The Value of Conversations in SME Recruitment

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The value of conversations in SME recruitment. Why conversations matter more than you might think. How much weight do you give to conversations during your recruitment process? Do you use them to ensure a good cultural fit in your finance recruitment? In SME hiring, it’s easy to focus on the concrete parts of a candidate’s […]

Top Soft Skill Interview Questions To Ask When Recruiting For An Executive Level Role

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When hiring for a senior finance level position – such as Finance Director, Chief Finance Officer or Fractional Finance Director, it’s easy to get caught up in technical skills and qualifications. While those are clearly important – vital even – it’s important to remember that there is a wide range of other skills which are […]

10 tips for stress-free video interviews

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The way we conduct job interviews has changed due to Coronavirus, with in-person interviews being almost completely replaced by video interviews instead.  Although the technology to run video interviews and conferencing has been around for quite some time, it’s only recently become widely used due to Covid restrictions, so many recruiters and hiring managers are much less familiar […]

Alternatives to using Competency Based Interview Questions

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As we eluded to in our recent blog Competency Based Interview Questions, here at Artemis Clarke we’re not big fans of these types of questions. That doesn’t mean there isn’t a time or a place for testing how people will respond in certain circumstances, it’s just that asking for historic examples can favour people with […]

Competency Based Interview Questions

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    In our recent blog Job Interviews – It’s all in the preparation we spoke about the importance of preparing for different interview questions and in particular for Competency Based Questions. Now whilst we’re not massive fans of these types of questions (because they largely test your memory rather than your ability and also […]

Job interviews – it’s all in the preparation

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Everyone knows you need to prepare for an interview, but what exactly does that entail? Here are my top tips for ensuring you are as ready as you can be for the big day. 1. Practice makes perfect It’s a good idea to have a practice run-through with someone you trust – maybe consider using […]

Pick & Mix Advice For An Accountant’s CV

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Your CV can be a tricky little thing, can’t it? There’s so much advice out there that it’s sometimes difficult to know where to start. This, as the title suggests is not a comprehensive guide to CV creation, but a pick & mix selection of the advice my accountancy candidates appear to value the most. […]

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