Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - career change, career management, career transition, employment, job application, job application rejection, job search, job seeking, tutorial

Job Search Pain photo credit: Pink Sherbet Photography As recruiters, all job applicants who approach us portray themselves as perfect and right – usually absolutely right – for the job we are advertising. Our role then is to test to see if that is true both functionally and well as socially inside our clients team. [...]

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Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 - Professional CV, candidate, career management, employment, job application, job search, job seeking, professionalism, tutorial, unemployment

Career Management photo credit: mnomono Amy asks: Virtually everyone I know presents a totally different face to their boss. People are training themselves in “interview techniques”, which usually involves “saying what they want to hear”. I have to put a bunch of fake descriptions on my CV to fit in into the work world, even [...]

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Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 - CV Tips, cv writing, disciplinary procedure, discipline, employment, job application, tutorial, unemployment

Sacked! photo credit: Tavallai Jo asks: I have just been sacked from my job and wondering about CV? I was sacked with a week’s notice for failing to keep up with the demands of my job. I have been told I cannot have a reference as I am a sacked employee and now am not [...]

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