Feb 9th
How to start a targeted job search
This is the fourth post in a brand new series on effective job search strategies. Read the previous posts: Read »
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Category: Job Search Strategy
This is the fourth post in a brand new series on effective job search strategies. Read the previous posts: Read »
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Jan 26th
How many job searches are you conducting?
This is the third post in a brand new series on effective job search strategies. Read the previous posts: Read »
Category: Job Search Strategy
Jan 19th
Is your job search strategic or stopgap?
This is the second in a brand new series on effective job search strategies. Read the first: Whose advice should you trust. Read »
Category: Job Search Strategy
Jan 11th
Whose advice should you trust?
A brand new series on effective job search strategies. Read »
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Category: Job Search Strategy
Jan 6th
CV cliches
If you're tempted to crowbar some of these buzzwords into your CV, think again. At best, they'll send the hiring manager to sleep. At worst, if you don't have any real evidence to back them up, they'll get your CV binned. Read »Category: Writing a CV
Dec 15th
What to give a job seeker for Christmas
If you know someone currently job-hunting, any of these ideas (in order of expense) make welcome gifts: Read »2 Comments
Category: Job Search Strategy
Dec 9th
Debunking the career myths
Can recruiters really work on your behalf? Do employers really understand your previous role? These (and other myths) can end up prolonging your job search unnecessarily. Read »
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Category: Job Search Strategy
Nov 23rd
Career changers: make your CV work for you
It's much harder to write a relevant and appealing CV when all your experience or skills have been gained in a different sector to the one you're now applying to. How can your CV compete against all the other (seemingly) better qualified or more credible candidates? Read »Category: Writing a CV
Nov 17th
Getting to Grips with Personal Branding
Career coaches, CV writers, job search "experts" are forever extolling the virtues of personal branding. (At least we're all singing from the same hymn sheet, for once.) Read »Category: Social Networking
Nov 4th
Interview your manager
In a telling article in the WSJ, a survey reveals that many new managers over-estimate their skills. 72% said they never questioned their ability to lead others in their first year as a manager. And although admitting that delegating and coaching were weak areas, only 15% flagged these as areas for development. Read »Category: Job Interview Techniques