How to Conduct a Video Interview
This blog has been updated in 2025 to reflect more recent trends. Video interviewing really wasn’t a thing before 2020. However, the pandemic taught us that sometimes it’s OK to do things differen...
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How To Professionally Manage Multiple Job Offers
BLUFTake time to consider your optionsKeep prospective employers informed When declining, do so promptly and tactfully The beginning of the new financial year can be a busy period in the job market...
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Defence industry interview questions: what to expect and how to prepare
Being really well prepared for an interview is essential if you want to give yourself the best possible chance of landing that dream role. As recruiters our candidates often ask us, “What kind of q...
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Can I Lie in a Job Interview to Make Myself Look Better?
This blog has been updated in 2025 to reflect current trends. With job markets more competitive than ever and candidate pools growing, it’s tempting to tweak the truth in a job interview to stand...
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Interviewing in Isolation: Tips and Tricks to Ace That Video Interview
As you’re adapting to these changing times, it might be helpful to get a few tips under your belt of how best to sit an interview from the comfort of your own home. Read through our top tips for...
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COVID-19: Keep Calm and Hire On
A message to Australia's defence industry community – from 1.5 metres away We have been speaking to many employers, candidates and contractors over the last few days and thought that we wou...
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How to prepare for an interview in Defence Industry
Congratulations! You have secured yourself an interview for a position within Defence Industry. So, what now? Now you need to prepare. Here we have covered two of the most important steps in pre...
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Why You Didn't Get the Job
Telling people they’ve been successful in their dream role, hearing the excitement, the relief, and the overall sense of achievement in their voices is the NICE part of our job. One of the not so n...
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What Not to Say in an Interview
You’ve made it to the interview stage. Congratulations! You’re one step closer to landing your next exciting job opportunity. However; the next ‘interview stage’, can feel like the most stressful a...
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The Star Method
Your mum thinks you are extraordinary, your friends think you wonderful, and (hopefully) you think your magnificent too. But that doesn’t mean a potential employer automatically will. Heck, they pr...
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A Quick Guide to Salary Negotiations
So you’ve made it through the gruelling interview process, completed assessments and met the senior executives within the company. The great news is the company would like to offer you the role, c...
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How to Master a Phone Interview
Popular theory has it that the modern day workforce is more mobile/dislocated/time poor. This may explain why more first round interviews are being conducted over the phone. Before addressing th...
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6 Questions Your Interviewer Wants YOU to Ask
Updated October 2024The questions that you ask at the end of an interview leave a lasting impression. You will find plenty of blogs and guides on what the best questions are, there are 100s out the...
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101 Interview Questions you Should Know How to Answer
Preparing for an interview can be daunting, but with the right approach, you can handle any question that comes your way. We've compiled a list of 101 interview questions to help you prepare an...
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9 Things the Person Interviewing You Wants You to Know
In a recruitment career spanning 25 years, I have literally undertaken thousands of interviews. You can (rightly or wrongly) tell within the first few minutes whether the person is right for the ro...
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6 Words You Should Stop Using, Especially in an Interview
We all use them. Everyday. And they’re a waste of breath – crutch words. Chances are, you don’t even realise how often you use them. They become so ingrained in the way we speak they creep into ...
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Answer That Salary Question Right
‘So Mr Candidate, what are your salary expectations for this role?’ STOP! The next thing that you say can have a big impact on your life. I have seen a developing sense of mutual respect and ...
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