Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 - Job Advertisement, job application, job offers, job search, recruitment, tutorial
More than one job offer
It is quite typical in a job search, that having made multiple job applications that you will receive more than one interview, followed by more than one job offer. The question of the job seeker then becomes not how do I get more job interviews but how to handle multiple job [...]
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - career change, career management, career planning, employer, employment, legal, professionalism
Career planning: pregnancy, maternity and children
I have answered the question a number of times with female friends about Career planning, and how they should address the issues of pregnancy, maternity and children. So it seemed about time to put my thoughts into public.
Most women when asking the question are concerned more about the impact on [...]
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Monday, February 1st, 2010 - CV Tips, career transition, cv help, employment, recruitment, unemployment
Poor work history
One of the more serious problems faced when seeking employment is that of poor work history, most commonly with either gaps or a succession of terminated/dismissed reasons.
Termination or dismissal is easy to cope with in future job applications. The simple rules are:
What does your reference say: if in doubt, ask for a copy
Don’t [...]
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Friday, January 29th, 2010 - career transition, employment, job application, recruitment, tutorial
Social media job rejection
Have you ever been rejected for a job, through what your social media profile says about you?
Think not, then think again. Media research shows that 70% of employers now deploy social media searches on post-CV skimmed job applicants.
Social media recruitment
Finding your Google CV is normally done after the paper CV sift (making [...]
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