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So, how did you get along with Bad Practice Bingo? By way of a quick recap, earlier this week I presented you with a simple game; how many different types of bad interview practice could you spot in the penultimate episode of Sir Alan’s race to find his...
I always look forward to the penultimate round of interviews in the Apprentice. I would like to be able to say it is because of the unique insights they offer into the candidates. If I am being honest, though, it is because the interviewer’s tactics are...
Filed under: lorraine tighe, yasmina siadatan, kate walsh, debra barr, james mcquillan, apprentice, sir alan sugar, interviews, karen brady, final, claude litner
I thought it might be interesting to give a more detailed breakdown of the performance of our candidates using the Leadership Radar model that was outlined in an earlier blog. Yasmina is the leader because she is the highest scorer in three of the four...
Filed under: lorraine tighe, yasmina siadatan, kate walsh, mona lewis, debra barr, ben clarke, howard ebison, james mcquillan, apprentice, apprentice league, apprentice analysed
In the 1949 movie 'White Heat', gangster and mummy's boy Cody Jarrett (James Cagney) proclaims, just before he gets killed,"Made it Ma! Top of the world". One of the cops provides Jarrett's epitaph: "He finally got to the...
What an awful selection process- not the Apprentice 'Interview from Hell' but the Sandhurst officer selection boards. What on earth must it be like if they end up offering trainee stockbroker Ben Clarke a commission? His many failings have been...
Let’s face it – there were only so many times that Noorul could be given a stay of execution and this week finally saw Noorul take his rightful place in the series – in a black cab going home. Noorul’s claim that he is “not all talk” is sadly misleading...
Several people (ok so only one person has asked, what's your problem?) have asked me what the scoring system is for our Apprentice League tables. Candidates are rated against four characteristics: Thought Leadership; Task Leadership; People Leadership;...
Right person, wrong team. Poor Paula "Can't Add, Won't Add" Jones finally made her presence felt and in the process confirmed every stereotype people have about HR: nice people who have no clue about business. The decision to fire Paula...
Football league tables used to be produced only after each team had played three or four matches because up until then they were pretty meaningless. (Today they are available after the very first games leaving us with the excitement of speculating whether...
Filed under: lorraine tighe, kate walsh, paula jones, kimberly davis, noorul choudhury, philip taylor, ben clarke, howard ebison, james mcquillan, week 3: Yasmina Siadatan, debra barr.mona lewis, League table
National Accounts Manager Lorraine Tighe emerged as the best performing candidate from week 3 of The Apprentice. After a quiet start on the first two programmes the single mum was much more prominent here. It was a good all round performance and team...
Sir Alan describes The Apprentice as “the job interview from hell”. Is that why he is becoming the recruiter from hell? Of course it’s right that Sir Alan expects shining performances from people who are all too happy to sing their own praises. It’s right...
Lorraine Tighe has been questioned by Revenue and Customs officials as part of an investigation into an alleged £8m fraud at her father's construction company, according to Contract Journal. Apparently a European arrest warrant was in force for Jim...
When I saw that one of the candidates for this new series of The Apprentice was a Human Resources Consultant, my first thought was, "She's had it". It is all to easy to picture the moment when Sir Alan, with brow suitably furrowed and tone...
The Apprentice for real starts next Wednesday so let's begin with a quick look at who's who... Anita Shah Age: 35 Career: Business Strategist Qualifications: LLB in Law & Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice Cricket fanatic Anita, is a qualified...