In the last month, I’ve had two people contact me wanting help to apply for the same job.

I can do the first client but not the second. The reason is ethics.

I tell my clients that we work 100 per cent to get them short-listed for a job of their choosing.

I can’t write two resumes and two job applications for two clients, both targeting the same job.

I can count on one hand how many times that has happened in the last ten years.

Because about 50 per cent of our clients are in ‘blue collar’ (a strange term) or administration and transport, it’s not unusual when a job comes up, it stirs interest.