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The jc twist

The laws of economic supply and demand still apply. With
more candidates looking for fewer jobs, the perceived ‘price’
of candidates will be driven down. It is quite possible that
if you want to move to another company you will not be
paid the salary that you would ideally want. You might take

the view – as I tend to – that securing a smaller piece of
something today is a better option than holding out for more
and ending up with a big fat nothing.

is there an impact because

of gender or age?

My personal experience has been that, all things being equal,
I prefer to hire women. I find that women are generally more
loyal and hard-working, and that women in executive positions
tend to be more driven than men because there are fewer of
them, they have to work smarter, and they have to perform and

deliver because they know that’s the only way that they will
get noticed.
Whenever I am recruiting for a management or executive

position, and I have a selection of candidates, if there is a
woman in the batch of candidates, her C V is always going to
be noticed by me, because I have had good experiences hiring
women. It is the same if you have ever hired anyone from a

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