Head of Ex-Forces Recruitment, Ex-Forces at FDM Group

The following is a Graduate Review for FDM Group.

FDM Group scores 3.6/5 based on 389 reviews.

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What are the Best and Worst things about your job?

Best

- Meeting new people on a daily basis, from candidates to external/internal stakeholders.
- I genuinely change candidates lives and help them launch new careers within Technology.
- Improving clients' businesses by providing the best tech talent.
- Job variety, everyday is different.

Worst

- Work life balance. Given the nature of the role and the incentives, I can often find myself working odd hours. Although I enjoy the role, so it isn't that much of a bad thing!

What hours do you actually work, on average?

Start: 09:00

Finish: 17:30

What advice would you give to someone applying to this role?

1. Do your research.

2. Explore the role and match your skills to the position. Understand the values of FDM and ensure they align with your own core values.

3. Speak to other FDMers, whether that be internal members of staff or current consultants. Reach out via LinkedIn and ask questions.

Do you have any interview tips?

1. Be prepared.

2. STAR quality - give examples and structure those examples with the STAR method.
Situation: Briefly describe the event or circumstances.
Task: Explain what it was you had to deliver, or your specific responsibility in the situation.
Action: What YOU did to meet the challenge.
Result: Summarise the result.

3. Ask relevant questions - As you are preparing, if there is any point where you'd like to know more than your own research can provide, make a note of it.