Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 - CV Tips, Professional CV, career planning, cv help, job application, job search, tutorial

Small Business Entrepreneur Shawn asks: I have been a Small Business Entrepreneur, and am now looking to return to the corporate workforce. How do you deal with serial entrepreneurship when looking for a job, and writing a Professional CV? In Answer: When ever you think your have a job application “problem” on your CV, always [...]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - Article, career planning, credit crunch, degree, discipline, economics, education, employment, government jobs, job hunting

Army Careers This evening, the BBC’s popular magazine programme The One Show had as its first article, the former ITV Loose Women presenter and notable journalist Kaye Adams reporting from Bridgend, on the issue of the British Armed Forces recruiting in economically deprived areas. Adams interviewed two mothers – one of a soldier killed in [...]

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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009 - CV Tips, career coaching, career planning, career transition, employment, job search, recruitment, redundancy, tutorial

Job Search Errors What is your excuse for not being able to get the job you want? It’s the economy It’s the market It’s where I live It’s my skill set I am too old/young, etc Can I be straight with you? It is probably less to do with the above, and more to do [...]

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Sunday, July 19th, 2009 - career change, career management, career planning, career transition, employment

Career Choices? Andrew asks: If one is equally comfortable in business analyst role, presales role or business development role then which one can give best ROI in the IT field? Are there any other roles which MBAs can look for? In answer: A specific answer depends on how the roles are positioned inside the organisation [...]

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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 - career planning, degree, education, employment, job application, qualifications

Which Cooking School? Steve asks: I want to be a successful chef, so looking to see if this certificate or course will help me on my way? Ashburton Cookery School offer a 20 day cookery diploma for £2700 its a 20 day course? Is this the sort of thing you could put on your CV [...]

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