Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 - Job Advert, Professional CV, career transition, job application, professionalism, tutorial

1000 Job Applications, No Job Thomas asks: I have sent out over 1000 CV’s and Job Applications, so far with no job offers. I am in the Armed Forces, I have a degree, I have experience and I am willing to move. I find jobs all the time. What does society want from me? Why [...]

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Monday, August 31st, 2009 - Job Advert, career management, career transition, job application, job hunting, job search, professionalism, recruitment

Job Application Statistics Today, I want to show you a chart I hope as a Job Seeker or someone undertaking a Job Search that you will never forget when completing a Job Application. Why? Because every day this chart shocks me, and its why as a recruitment company we came into the Job Applicant side [...]

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Monday, August 24th, 2009 - Job Advert, career management, cv help, economics, employment, job application, job interview, professionalism, redundancy

Explaining unemployment in a job interview? Haydn asks: I have been unemployed for nearly 6 months now. I finished university in 2007 and have only managed to get 2 fixed terms jobs (one for 6 months and another for 4) with gaps in between them. The problem is that in the last 6 months I [...]

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Saturday, August 15th, 2009 - cover letter, employment, job application, professionalism

Employment: Dear Sir… When I get up in the morning, while the kettle brews for a cup of coffee, when I get down to the front door to pick up the mail, my life is always made easier by those who have sent me letters. Like most, I can quickly sort the junk mail from [...]

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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 - Professional CV, cv security, employment, job application, job search, legal, professionalism, qualifications

Qualifications: James Bond? The world of spying and that of employment rarely cross, but it occurs to me that today many spies are far more exposed thanks to the ease of verifying qualifications. When to do so successfully now definitively needs the power and authority of a national government, why do a number of job [...]

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