- CV Advice, CV Tips, Job Application, job hunting, LinkedIn, Social Media

LinkedIn: CV/Resume Killer? I have seen a lot of posts and commentary around recently saying that the CV/resume is dead, and long live your LinkedIn Profile. Now as a Recruiter and Professional CV Writer, was I ever going to agree with this? Well yes, in part, but the simplistic headline doesn’t tell the whole truth. [...]

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- job hunting, job search

What’s Love got to do with ….. Successful Job Search? It’s Valentine’s Day, and I suppose we have to talk above love. What, in the work environment? A few thoughts…. While one third of couples meet at work… The number of employment related cases of sexual abuse and harrasment is rising No, not in that [...]

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- career transition, Employer, Employment, Hiring Manager, Job Advert, Job Application, job hunting, job search

10 things to check about your future employer When searching for a new job with your fresh new and Professional CV, do you ever checkout your potential future employer beyond noticing that they are advertising in your favourite jobs board? When you consider two key statistics, perhaps you need to do more than just click [...]

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- career change, career coaching, career management, career planning, job hunting, job search, job seeking

Don’t pick a job with no future It is interesting to talk to and understand how various job seekers end up in the situation that they do, but those contemplating new career paths often just think about what they want to do, and undertake no or little market research. If they did, within an hour [...]

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- career coaching, economics, Employment, job hunting, Legal, politics

Industrial relations: British Airways 1970s style? I was going to write a blog entry last week re the industrial relations dispute at British Airways, but decided to wait until the weekend for both the media reaction and reflection of the High Court strike ban on what was deemed an illegal ballot. I thought that there [...]

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