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Entrepreneur or Intrapreneur?

Judging by the daily pronouncements of international economic foundations, governments and think tanks everywhere, the world is looking to entrepreneurs to cure all our ...

How does your personality contribute to your success in IT?

In the 1980s, when computers were still a novelty, psychologists were busy researching “computer aptitude”, a specific kind of intelligence that would identify those ...

Five Pitfalls To Avoid With Online Personality Profiling

Online personality profiling is growing fast, and a few mouse clicks can shepherd tens of thousands of candidates through the mysteries of the psychometrics ...

Do you need to be a certain type of person to work in marketing?

The ultimate goal of those working in marketing is to promote a product and generates sales, but what does it take? Earlier this year, ...

The Five Pitfalls of Personality Profiling

    Many employers use personality profiling as part of the recruitment process – but are they giving you the right results? Geoff Tricky, ...

In Defense of Personality Tests

Recent pop personality quizzes such as those found on BuzzFeed make light of our fascination with personality and the practicality of self-awareness. While these may be fun coffee ...

Call Centre Work: Are You a Natural

Call centre work is not for everyone. Is your personality suited to the environment, or are you banging your head against a brick wall? ...

The Dangers of Serving the ‘Recruitment Type”

The industry needs to balance two sets of competencies, says Gillian Hyde, director of Psychological Consultancy
. In the December 2013 issue of Recruiter, readers ...

Making Sense of Your Career Choices – Are You Out of Your Comfort Zone

Geoff Trickey, MD of Psychological Consultancy Ltd, discusses the public sector’s values and organisational culture that set it apart from the private sector. Our ...

Career of Choice or Chance?

Career paths are frequently erratic and fortuitous; often owing as much to luck as to judgement. If you ask a colleague, “How did you ...

Research Reveals the Inner Psychology of IT Professionals

IT professionals are more creative, flexible and strategically aware than the average person, but they can find it difficult to fit in with corporate ...

Psychometric training: Why choose the BPS route?

Psychometric assessments can make an important contribution to almost any selection or development process. This is because they offer something that we find very ...