Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 - career management, employment, graduate cv, job application, job search, recruitment, retail

University degree, no job interview Brandon asks: I have a university degree, yet no one will even call me for an interview. What am I doing wrong? I moved from the US last year. I have UK residency and have been trying to get a decent job for the past few months. I was working [...]

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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, How to Write a CV, cv examples, cv help, graduate cv, how to make a cv

Art gets reaction, CV’s get a phone call You may be aware that artist Anthony Gormley presently has an art exhibition on in London’s Trafalgar Square, called “One & Other,” running from July 6th through to October 14th 2009. The art in the piece is that anyone can apply via a dedicated one and other [...]

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Friday, June 12th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, cv interests, cv writing, employment, graduate cv, how to make a cv, tutorial

Key Skills photo credit: Peter Rivera One of the key tactics to writing a job winning and Professional CV is to market your key skills, by putting them front and centre. Employers love job applicants who show them that they have not only the required skills for the advertised job, but also key skills for [...]

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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv, cv help, cv writing, graduate cv, how to make a cv

Exam Results photo credit: kalyan02 Jackie asks: How I can get my exam results for 1986? I want to up date a CV, and I haven’t got my exam results any more as I lost them in a flat fire a few years ago. I have tried e-mailing the school that I went to but [...]

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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009 - Article, cv writing, degree, education, employment, graduate cv, job hunting, job interview

Graduate Education Being a recruiter, I am often asked by current school attendee’s: Ian, what is the best degree to get if I want a job in X industry? Am I better off going for Oxbridge, Redbrick university or former polytechnic? At this point – and as you have probably read a few of my [...]

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