A suitable case

Putting an entire nation on the couch is the subject of a new book ‘Scotland – A Suitable Case for Treatment’ written by the former Scottish First Minister Henry McLeish and political commentator Tom Brown. Why do we mention it? Because the chapter which grabbed...

Failed personality test

I receive email like this all the time, so I thought I would share my response. I recently went for a job assessment and failed the assessment due to nerves, I did get an average result 50/99. These are tests for well paid admin jobs.  Is there anything I can do to...

Newcastle is full of personality

Spent a great couple of days with Learning Links Europe talking about how personality profiling can impact on their business. The workshop session yesterday was a little unorthodox but I think they enjoyed it. I know I did. We dealt with some big issues; We started...

DIY is a personality disorder

Wallpaper is like a hangover but without the preemtive fun part. I like my house for all sorts of reasons but the main reason I bought it was because the only room that was wallpapered was the bathroom. It was virtually a wallpaper free zone. I don’t understand...

Psychology Rockstars

I admit that the job advert was very off the wall. It was not the kind of advert that most graduates would have responded to . . .and that was exactly its intention. I didn’t ask for a CV. I didn’t conduct a face to face interview. I didn’t conduct a...