Many job interviews, no job offers

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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Reference: when in a job application?

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 - Employment Reference, career transition, employment, interview, job application, job interview, references


Reference: when in a job application?

John, a job seeker in sales, asks: I am in a good job at present, but looking to move soon. My question is, when should I seek to line up my references? Most of my old bosses/employers have moved on or gone out of business. Approaching some of my old [...]

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Job Application: always think Job Interview

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 - employment, job application, job interview


Job Application: always think Job Interview

If there is one mistake that the majority of job applications make, it is focusing serially on their job application, over success in the final aim: the job interview
Why is focusing on the job interview a more successful strategy over focusing serially on:

Finding jobs
Job Application
Telephone Interview
Job Interview

The tendency to focus [...]

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Elevator Pitch

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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Job Interview: kept waiting

Monday, November 23rd, 2009 - employment, job application, job interview


Job Interview: kept waiting

Graham, an engineer asks: What do you do when the employer kept you waiting? You waited patiently for your interview. The PA told you the person in charge is out for a meeting and will be back. After 30 mins, there is no sight of them. You checked with the PA and [...]

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