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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Thursday, February 25th, 2010 - job application rejection, recruiters, recruitment

Why recruiters reject you As a recruiter, it some times surprises me when job applicants and job seekers complain about being rejected by recruiters. They some how think that we are a personal service, and therefore should always care about them, by: Acknowledging their communication Always calling them on the telephone, no matter how they [...]

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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, cv examples, cv help, cv writing, how to make a cv, job application, job search, recruiters, recruitment

Best CV = Lying? When we are answering Job Application questions, either for clients or on forums, a significant number of them deal with what is the Best CV; and a second category deals with what is acceptable CV lying? A thought therefore occurred to me: are the Best CV’s written by Liars? Before we [...]

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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 - CV format, Job Advert, Job Vacancies, cv help, cv security, employment, job application, recruiters, recruitment

Why PDF will get you employed over MSWord Many job application systems these days are based online, and in the recruiter side of the employment business, technology has huge gains in efficiency and cost of operations. But there is one simple technology choice you can make in your job application which will mean you get [...]

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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009 - career change, employer, employment, job application, job search, recruiters, recruitment, tutorial

How to hire a recruiter I was talking to a friend this morning, who asked if I would speak to 200 SME business people next year about how to hire a recruiter. I thought this a quite simple and easy task which could be completed in around 30seconds, and not need a 30min slot accompanied [...]

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