Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 - Job Boards, Professional CV, career change, career management, career transition, employment, job application, professionalism

Best Job Application method? Daisy, an HR Specialist, asks: I saw a temp job advertised on a job board by a specialist (HR industry) recruitment agency. They’d changed the title slightly, but by looking at the skills being asked for / doing a bit of detective work, I was able to locate what was obviously [...]

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Monday, November 23rd, 2009 - employment, job application, job interview

Job Interview: kept waiting Graham, an engineer asks: What do you do when the employer kept you waiting? You waited patiently for your interview. The PA told you the person in charge is out for a meeting and will be back. After 30 mins, there is no sight of them. You checked with the PA [...]

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Thursday, April 9th, 2009 - Job Advert, employer, employment, legal, politics, recruitment, tutorial

Job Advert Cheryl Gillan, the shadow Secretary of State for Wales has been attacked in both Welsh and National media for advertising for a research assistant, stating knowledge of Wales and devolution is “desirable but not essential” The job advert which can be found at w4mp.org (closing date: April 27th, 2009), says that the job [...]

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 - Job Advert, career management, employer, employment, job application, job hunting, job search, recruitment

Drugs in employment I read this story this morning with some horror. Not only does it show how the financial barriers to access drugs are becoming lower – 20p a hit is around the same price as a cigarette; plus the tragic loss of life. It also shows how “accepted and normal” the whole drug [...]

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Monday, June 30th, 2008 - candidate, employer, employment, job application, job hunting, job seeking, professionalism, recruiters, recruitment, tutorial

Recruitment Emrah asks: Do employers really think recruiters know better who is the best choice for them, or are they actually looking for someone to blame when choices go wrong? In Answer: Employers who use recruiters for every recruitment exercise are probably those you don’t want to work for – low wages, high turnover, poor [...]

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