Pots and black kettles.....

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I came into work this morning to find in my inbox the results of two surveys regarding candidates looking for jobs.

The first stated that an independent recruitment agency scoring website has discovered that 70% of people who had looked for work through an agency felt they had been lied to.

The second heralded the fact that 42% of peope in this country would lie on their CV if they thought they could get away with it (and that's just the ones who admit it!!!)

What immediately sprang to mind were words like pots, black kettles, glass houses and stones and I wondered what percentage of respondents would agree with both comments - just a thought.

Published Friday, 31 August 2007 by Mark Knapper

Filed under: Recruitment Advertising

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About the Author

LOUISE TRIANCE Editor ukrecruiter E: louise@ukrecruiter.co.uk
Desert island book Something with many many many pages Desert island disc Can I take an audio story? With many many discs! Death row meal Pad thai noodles

TIM ELKINGTON
Managing Director
Enhance Media
E: tim@enhancemedia.co.uk

My favourite sites
UKRecruitmentBlogs
Simon Waldman.net
eggbaconchipsandbeans
The Fulham Independent

TV I watch
My Name is Earl, Ugly Betty

Music I like
Jurassic 5, Arcade Fire, Belle and Sebastian, Neil Young (I also take a lot of flak in the office for insisting that we listen to Radio 2)

Desert island book
Can I have an author? If so, William Boyd.

Death row meal
Curry, lots of it.

MARK KNAPPER
Director & Head of HR Practice
Astralis Group
E: Mark.Knapper@astralisgroup.com

My favourite sites
BBC
Wikipedia
CIPD
Hereford United
England Fans

Books I read
The World Cup – A Complete History – Terry Crouch
E: A Novel – Matt Beaumont
Eight Metaphysical Poets
Return of the Native – Thomas Hardy
The Ball is Round – A Global History of Football – David Goldblatt

Music I like
Songs in the Key of Life – Stevie Wonder
Messiah – Handel
Supernatural - Santana
(What’s the Story) Morning Glory – Oasis
Les Miserables – Original Soundtrack

Desert island book
A History of Britain – The Complete Series – Simon Schama

Desert island disc
Amadeus – Original Soundtrack

Death row meal
Sausage, chips (crinkle cut and done in a chip pan!) and baked beans at my mum’s