Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 - CV Tips, Professional CV, career change, career management, cv help, job application, job hunting, job search
Serious CV advice
James asks: I’ve got quite a serious problem regarding my last place of employment on my CV, because I was dismissed. I worked at a bank from November 2008 to March 2009. This is the first job listed on my CV. Previous to that, I worked for a marketing firm from May 2008 [...]
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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 - CV Tips, career management, career planning, cv writing, education, employment, qualifications, university
College dropout
Steve, a professional engineer, asks: What is the best way to explain dropping out of university in your CV? Even though I’m well on my way to gaining a degree through my job, and have vocational qualifications, I still feel that my unfinished degree looks bad on my CV.
I dropped out because I made [...]
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 - Article, CV Tips, Personal Profile, cv help, employment, job search, recruitment, tutorial
Job Search Secret
I thought today, it was about time, that I told you the successful job hunters secret.
The problem is, is that it is not much of a secret; it certainly is not that big. It is just that what it is in not actually implemented very well.
But if I wrote a headline that said [...]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, how to make a cv, job application, job search
Relevant Skills
Maria, a Pharmacology Finance Analyst, asks: I recently had an interview for a business analyst position in a PMO. I mentioned that I had been a teacher something not on my CV, and the PMO director suggested I should put it on my CV, because he thought it was valuable experience, but he said [...]
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Tuesday, May 5th, 2009 - career transition, interview techniques, job interview, tutorial
Job Interview
photo credit: Nils Geylen
Ruth asks: what is the best answer to the job interview question ”tell me about your CV”? This really threw me in my last interview and I didn’t know what to say! I got the job, but I have another interview on Tuesday. What should I say if they ask [...]
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