Soft skills won’t help when your recruiter is not human and cannot relate in the same manner
“Carl’s non-changing half-smile, dead-behind-the-eyes expression and awkward way of slightly shaking his head as I speak leave me flat and cold.” Image: Getty
In hindsight, choosing to do a job interview during the first week back at work after the Christmas break may not have been my greatest ever idea.
To paraphrase a favourite quote from cult Noughties sitcom Black Books, my brain feels like wet cake. Sodden. Spongey. Disintegrating into a pile of mush as I try to focus on the screen in front of me.
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