Thursday, February 18th, 2010 - Blog, CV Advice, cv help, job application, job application rejection

CV Advice

When job seekers look for CV Advice, what are they looking for and where should they look?
Most often, they are seeking CV Advice on How to Write a CV, or secondly seeking advice on why their CV Writing is not gaining the right number of job interviews, and hence job offers.
These two pieces of [...]

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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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Friday, September 4th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, cv writing, how to make a cv, job search, professionalism, project management

Team Performance Contribution

Lee, an aerodynamics consultant, asks: How do you put a valuation on team contributions for previous positions? I have noticed that many CV advice articles have many suggestions on “quantifiables,” eg: Increased sales by £/$xxx, or yy%. If a person has worked as part of a team effort (e.g. large aerospace company) [...]

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Friday, June 12th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, cv interests, cv writing, employment, graduate cv, how to make a cv, tutorial

Key Skills

photo credit: Peter Rivera
One of the key tactics to writing a job winning and Professional CV is to market your key skills, by putting them front and centre.
Employers love job applicants who show them that they have not only the required skills for the advertised job, but also key skills for being a [...]

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