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Brunel is an international organisation that delivers contract staffing,

permanent recruitment and payroll ing services worldwide. Brunel’soperational excellence is the product of nearly 40 years of successful

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"What do we look for in candidates?" says Diana Tarantino, Sales & RecruitmentManager for Brunel’s mining division in Canada. "Good question and not that easy

to answer. Our focus is quality and loyalty. We are match makers, looking to find the

best suitable match for our client’s requirements. We not only seek candidates that

are best suited in regards to their technical expertise but we also pay close attention

to our client’s corporate culture to ensure we are identifying the right fit."

Diana has been working with Brunel for seven years. "As Brunel’s Sales &

Recruitment Manager for our mining division, I have the opportunity to deal with

clients and candidates from some of the largest and most reputable mining

companies in the world while managing an exceptional team of dedicated and driven

Recruitment and BD Consultants. I consider myself very lucky to have the

opportunity to come to work every day to a job that I love allowing for my

entrepreneurial spirit to be practiced."

From your experience, what are clients looking for?

"Our clients want loyal employees. For contracting opportunities, our clients are

looking for that contractor that will stick around for the full duration of their contract.

If they have completed their contracts with previous employers, this is a good sign.

For permanent roles, the preference is to have candidates that have shown loyalty

to previous employers by staying with one company for a number of years rather

than jumping around every few years. We are focused on meeting this client

expectation."

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face to face interview is not possible. In addition, there are times in which we willuse our videoconference to conduct interviews. For example, our office in Toronto

will invite candidates that reside in Montreal to our local office to use our

videoconference to connect for an interview. Being able to see the interviewee on

skype or videoconference allows for us to pick up on non-verbal cues that permit for

us to identify how enthusiastic and serious the candidate is about the opportunity."

So there are several ways of interviewing. Could you explain from your experiencehow a candidate could prepare him/herself when an interview takes place via

telephone or video conference?

"My 5 tips to keep in mind for a telephone interview:"

Print your resume and any reference letters you may have.1.


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previous employers). By having your resume readily available, you can avoid anyawkward moments where you are struggling to respond to certain questions.

Find the right location to have a private conversation.1.

Ideally, it would be best to be at home in a room away from any disruptions and

distractions (example: away from a dog or baby).

Review the job description before the interview.

Have it in front of you during the discussion. Prior to the interview, highlight


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Dress to impress.1.

Although the interviewer won’t see you in some cases, it is important that you feel

that the interview is a professional one and not a casual interview. You will feel more

confident and communicate more professionally if you are wearing a suit versus

wearing your pajamas.

Avoid over-talking.1.

When you are on the phone, it is impossible to read the nonverbal cues thatinterviewers send in person, like averting their gaze or adjusting their posture as


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What are things recruiters don’t want to hear?

"Recruiters don’t want to hear that you left previous employers for more money, that

you got into an argument with your boss and we do not want to deal with a

candidate with inflated salary expectations that are unrealistic. Having unrealistic

salary expectations demonstrates a lack of knowledge of the industry and may turn

off a recruiter allowing them to perceive you as a high maintenance type of

candidate."

How can candidates avoid these kind of subjects?

If you left for more money, there must have been other reasons as well. It would be

best to focus on the other reasons. Example: If the project you worked on was

lacking funding and you were concerned about the stability of the organization and

you decided to leave for more money, it would be best to focus on the other

reasons.

If you are unsure about what is on the market in regards to salary, do your

homework before the interview. I would suggest speaking to industry professionals

to gage what is one the market.

If you got into a fight with your boss, I would suggest avoiding the words "fight" and"argument" since these words have a negative connotation. It is best to replace


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professionalism?

"Candidates can convince a recruiter of their professionalism in a telephone

interview by;"

Allowing recruiter to take the lead in the interview, do not interrupt or talk over

the interviewer;

Wait for recruiter to ask about your salary expectations instead of asking first ;

Thank the recruiter for taking the time to conduct the interview.


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Since the incorporation in 1975, Brunel has developed into an international group

delivering contract staffing, permanent recruitment and payrolling services with over

13,000 employees and an annual turnover over € 1.4 billion (2014). We operate

from our own international network of more than 109 branch offices in 40 countries.

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Confidence is not something you either have or you don't.

Take me. Stick me on a bicycle at a local group ride and I'm confident. I'm

self-assured. I feel like I belong (which, if you think about it, is a nice definition of confidence.)

But stick me on a bicycle at a gran fondo surrounded by the fast guys and suddenly

everything changes. I'm instantly shy and insecure. I feel like a very small fish way

out of his water.

Unfortunately for me -- and maybe for you -- confidence is much more situational

than absolute. In some setting we're self-assured; in others, not so much.

