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2. I’ve
worked
with
bright
graduates
since
1999
when
I
started
my
first
business.
I’ve
spent
a
good
chunk
THE
AUTHOR
of
my
life
recruiEng,
hiring,
managing,
and
coaching
them.
This
book
explains
what
I’ve
seen
Tom
Hickman
has
an
MBA
from
Cranfield
School
of
work
for
the
hundreds
of
graduates
I’ve
come
Management
and
an
MA
from
Edinburgh.
Tom
started
across.
his
first
business
in
1999
securing
the
investment
of
a
FSTE
100
company
and
recently
sold
out
of
media
markeEng
agency
he
created
in
2004
that
works
with
Who
this
is
not
for:
leading
media
brands
including
News
InternaEonal
and
1. If
you
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you
want
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accountant
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doctor
this
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great
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Tom
is
regularly
invited
back
to
Cranfield
to
deliver
2. If
you
only
want
to
get
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to
a
graduate
career
management
workshops
for
current
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and
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a
limited
number
of
1-­‐1
mentoring
clients.
scheme
at
a
large
corporate,
again,
this
probably
won’t
help
you
specifically.
3. If
you
lack
moEvaEon
and
want
to
be
handed
something
on
a
silver
plate
it’s
not
going
to
be
of
much
use.
I’ve
worked
with
super-­‐bright
super-­‐connected
graduates
with
mulEple
degrees,
internaEonal
experience
with
great
organisaEons,
2
languages
and
fancy
CVs,
and
they
struggle.
For
months.
And
I’ve
also
worked
with
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Illustra(ons
by
Alex
La(mer
Produced
March
2011

5. At
school
we
are
all
My
French
teacher
at
school
was
About
how
'spoilt'
we
were…
Welsh
and
predictably
we
called
'Good
for
nothing'...
customers
of
the
school.
him
Taffy.
‘ Taffy’
Davies.
'Lazy’...
At
home
we
are
customers
As
16
year
olds
we
thought
this
Or
his
personal
favorite:
'Spoon-­‐
of
our
parents.
was
pre^y
original.
My
best
friend
fed’…
At
university
we
are
sEll
does
a
great
impression
of
him.
It
was
such
a
regular
occurrence
it
customers
-­‐
with
the
loans
When
we
weren’t
sidetracking
him
started
to
wash
over
us.
and
debt
to
prove
it.
off
his
favorite
subject
-­‐
‘French
It
became
funny.
Something
we
ExistenEalist
Literature’
-­‐
he’d
half-­‐ even
started
to
look
forward
to.
And
there
is
nothing
wrong
heartedly
try
to
teach
us
the
‘future
condiEonal’
and
how
to
Besides
he
was
our
teacher:
so
with
this.
Except
when
it
write
a
formal
business
le^er
in
wasn’t
he
supposed
to
spoon-­‐feed
comes
to
looking
for
a
job.
French.
us?
Now
it's
dangerous.
Wasn’t
that
what
he
was
paid
to
A
lot
of
use
that
did
us,
but
do?
anyway.
Didn’t
he
get
it?
Because
you
are
now
a
supplier.
Thinking
like
you
More
importantly
he
also
used
to
Well,
actually,
I
think
he
did
get
it
–
are
sEll
a
customer.
Like
do
the
same
rant
every
other
week
and
it
was
us
who
didn’t.
when
someone
turned
up
late,
or
someone
owes
you
a
job.
forgot
their
homework.
And
ever
since
I
started
hiring
And
if
you
are
unfocussed
graduates,
I've
realised
exactly
and
thinking
like
a
customer,
He’d
starEng
shouEng
in
his
thick
what
he
meant,
and
why
he
went
it's
almost
impossible
to
get
Welsh
accent.
on
about
it.
a
great
job.

7. Every
employer
is
also
a
supplier.
Remember
when
something
went
The
minute
they
forget
this
they
take
a
wrong
in
your
flat
at
university?
You
giant
step
closer
to
losing
their
job
and
would
have
had
one
of
two
kinds
of
 Be
like
the
friendly
losing
their
business.
landlord.
landlord.
 Find
out
what
the
So
imagine
for
a
second
how
they
feel
The
landlord
who
treated
you
like
a
person
who
is
going
to
pay
when
they
are
approached
by
a
customer
and
the
landlord
who
graduate
who
thinks
like
a
customer.
treated
you
like
a
supplier.
your
rent
(your
potenEal
Take
a
second
to
imagine
this.
It’s
employer)
NEEDS.
important.
When
the
boiler
broke
in
January,
the
 Ask
quesEons
like:
one
who
valued
your
business
would
Someone
who
thinks
that
they
have:
“What’s
biggest
challenge
deserve
something.
Just
for
being
a
• Apologised.
in
your
organisaEon?”
‘graduate’.
• Sent
someone
round
to
fix
it
-­‐
ASAP.
“How
would
you
describe
I’ll
tell
you
because
I
was
an
employer.
• Checked
it
was
fixed
and
working.
your
ideal
employee?”
• Apologised
again
and
thanked
you
This
graduate
becomes
invisible
to
an
for
your
paEence.
“What
would
be
the
most
employer.
Like
they
don’t
exist.
valuable
thing
I
could
offer
As
if
the
graduate
is
talking
Japanese
The
other
would
have:
your
team?”
to
a
Piano.
You
are
about
as
interesEng
•
Forgo^en
that
it
was
you
who
was
 Do
this
one
thing
and
as
a
bicycle
to
a
fish.
paying
his
mortgage.
• Complained
about
how
much
it
you’ll
stand
out
a
mile.
This
probably
doesn’t
apply
to
you
but
would
cost
to
fix
it.
stay
with
me
on
this.
It’s
even
more
• Been
slow,
unresponsive
and
important
than
you
realize.
charmless.