The Secret of Interview Success!

Do you remember when you were a child, taken to Auntie Flo's for tea, and no matter how dull and dry the petit madeleine she gave you, you were required to bid your adieu by saying 'Thank you very much Auntie Flo, the cake was lovely and I enjoyed it very much' before barfing it up on the way home to your bags of scrumptious Milky Bars etc?

Well, here's the secret to interview success: unless you're 100% sure you're not interested in the job you've just interviewed for - if you are interested in it, or if you are undecided, then you must end the interview by strongly expressing your interest. This is known as 'closing the interview'.

At the end of the interview, the interviewer will almost certainly say something like "Well, that's the end of the interview. Is there anything else you'd like to ask or say?"

To which you should reply "I'd just like to say how very interested I am in this opportunity. I'm sure I can do a good job for you. When can I start?/When will you let me know if I've got the job"

Just don't say "Goodbye Auntie Flo" and don't say "I'll look forward to hearing from you" which would be worse!

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Ageism is Rubbish!

Congratulations to fifteen-year-old Tom Daley who won the 10m platform competition at the Fina World Championships in Rome!

Also to fifty nine year old Tom Watson who came first equal over seventy two holes in The Open golf championship at Turnberry. OK, he was defeated in the playoff by Stewart Cink - some twenty three years his junior - who thoroughly deserved to take the trophy, although he broke a lot of hearts in doing so.

What this teaches us is that excellence is unrelated to age. Every individual should be assessed by their achievements and their attitude.

Here at Seltek we pay no attention to age whatsoever, only trying to assess the quality of individuals as it applies to our clients' requirements.

So come along you young shavers, and you greybeards..if you're interested in scientific sales and marketing, we want to hear from you!

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Exemplary Service from Seltek's Service Department!

It will come as no surprise that our very own greybeard Steve Page (sporting some 22 years experience with Seltek in the recruitment industry) has got off to a sterling start in the development of our fledgling service engineers department. Steve so far has a 100% hit rate!

We're not promising that everyone that sends their CV to Steve will get a new job, or that every company which gives us a service engineer's job will get it filled, but we can promise the sort of excellence written about above. Steve is a true professional, and if you are a service engineer looking for a new job, or if you know someone like this, then please contact steve@seltekconsultants.co.uk

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Summer Holiday Fun!

An American touring Spain stopped at a local restaurant following a day of sightseeing. While sipping his sangria, he noticed a sizzling scrumptious looking platter being served at the next table. Not only did it look good, the smell was sensational. He asked the waiter "What is that you just served? It looks absolutely wonderful!" The waiter replied "Ah, I can tell you have excellent taste! Those are bull's testicles from the bull fight this morning. It is a local delicacy." The American, though momentarily discombobulated, said "What the hell, I'm on vacation. Bring me an order!" The waiter replied "I'm so sorry Señor, there is only one serving per day because there is only one bull fight each morning. If you come early tomorrow and place your order, we will be sure to save you this delight!" The next morning the American returned, placed his order, and then, that very evening, he was served the one and only special dish of the day. After a few bites, and inspecting the contents of his platter, he called to the waiter and said "These are delicious, but they are much, much smaller than the ones I saw you serve yesterday!" The waiter shrugged his shoulders and replied "Si Señor, sometimes the bull wins!"

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Hot Jobs

The good news: England have beaten The Australians at Lords in The Ashes cricket series, for the first time in seventy five years. The bad news is that this will probably mark the start of another seventy five year wait for it to happen again. However, let's not dwell on that, and revel in the joy of Andrew Strauss's England team's victory, and particularly Freddie Flintoff's bulldog bowling spirit.

Fingers crossed that the rest of the series will go our way! In the meantime, if you are looking for a new job, here is a selection of googlies, yorkers and bouncers to bowl you over, or if you're an employer with a job to fill, some great candidates who could rack up a century quicker than you can say 'How are we going to hit our sales target?'

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• Summary: You will be managing a wealth of accounts within the academic, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. Promote a range of capital equipment used throughout the molecular biology and protein biochemistry fields.
• Why you should apply for this job: The company offers the best package in the market including a final salary pension scheme, death in service, health scheme for the family, child care vouchers and much much more!
  

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• Summary: Join a small but highly dynamic commercial team and become the main point of support to this team and assume full responsibility for the production and management of marketing communications material for the global distribution channel network.
  
• Why you should apply for this job?  This is a wonderful opportunity to develop your marketing skills and experience in a leading company.

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• Why you should apply for this job: It's a growing company with an established market reputation and stable finances, and a friendly and flexible environment with lots of variety in your working week!
  

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• Summary: This is a senior level, global project/programme management role with a focus on respiratory and internal medicine! Oversee Project Managers covering specific regions, supporting them in the delivery of their part of the project or program as well as managing external third party vendors.
• Why you should apply for this job: It's a market leading, global company providing full scope clinical development services to all of the top blue chip pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies worldwide! it's an excellent opportunity to take your experience in project management to the next level!
  

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• Summary: This is an international cross functional project management role with a market leading, global company! Deliver international, full scope, phase II-III projects within timelines and budget. Get involved from the initial proposal to secure the project, through the project planning and resourcing stages, implementation and final delivery.
• Why you should apply for this job: Excellent training and development opportunities are on offer to the successful candidate. There's a competitive salary, generous car allowance and excellent benefits, including a 10% bonus!
  

Hot Candidates

Scientific Sales & Marketing Division

Sales Manager

• BSc Genetics, MSc Biomedical Sciences
• Smooth transition from R&D, through technical sales to sales management
• Utmost skill in the development of the “champion” concept backed by training and development regimes which bring the best out of each representative's technical competencies to benefit the whole team in both instrumentation and reagent sales
• Has won a series of 'best this' and 'best that'' accolades throughout his glittering career
  
• Why should you employ this candidate: Brilliant candidate, has sales management experience at a major global pharma company, leading a team of nine. He has very good training and lots of previous sales experience. Ideal for a UK Sales Manager job, excellent value at £45K.

Reference 26728PSP
£45,000 basic, £55,000 OTE
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Applications Scientist

• BSc Biological Sciences, PhD Microbiology
• World expert in flow cytometry, confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy & 3D imaging
• Field instrument technical & applications support, including system installations & user training, diagnosis & trouble-shooting, system up-grades, applications advice & consultation, instrument service, support for instrument sales & trials, etc. in many countries, including Africa and Haiti.
• Why you should employ this candidate: Interested in light aviation (both U.K. and U.S. Private Pilot’s Licences); Glider pilot (B.G.A. Bronze “C” certificate); Music (rock and classical; amateur bass guitarist); in short: Captain Fantastic!

Reference 70890CRD
£45,000 basic
Anywhere!