That's probably natural... and that's probably why many tips for how to feel confident

often fall short. Much of that advice can be boiled down to, "You can be confident --

all you have to do is decide to be confident."

Evidently it's easy: suppress negative thoughts and repeat some really cool

self-affirming statements and voila! I'm like Donald Trump.

Or not.


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. ,

University College London and author of the outstanding book Confidence:Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Insecurity, and Doubt, there is another way to look at

supposedly confidence-building self-talk:

For example, if you are feeling worthless and try to suppress those feelings, you will

never be able to do what it takes to improve. If, on the other hand, you come to

terms with your negative self-views and accept the fact that you are not as good as

you would like to be and, especially, that you are unhappy with yourself, you will be

able to focus on what you need to do to improve.

Dissatisfaction is the mother of change, and only change can drive improvement.

The choice between the two options is a no-brainer. Deliberate attempts to increase

your confidence are bound to result in failure and demoralize you, whereas attempts

to improve your performance can result in not just competence gains but also a

genuine boost to your confidence. The answer to the question, "What should I do

about my low confidence?" can hardly be simpler:

Embrace it.

Think about it. Lack of confidence isn't the problem; lack of confidence is actually

the means to a solution. When you actually accept your weak points, your flaws, and

your imperfections, then you can motivate yourself to make changes and improve.


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So what is the only recipe for feeling more confident?

Success.

Improvement breeds confidence. Competence breeds confidence. Success -- in

your field, or sometimes in any pursuit -- breeds confidence.

Take me again. Years ago I was invited to speak to an audience of around a

thousand people. Awesome, right? Well, maybe not. I had never spoken to an

audience larger than about 150 people before. Plus I was asked to speak on a topic

I didn't know that much about.

Even so, the opportunity was too good to pass up...

... and I bombed.

Badly.

Oh, everyone told me I did fine. (To a speaker, being told you were "fine" is like a

teenager being told you have a good personality.) I wanted to believe them. I wanted

to ignore my feelings of incompetence, disappointment, and failure.


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to speak on topics outside my wheelhouse so I could learn the mechanics of crafting

a great hook and a great story. Sometimes I did well, sometimes I did badly -- but

over time I gained skill and competence.

And confidence.

Am I still nervous before I step out in front of big crowds? Oh hell yeah. I'm a hot

mess of insecurity. But I can work through those feelings -- not because I engage in

a lot of happy horse (manure) self-talk but because I know I've been there, done

that, and can do it again.

I'm confident, because I have success in my pocket.

Yet I'm also insecure enough to always want to get better.

Even Unrelated Success Helps

Oddly enough, success in one pursuit yields greater confidence in other areas of

life.

Back to my bicycle example: The first major gran fondo I rode was 100 miles long

and included over 11,000 feet of climbing over four mountains (two of those climbs

on dirt/gravel roads.) It was long. It was endless. It was physically (and willpower-y)harder than anything I had ever done. But I finished it.


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That's because while confidence may be situational, some degree of confidence can

also spill over. When you feel good about yourself in one way -- when you achieve

some degree of success in one aspect of your life -- you tend to feel better about

other parts of your life as well. After all, if you can do one thing well, you can do lots

of things well.

All you have to do is work at it.

How to Be More Competent -- and Therefore More Confident

So forget the self-talk and psychoanalysis. It's all about action. Here's Tomas again:

Most people like the idea of being exceptional, but not enough to do what it takes to

get there... everybody says they want to be slim, healthy, attractive, and rich, but few

people are willing to do what it takes to attain those things, which suggests they

don't really want those things as much as they say or think.

Paul Arden, former creative director of Saatchi & Saatchi, sums this up nicely by

explaining that typically when we say we "want" something, we actually just mean

we want to have it, but with no implicit assumption that we're willing to do any work

to get there. In reality, wanting something should equate with being prepared to take

the necessary steps to achieve it. If you are serious about your goals, then you willdo whatever it takes to attain them; your confidence is secondary.


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I feel inadequate. And there's not much I can do about it. Or even want to do about

it. I actually like the feeling.

I had a lunch today with a guy who worked in the mailroom at Hannah-Barbera

which made all my cartoon favorites from the 70s: The Flintstones, Scooby-Doo,

The Jetsons, and so on.

He used to pitch ideas every day to Joe Barbera. "I was working in the mailroom but

I kept coming up with ideas for cartoons. I would send them up to Joe Barbera and Ihad no idea if he would like them or not. Then eventually he pulled me over and I

started helping on all the scripts."

I mentioned some of my favorite cartoons from the 70s. "You know that one with

Scooby Doo and the Harlem Globetrotters?" I said. "I wrote all of those," he said.

"What about Space Ghost?"

