As a recruitment agency, Blended Employment deals with a lot of CVs. A large part of our work involves viewing, editing, formatting and sending CVs to and from clients and candidates. Given the sheer volume of documents we have to assess, all of these tasks regularly take...
If there's one thing employers consistently demand from candidates for an open position, it's experience. Of course, there are different kinds of experience employers may be after. They may expect a certain number of years spent in a certain field or equivalent position. They may also expect...
When making your perfect pitch, it's not fun to hear "No" in response. If you've identified a potential client, you already know why your offer is likely the ideal fit for them. Of course, the tricky part is convincing them of what you know. At Blended, we're...
Have you ever had one of those days where everything seems to go wrong? Your phone runs out of battery, your computer dies, you keep making mistakes at work and your car breaks down on the way home. All you want to do is shout at...
In the lightning-fast world of business, professional relationships come and go very quickly. Certain partnerships may last weeks, months or years, but beyond funds changing hands, there may not be a lot of regular interaction between buyer and seller. This isn't anything personal; it's just that the...
On 18 February, Australian Facebook users found their feeds looking a little different: news pages had disappeared. https://twitter.com/7NewsAustralia/status/1362663786717478913?s=20 Long story short, the powers that run the world's largest social media platform decided to give Australia a giant middle finger, objecting to the government's proposed media code which...
In exciting news, Blended recently welcomed a new member to our evergrowing family. We were thrilled to bring in Danny Siedentopf as our latest People's Person, and we expect big things from our work together. Given our bread and butter is finding recruits for other businesses,...
A couple of weeks ago, we touched on what makes a 'Bloody Good Salesperson' - the ideal candidate who has all the necessary skills to make a great salesperson without the usual experience clients look for in a potential hire. Our take made quite a splash...
Over the last year or so, your workload has probably waxed and waned. Going from the pre-COVID era, to lockdown, to the weird in-between zone we now live in makes for some difficult adjustments. Not least are the planning skills we've had to utilise after those lockdowns...
When it comes to making sales, there’s no perfect formula. Human beings have been buying and selling goods and services from each other for thousands of years, but no one has truly cracked the code of a 100% success rate. That means that in any sales profession,...