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Our search consultants have unparalleled knowledge of the Broadcast & Video Technology market, together with an extensive network of contacts. We are often able to gain access to the unrivalled talent before they reach the open market, with complete discretion.
JWB Associates is a completely independent and privately owned company, consequently the advice we provide to clients and candidates can be objective and wholly impartial. Our focus is on matching client requirements and sourcing the finest talent.
We channel years of search experience and knowledge into satisfying your individual requirements and we always remain objective.
- No obligation meeting - The first step is to arrange a meeting to learn about your requirements and to discuss how our service may be tailored to suit. We advise on market conditions and how to maximise what is achievable for your budget.
- Clients will have unique and specific requirements and together we work closely to create a focused brief from which we search.
- Proactive searches – We aim for approximately 5 days to carry out our initial research.
- Reporting - We provide regular update reports to ensure that your search maintains the correct focus. Reports detail the time spent acting on your behalf, along with an update on current market conditions, an overview of your search progress to date.
- Oversee the Offer - Once a deal is agreed, your search consultant proactively manages all parties and oversees the entire process on your behalf. The aim is to ensure that the deal proceeds as swiftly as possible.
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How to spot a bluffer at interviews!
- Ask direct questions which can be answered by ‘yes’ or ‘no’. If you get a long-winded response then start to get suspicious.
- Little in life is perfect. If an explanation, set of benefits or case study about a past success sounds too good to be true then it probably is.
- Long words, jargon and lots of references to people you’ve never heard of suggest the other person may be trying to punch above their weight. Ask for clarity. If they can’t make their point in everyday language then they probably don’t know as much as they’re making out.
- The person who keeps talking and won’t listen may be worried that if they depart from their script they will lose the plot. Try to take them on a tangent and see what happens.
- Ask questions about detail. An interviewer was suspicious about a candidate who claimed to have worked for a well-known advertising agency. "Remind me, what number Charlotte Street are their offices?", he asked. The candidate, who had only temped there for a week as one of many short-term jobs, couldn’t remember.
- Ask for figures to support adjectives; even a range will give you a sense of what someone’s idea of ‘really popular’ is.
- Expert bluffers may look you in the eye or may look away. They are, however, likely to put their fingers on their face more than usual, scratching their nose, rubbing their eyes or touching their mouth.
- As Vic Reeves quipped, "88.2% of statistics are made up on the spot". Ask where the data comes from, what assumptions have been made and what further information is available from this or other sources.
- When someone is over-friendly and gives you more compliments than you deserve (and that’s not always an easy thing to judge), listen to these alarm bells.
- If in doubt, you may want to raise an eyebrow or offer a slightly quizzical smile. If they defend a bit too forcefully then you could have spotted a gap in their knowledge.
