Social Networking

Jul 13th

Loosen up your Language

Does your cover letter read something like this: Read »

Jun 14th

LinkedIn Roundup for Jobseekers

What's practically the first piece of advice that anyone in careers will tell a jobseeker? I'm betting it's "get a LinkedIn profile". Read »

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Jun 6th

LinkedIn’s new application for jobseekers

Lots of commentary and analysis last week from recruiters about the soon-to-be-launched "Apply with LinkedIn" application. Read »

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 »

Mar 9th

Creating a consistent professional image

One of the more damaging things you can do in your job search is to send mixed signals. If you write one thing in your CV but contradict yourself at interview, you're going to appear unsure of yourself at best, inconsistent or too flexible with the truth at worst. Read »

Nov 2nd

Why Twitter lists are great for job seekers

Twitter's new feature allows you to separate the people you follow into groups - or lists. If you're new to Twitter, the stream of chatter, updates and links can easily become overwhelming. Lists make Twitter both more manageable and more useful to job seekers. Read »

Oct 2nd

Networking for newbies

"Most job vacancies aren't filled through responses to ads but through personal contacts — all the evidence points to networking as the most effective form of job hunting." Read »

Sep 4th

How you can get a job with social media

I was talking to a recent graduate yesterday who needed to find references from his internships. But his problem is that one of his references has since moved to another company, and he doesn't have the current details... a familiar story to many job seekers. Read »

Aug 28th