Call Centre Work: Are You a Natural

Call Centre Work: Are You a Natural

Call centre work is not for everyone. Is your personality suited to the environment, or are you banging your head against a brick wall? ...

The Dangers of Serving the ‘Recruitment Type”

The industry needs to balance two sets of competencies, says Gillian Hyde, director of Psychological Consultancy
. In the December 2013 issue of Recruiter, readers ...

Making Sense of Your Career Choices – Are You Out of Your Comfort Zone

Geoff Trickey, MD of Psychological Consultancy Ltd, discusses the public sector’s values and organisational culture that set it apart from the private sector. Our ...

Career of Choice or Chance?

Career paths are frequently erratic and fortuitous; often owing as much to luck as to judgement. If you ask a colleague, “How did you ...

Research Reveals the Inner Psychology of IT Professionals

IT professionals are more creative, flexible and strategically aware than the average person, but they can find it difficult to fit in with corporate ...

Psychometric training: Why choose the BPS route?

Psychometric assessments can make an important contribution to almost any selection or development process. This is because they offer something that we find very ...

What Happens When Corporate Leaders and Managers Derail?

People dictate what organisational culture is, not location, sector or size. Research by Schneider (1987) asserted that ‘the people make the place’; that people ...