Monday, March 15th, 2010 - Blog, Interview Questions, job interview
Many job interviews, no job offers
Mary asks: I am a teacher, and am having no luck in landing a job. I am getting a good ratio of job interviews, but in 10 so far have not been offered one job. What am I doing wrong, what could I do to improve my performance?
In answer:
Firstly, congratulations. [...]
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Thursday, November 26th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Interview Questions, Professional CV, cv writing, how to make a cv, interview techniques, job application, job interview, job search, tutorial
Elevator Pitch
You may not have heard of it before, but I know from the results we see through our Professional CV service, that creating an Elevator Pitch is the most important step you can take in CV Writing or winning your Job Search. Why? What if you had a statement – known as [...]
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Friday, November 13th, 2009 - Interview Questions, Telephone Interview, employment, job application
Telephone Interview: salary question
Mike asks: I just completed a telephone interview, my first interview with that company. I was asked what my salary was in my previous position. I explained that I did not wish to disclose that at this time, but would be willing to discuss compensation should we move further along in the [...]
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Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - Interview Questions, Telephone Interview, interview, interview techniques, job application, job search
Telephone Interview Tips
The Telephone Interview is the second most likely place a job seeker will be rejected in a job search. Having got through the CV sifting exercise successfully, and shown on paper that you have the required communication of skills, qualifications and experience, the job applicant now has to both prove that the CV [...]
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Friday, August 28th, 2009 - Interview Questions, career transition, employment, interview techniques, job interview
Job Interview Hair Styles
Job Interviews are about two things:
Confirming you have the applicable skills you claim to have in your CV/resume
Showing you will socially fit in with the organisation
Confirm – not necessarily complete – those two issues, and the job is yours: easy.
But, you would be amazed and shocked what sometimes happens in [...]
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