James Altucher Entrepreneur, Started & sold several cos, Author 11

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"What about the Jetsons?" "Wrote it."

And so on. Impressive guy. He killed himself at one thing for 30 years and wrote all

these classics I grew up on.

I've met or interviewed so many people in the last year . In the last five years. In the

last 25 years. People who have amazed me. I try to learn from them and sometimes

I can learn a little bit.

When I meet someone I try to learn one thing that I will never forget. It adds up.

Like how someone got inspired by a pencil to build a hundred schools in third world

countries (Adam Braun) or about someone who wrote lyrics every day while 97% of his friends were killed by the time his childhood was over and then he made the

bestselling song of 1995 (Coolio).

Or the Congressman obsessed with meditation Or the other congressman who is

now running for President. Or the 72 year old who runs the largest beer company in

the country.

Or people who work 90 hours a week chasing their dreams.

I admit: I'm not really that driven. I like to read. I like to write. I like to tell my story.

You know what my basic story is? Fear.


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What a roller coaster! I wasn't making dreams. I just wanted to feed my family.

I think I came up with a strategy to keep me balanced. To allow me to grow and

flourish instead of just worry. But really, past that, I don't care.

I'm happy I feed my family now after such a roller coaster. I don't want to own a

basketball team. Or end aging. Or go to the moon.

At some point I gave myself permission:

It's ok if you don't know what you want to do next.

It's ok if you're scared. Scared shitless.

It's ok to not write a bestselling novel.

It's ok to leave early.

It's ok to not be a billionaire.

It's ok to not start a charity that ends malaria.

It's ok to get fired or to fail. Or even worse, to lose someone's money. That

happens sometimes.

– I try hard at everything I love. When I love something I want to obsess on every

part of it. This has caused me problems in relationships when I obsess.

– It's ok to be in hard situations that you can't solve.


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that.

– That's ok that I have to remind myself of that or lose everything. Again.

– It's ok if not everyone likes me. Sometimes it surprises me who doesn't like me. I

think I get surprised like that at least once a day. I got surprised like that yesterday.

– It's ok to be "stuck" sometimes. To know that you have talents but to have no idea

how or when or why to apply them. Being stuck is a huge signal it's to time to

change. That's not a bad thing. It's a good thing.

– It's ok to take time ordering.

– It's ok to not have opinions.

Whenever you argue, people are always ready with pointy sharp facts. If one person

has the facts for X, then another has the facts for -X.

– There's lots of intelligence tests out there. Like: Google asks these questions atinterviews. How marbles would fit in all of outerspace? I look at those questions. I

can't answer any of them. That's ok too.

– Sometimes I forget to return an email. I really liked a person and they sent an

email and then I forget to reply. I look back months later and see I made a draft but

never hit send. Sometimes that's ok. But sometimes it prevents me from being

friends with people I like.


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Pretty soon she will beat me. I guess that's ok also. Children should get better than

their parents.

A friend of mine is a super-genius. He stopped by yesterday to show me his latest

invention. He came up with a new molecule to put into a "vaping" device (an

electronic device that lets you smoke without the actual smoke.)

He made a special concoction so instead of smoking nicotine he's the first person to

ever smoke vitamins. We loaded it up with vitamin B12 and each took about 10,000

times the recommended daily allowance.

He took his blood before and after. Sure enough, 10,000 times more b12 was in hisblood than before.

He said, "this goes right into the bloodstream. As opposed to taking it in pill form

where none of it goes into the bloodstream. That whole $28 billion vitamin industry is

a scam."

We vaped Vitamin B12 for about an hour and then I went to my cartoonist lunch and

then over to do a podcast with Stephen Dubner who wrote Freakonomics.

I was thinking to myself, "I'm the second person in history to smoke Vitamin B12. I'm

like the Buzz Aldrin of that vitamin.

Claudia incidentally, was number three. We're vita-nauts.


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I said dying to me sounded like the happiest truth about living. That being born was

a pretty sad truth.

Once your born you have to excrete food for the rest of your life. That's like God's

punishment for eating that apple. Once we were eating apples we had to shit them

out.

I said I wouldn't mind if I died tomorrow. I'm not depressed or anything. But life has

been pretty good to me so I don't really sweat dying.

It's ok if I want to die occasionally without being depressed. Who cares? We all have

to die sometime.

Dubner and I did six straight podcasts in a row. We're probably going to release the

podcasts in a month or so. I had a lot of fun. Not because of the podcasts but

because we've been friends for 15 years almost. I'm vaguely ahead in a

backgammon match that we started in 2003.

What are you up to next? he said when we were leaving the studio

I said, I don't know. Probably go home and go to sleep. I'm pretty tired. It's ok if I go

to sleep at 7pm if I'm tired.

And that's exactly what I did.


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