Leading Retailer Monsoon joins BeMyInterviewer.co.uk

London, May 2008 – Karen Heather, the HR Director at Monsoon Accessorize Ltd, has joined www.bemyinterviewer.co.uk - Jobsite’s interactive video-based website which enables jobseekers to practise for interviews. She joins leading bosses including Duncan Bannatyne, Ruth Badger and Jacqueline Gold in asking candidates key interview questions on topics including money, experience, personality and selling yourself.

Launched in February 2008 BeMyInterviewer offers a completely new way to prepare for interviews. In the first three months that it’s been live, BeMyInterviewer has attracted over 105,000 unique visitors to the site, with almost 960,000 videos streamed. BeMyInterviewer has also increased applications to Jobsite’s clients’ vacancies, with almost 14,000 candidates coming through to view vacancies on Jobsite following their interaction with the interviewers on BeMyInterviewer.

BeMyInterviewer is updated regularly with new interviewers and is a helpful preparation tool for recruiters who are sending candidates to interviews. Equally, HR Directors and those responsible for interviewing will find BeMyInterviewer a useful resource in learning how their peers conduct interviews and get the most out of candidates.

As the latest new addition to BeMyInterviewer, Karen Heather is ideal for any candidate jobhunting for executive roles. Karen Heather interviews and recruits for Board Level Directors and is the final stage interviewer for Senior Management roles where appropriate. She complements fellow BeMyInterviewer panellist Jacqueline Gold, CEO of Ann Summers and Knickerbox, to help prepare candidates who are jobhunting in the retail sector.

Commenting on the skills involved in interviewing, Karen Heather says;

“Over my career, I have learnt a lot about what makes a great retailer. At any level, it has to be about someone who loves serving their customer, has a strong passion for the product they sell and has an energy and enthusiasm for what they do and how they do it. When I’m interviewing I’m looking at the candidate’s behaviour, that’s not to say that skills and experience aren’t important, but its behaviour that drives performance. I’m pleased to be part of BeMyInterviewer and hope my different style of behavioural questioning will interest and challenge potential interview candidates”

For more information please email bmi@jobsite.co.uk

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About Jobsite
Jobsite (www.jobsite.co.uk) is one of the UK’s leading commercial internet recruitment services with at least 50,000 new vacancies advertised each week. Set up as the UK’s first multi-sector online recruitment site in 1995, Jobsite’s vision is to help candidates plan their work life so that their whole life works better. It is one of the few sites equally committed to both candidate and recruiter. Jobsite pride themselves on quality and genuinely helping people find the job that they want. Overall, Jobsite reaches a unique audience, with 24$ of our candidates exclusively using Jobsite to look for jobs online.

About BeMyInterviewer.co.uk
BeMyInterviewer.co.uk is an interactive video-based website, which lets jobseekers practise for interviews with some of the UK’s leading bosses. It’s a completely new way to prepare for interviews.

Some of the country’s best known business leaders and expert interviewers are present on the site, including Duncan Bannatyne (serial entrepreneur and star of Dragons’ Den), Ruth Badger (businesswoman, consultant and runner up on The Apprentice), Jacqueline Gold (CEO of Ann Summers and Knickerbox), Keith Potts (CEO of Jobsite.co.uk), Andy Hart (MD of Associated Northcliffe Digital) and Kirsty MacCulloch (Senior Project Manager for Hobsons/GET).

Streamed videos enable users to select interview questions based on different criteria, such as interviewer or question theme. Each interviewer has their own distinct style and area of expertise and their questions cover areas such as money, experience, ambition and selling yourself. Interviewers also give their personal insight into the question, explaining why they asked it and what would make a good answer.

The site also allows users to search for jobs and share their interview concerns in an interview surgery. Jobsite will be updating the site regularly with more interviewers joining in the coming months.

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