You have the interview now don’t blow it

Posted on April 12, 2011

Quest Resettlement Magazine (May 2011)

I have heard a thousand times “failure to prepare is preparing to fail”. How true this can be.

Research the company but be clever. Review their web site across all the range of services. Look over the news tab for recent company success, and, I always squint at the careers page; “just how fast are these guys growing” – are they recruiting many? Google the person you are meeting; Interesting? You can be assured they have goggled you!  Lastly, you don’t need to memorise share price or Board structure at this stage, relax. Read the full article …

Defence cuts may boost business but will cost lives

Posted on April 6, 2011

Hugh Andrée, founder of ForceSelect, looks at the effects of recent armed forces redundancies:-

Having been an army officer for a decade myself, and finding I had little support when I finished my commission, I knew that there was an opportunity to help the men and women who have served their country. Little did I know when I set up ForceSelect in 2009 quite how dramatic the cuts to the armed forces would be, and I have to say the scale of the cutbacks has left me shocked.

Command, control and leadership will be undermined due to the loss of so many officers, while the vital support given to our forces by the RAF will also be compromised. Read the full article …

The British Minitary

Posted on April 5, 2011

(The Sun Newspaper 5 April 2011)

MORE than 10,500 military personnel were yesterday warned they could be sacked this year — as it was revealed the entire Army faces being replaced by a much smaller TA-style force.

In a first round of savage cuts, 2,600 servicemen and women will definitely go in the autumn. And 10,600 received letters yesterday telling them they could be among those chopped.

They included many currently in frontline action. Incredibly, the cull was announced against a backdrop of TWO wars being fought in Afghanistan and Libya.

It prompted a volley of blasts aimed at David Cameron’s Government, with critics wondering how Britain can maintain credible operations with shrinking forces. Read the full article …