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:
I am a [...]

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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 applied for our advertised [...]

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Monday, February 22nd, 2010 - Blog, Workplace bullying, disciplinary procedure, employment, recruitment

Workplace Bullying

This weekends launch of a new version of a book by political journalist Andrew Rawnsley, and the relaunch of the Observer in a new format, all in the year of a UK general election have brought to the front pages of many newspapers the issues of Workplace Bullying.
But, unfortunately the political tones and repercussions [...]

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Friday, February 19th, 2010 - CV Advice, cv help, cv writing, employment, job application, job application rejection, recruitment, tutorial

Job application: rejection in your CV?

When job seekers make a job application, and are rejected, many think that its probably in their Professional CV that the problem lies.
But, on reflecting on a variety of statistics and personal experiences, I will happily tell you today that the problem is probably not in your CV. But most [...]

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Saturday, February 13th, 2010 - Article, Social Media, career coaching, career management, employment, job application rejection, professionalism, recruitment, tutorial

Social Media Checklist
If you are a Job Seeker wondering why you got rejected,
Or an Executive wondering why head hunters don’t call?
Its probably because of your (or lack of…)

Social Media footprint!
Solve the problem TODAY with Social Media Checklist
If you are a job seeker, a skilled worker, or an executive thinking that one day a head hunter [...]

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