- To see if you’re self-aware and to identify your mindset and attitude
- To verify if your strengths fit the job spec and whether they match your CV
- To check your consistency across the interview, application process, CV etc.
- To consider if you are self-aware and mature enough to know and express your strengths and acknowledge your weakness
- To gauge if you have the good judgement to decide which of your strengths / weaknesses should be emphasised as they could ‘fit’ to the organisation, culture, job
- To explore if you have figured out how to address and manage your ‘allowable’ weakness
- To see if you can handle the question – are you prepared, honest and objective (with a healthy self-critique)?
- Stay calm – remain composed
- Remember the feedback from your colleagues – what are your personality / leadership / behavioural strengths?
- Highlight positives. Giving an example of your strength say e.g. ‘I am told consistently that I am strong with….’
- Make the link from your interests to your skills – always link to the job
- On weaknesses, choose a non-critical competence or skill (an ‘allowable weakness’)
- Ensure you can turn the weakness into a positive – show how it ‘works’ for the target job
- Show how you have dealt with it and prove you have overcome it. Show resilience
- Appreciate and emphasize the learning you get from managing your weakness
- Present examples of positive feedback you have received from all sources
Career Progression & Mobility
Career progression & mobility Internal career progression and mobility are becoming a necessity for any company looking to attract and retain amazing talents, and to strategically grow their organisational success. More than ever employees want to work with...
Torc is building its team – Career Management Consultants needed
Career Management Consultants Location: Flexible across Europe Language: English (Fluent) Torc Consulting develops and delivers world-class services to organisations committed to helping their employees move forward in their careers. Our programmes...
Signs of underperformance? Consider bringing in a coach.
Performance Coaching is a cost effective way of supporting the individual to overcome obstacles and deliver higher level performance within a couple of months. Sometimes some of our really good people have a sustained dip in performance or maybe they display traits...
Why is onboarding important?
So eventually the effort put into the recruitment project has produced a candidate you’re excited about and equally they’re excited about the prospect of a new career journey with your company. We realise how important the recruitment experience is to your company...
1 Day Open Programme 6 Nov 2019 Retirement Planning
Retirement can be a golden period, full of adventure and fulfillment, but only if retirees plan for it in advance. We are happy to present our OPEN 1 Day Pre-Retirement Programme which helps organisations and their staff prepare for Retirement or, as it is now...
Are you ready for disruptive recruitment?
by courtesy of Dr. Klemens Wersonig, Austria I have been a headhunter for 25 years, interviewed around 30.000 people. I love my job, but there is one thing that I regret. There is one thing that could and should be dramatically changed and improved. To do so, it...
Career Planning – Do You Know Where You Are Going To?
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I don’t much care where. The Cheshire Cat: Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go. Alice: …So long as I...
Employee Wellness – Torc workplace solutions
We are launching our new Employee Wellness suite of support services including Workshops, Seminars, Masterclasses, Lunchtime Talks and One-to-One Coaching. We focus on Mind, Body and Personal wellness – including on-site Health Screening. MIND Programmes for...
Torc Management Recruitment
Our model shows the unique depth of input we can provide to our clients. Business context – It is very important for us to gain a clear understanding of the strategic business circumstances surrounding the appointment – without this we could struggle to meet the...
Torc Consulting Group
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Dublin 2
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Ireland
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