Push candidates to aim higher, says Mortimer
9 March 2015
Recruiters should push candidates to aim higher than their expectations, Angela Mortimer, owner of executive and office support recruiter Angela Mortimer says.
Mon, 9 Mar 2015 | By Sarah MarquetRecruiters should push candidates to aim higher than their expectations, Angela Mortimer, owner of executive and office support recruiter Angela Mortimer says.
Speaking to Recruiter following a lunchtime event she hosted on Friday [6 March] to mark International Women’s Day, she said: “All recruiters should emphasize in their work the importance of empathising with candidates and being supportive of them as they go through the turbulence of changing jobs and … encourage them to aim higher than they might initially think.
“A good starting point is just to listen.”
The event featured speakers Amanda Wakeley OBE, founder of the Amanda Wakeley luxury fashion label; Prue Leith CBE, restaurateur/caterer, television presenter and cookery writer; Brigadier (retired) Nicky Moffat CBE, formerly the highest ranked women in the British Army; and Julie Ashmore, head of SME Lending HSBC and polar explorer.
The women all told their stories of obstacles they had to overcome in order to reach their positions or, in Ashmore’s case, locations.
Moffat, who battled gender-based prejudice in her military career, offered a piece of advice to all successful women: “Give back,” she suggested – help others succeed too.
“You really can make your own luck. It’s about hard work and overcoming fears; it’s about playing to your strengths and overcoming weaknesses.”
Speaking to Recruiter following a lunchtime event she hosted on Friday [6 March] to mark International Women’s Day, she said: “All recruiters should emphasize in their work the importance of empathising with candidates and being supportive of them as they go through the turbulence of changing jobs and … encourage them to aim higher than they might initially think.
“A good starting point is just to listen.”
The event featured speakers Amanda Wakeley OBE, founder of the Amanda Wakeley luxury fashion label; Prue Leith CBE, restaurateur/caterer, television presenter and cookery writer; Brigadier (retired) Nicky Moffat CBE, formerly the highest ranked women in the British Army; and Julie Ashmore, head of SME Lending HSBC and polar explorer.
The women all told their stories of obstacles they had to overcome in order to reach their positions or, in Ashmore’s case, locations.
Moffat, who battled gender-based prejudice in her military career, offered a piece of advice to all successful women: “Give back,” she suggested – help others succeed too.
“You really can make your own luck. It’s about hard work and overcoming fears; it’s about playing to your strengths and overcoming weaknesses.”
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