Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 - Job Advertisement, Job Boards, career change, career transition, cv help, cv writing, job application, job application rejection, job search, job seeking

Job Application: employer direct As a recruiter, of course I would always prefer that as a job seeker you come to me over going to an employer to find a job. I get paid a fee for vetting out the unsuitable job applications, and reduce the time an employer takes to fill a job. But [...]

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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - career change, career management, career planning, employer, employment, legal, professionalism

Career planning: pregnancy, maternity and children I have answered the question a number of times with female friends about Career planning, and how they should address the issues of pregnancy, maternity and children. So it seemed about time to put my thoughts into public. Most women when asking the question are concerned more about the [...]

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Thursday, December 17th, 2009 - career change, career management, career transition, cv writing, employment, job application, job search, qualifications

Job Search: qualifications transfer Tauraz asks: I am a Overseas Qualified Pharmacist, but due to regulations in the UK, I cant practice as a Pharmacist. I completed a Masters degree in Business from a very reputed UK University and I have 3 months experience as a Territory Manager selling Speciality products (Vaccines-Hormones). I presently work [...]

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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 - career change, career management

Career Management: Borders Books From me personally, to the near 2000 employees at Borders Books UK, a company now in administration, a heart felt: good luck! For the rest of us, is there a career management lesson in their plight? Certainly, I think for those looking to manage long term career prospects, there is. The [...]

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Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 - Job Boards, Professional CV, career change, career management, career transition, employment, job application, professionalism

Best Job Application method? Daisy, an HR Specialist, asks: I saw a temp job advertised on a job board by a specialist (HR industry) recruitment agency. They’d changed the title slightly, but by looking at the skills being asked for / doing a bit of detective work, I was able to locate what was obviously [...]

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