Graduates: Are you being singled out for unfair criticism?

Scenario: Roughly one million young people unemployed. Read »

Putting your dream career on hold

Will 2012 be a better year for job-seekers than 2011? Read »

A school careers advice wishlist

The government's forced cuts on education mean that schools are having to cut their provision for careers advice. Read »

Are you paying attention in your job search?

Is your job search working? Are you getting a good interview-application ratio? If not, any one of these three approaches might be holding you back: Read »

Doing all the right things, but getting nowhere

Jobs and career bloggers (and I count myself among the "guilty") tend to be heavy on the advice. You've heard it all before: Read »

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How to improve your credibility

As a job-seeker, the best position you can be in is "known entity" - known to the hiring manager either through your networking efforts, or because you've been referred and recommended by someone else. Read »

For every Haymarket there’s an awful lot of Gants Hill

Has publishing always been such a desirable industry? Read »

How to avoid wasting time in your job search

This isn't about procrastination (you don't need me to tell you that getting started on your job search is perhaps the hardest step) but more about making sure that your job hunting activities are time-effective once you get started. Read »

Desperate times call for clear thinking

There's not much to celebrate job-wise at the moment. Too many people chasing too few jobs, increasing instability in even the safest sectors, and a rise in the phenomenon that is the disposable workforce. As R William Holland, author of Cracking the New Job Market - 7 Rules for Getting Hired in Any Economy writes: Read »

Six things I’ve learned

It was my birthday a few days ago. Over a glass of wine (or two) my OH asked me what I had learned in my (ahem) 46 years of life. Six things, he said. Read »

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