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​A few posts ago, we talked about the kinds of questions a candidate should ask in interviews in order to position themselves as a ‘perfect match’ for the role. Well, as we all know, there are two sides to every story (and two sides to every interview table) so this post covers the kinds of questions interviewers should ask in order to ascertain whether the candidate will be...

​It’s always exciting to be on the winning team, even if you’re not on the field, which was why it was so cool to see SAP partnering with the victorious German football team during the World Cup (they won, in case you didn’t see it). The German team’s coaches used a special technology called SAP Match Insights to record and analyse data points showing how to improve both ind...

​Recruiting in the SAP Corporate Services sector is extremely diverse and (in my opinion!) interesting. It offers the opportunity to work across a multitude of disciplines and candidate skillsets, securing our clients SAP users to manage and execute their business-critical operations.During the last 8 years I have worked and successfully recruited, first in the UK and for th...

​This past week we received an email from one of our clients seeking to increase the number of female SAP staff in their organisation. The email was focused around the nature of the wider statistics around women working in SAP and what they could do to make their organisation more attractive to potential female applicants.This got us thinking about the relatively low number ...

​WHY TAKING A BREAK CAN IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AND MAKE YOU MORE PRODUCTIVEIf you’re getting slammed at work, sometimes a break is the furthest thing from your mind but while it might seem counter-productive to step away from you desk for a few minutes, taking a break is the best thing to do when things are crazy on the job – for you as well as your productivity.Research conduc...

​Its been a busy July ‘14 here at Speller International, for some of which I was away on leave. It was great to return and have the office humming along under the management of Judy Cole who I am proud to announce was recently promoted to Sales Director at Speller International. Congratulations Judy!Also a big congratulations to Senior Account Manager Dara Dennis who welcome...

​When hiring new staff, companies have several options in how to structure the terms of employment. For a long term ongoing requirement, a full/part time permanent placement is preferred, while for a short term requirement or a skills shortage, a contract position is often the best fit. Somewhere between the two of those lay fixed term contracts (FTC). FTC are part permanent...

​“NOW, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?”It’s the question interviewers always finish up with and the one our minds so often go blank on. You had questions, loads of them, but what were they? They were there a minute ago! Where once a hundred questions lay in wait, a single tumbleweed blows through the ghost town of your mind…In all seriousness, it is important to remember t...

​I am a SAP Project Manager and have worked in several engagements with Speller International. In my spare time, I love to climb 8,000m mountains in Tibet and Nepal. “Why do you do it?” is probably the most common question I am asked by customers, colleagues and friends alike. Before answering the question, I’d like to share with you my “Project Manager” take of an 8,000m ex...

​The year of 2013-2014 at Speller International has brought new innovations to the company, many new permanent placements and contractors to the Speller family and has seen us working for yet another year with so many clients, some new but mainly those who we have had a long standing relationship with from day one.So what specifically has been going on? LOTS! WHO WE WELCOMED...