Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 - Blog, job application, job application rejection, job interview

Job Application: Fired? Kate, a life coach, asks: How should a client answer an interview question/fill out an application if they have been fired? The person I am working with feels they were wrongly fired from a company due to a personality conflict with a manager. When asked at a job interview why he isn’t [...]

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Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 - Blog, job search, job seeking

Job Search: Can’t find jobs and too many jobs There are two types of job seekers who I know are failing in their job search: Those you can’t find any jobs Those who are applying for more than 20 jobs per week, after 4 weeks or more of starting their job search The problem with [...]

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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 [...]

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Thursday, March 11th, 2010 - How to Write a CV, Professional CV Writers, cv help, how to make a cv

Professional CV Writers With the increased number of job seekers recently, there has been a corresponding increase in the number of claimed Professional CV Writers. Yet, when in the UK, when there are no agencies or professional bodies orientated around the art of defining what a Professional CV Writer is or what level of experience [...]

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 - Blog, IT Jobs, recruiters, recruitment

IT jobs board? Chris, a systems analyst, asks: Do you know an IT job website that doesn’t involve going through employment or recruitment agencies? I am fed up of having to convince every agent I speak to that I can do the job – just want them to send off my Professional CV! In answer: [...]

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