going to say that it is beneficial to work with a recruiter when on a job search. So for the sceptical among you, this blog will show you the many benefits of having someone on your team working for the best outcome for you.

March 1, 2017

Social Media: Best friend or worst enemy?

So as always, but even more so when you are in job search mode, social media can be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on how it is used or abused! I’ll go through a few a few tools/technologies and specific advice, however the over-arching theme here will be to ‘control your online brand’. In the employment market you are the product / solution and you are also the marketing manager for said product. You’re going to want to ensure that ‘product you’ has a high perceived market value and is widely known as effective, reliable and in […]

February 1, 2017

20 quick wins for a killer CV!

So you’ve reviewed your options in the ‘planning your job search’ blog Jan 2017 and decided that moving is definitely your best option? So what next, dust off the old CV, add an entry and bang it out then, right? As somewhat of a recruitment veteran now of 15+ years, I can see that a fair proportion of the time, that that has exactly been the plan. Worse is if the candidate leaves a recruitment agent to update it for them before forwarding it on to the client(s), for speed. This tends to create a document that is potentially too […]