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The Key To Landing an Interview

Finding a job is one of the most stressful situations one can find oneself in. If you are looking to land your first position it can be very intimidating. You have no idea what to expect. Your resume can seem thin and you do not have many networking contacts.


Investment and Career Opportunities in Africa

The Chronos Group has been committed to Africa for a decade. Chronos sees Africa as one of the most dynamic and exciting areas in which to operate. We are recruiting for a series of oil and gas companies throughout Nigeria, Morocco, Libya and Algeria; telecommunications companies in Nigeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Ethiopia, and Senegal; hotels and lodges groups in Kenya and Tanzania; mining conglomerates in Niger and Namibia, energy companies in Egypt and a whole series of businesses in South Africa ranging from satellites to defense to mining. Our latest venture in 2010 includes 10 projects in agribusiness, milling, refining, solar energy and waste management in Uganda.


E-spying on Potential Candidates

Let"s consider a few things on both sides of the table:

1) If you actually did see one of your potential candidates doing drugs, passed out from a wild night or dealing with cult groups, would you really hire them. I know that might be going a bit far but really?

2) Is it legal to deny someone a position because you found out something "behind closed doors" that had nothing to do with their work life?

3) Would you be concerned that the negative information you do find out would be detrimental to your business?

4) How would you feel if they wanted to check you out as a hiring authority?

5) If you don"t do this, then how could you have prevented a bad hire if this hire negatively impacts the business?

I have a little story! I did the usual reference check and my client did a full background investigation on a candidate that was hired. Little did we know that this person was a little on wild side and literally decided to harass the women but at an overnight training ran down the hall in a drunken stupor in his underwear. Yes this did really happen. I was HORRIFIED!

Maybe people don"t feel that the internet is real. Now with I don"t know how much is this crazy obsession to get 15 minutes of fame or need to be accepted is so strong by the younger generation that they do not care about the future of their professional life by allowing a lot of this hit the internet or not but everyone should know regardless of age, that these needs can very well come with real ramifications.

All of this to say, do we use everything we can to prevent a bad hire or are the stakes just not that high?






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