Thursday, October 29th, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, cv help, cv writing, job application

Employment Gaps Sam, an Assurance Associate at PWC, asks: My last date for an employer was August 26. Can I put on my CV that I worked from Sep 2007 to Sep 2009 as the dates? Since I worked pretty much all of August, is it OK to have these these dates on my CV? [...]

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Thursday, June 11th, 2009 - CV Tips, Personal Profile, Social Media, career change, employment, job application, job application rejection, job search, social networking, tutorial

Job Search During your Job Search, are you Kissing with Confidence? Honestly, I doubt it. Hence, much like eating raw garlic and fresh pickled onions before kissing the person of your dreams, it is presently leaving a lasting impression that lets down your Job Application with your future employer, and hence your chance of getting [...]

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Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 - Article, credit crunch, economics, employment, government jobs, immigration, job search, politics, recruitment, redundancy, unemployment

April 2009 UK Employment Data photo credit: C-Ali I normally write about UK Employment data at about this time of the month, but have delayed this months thoughts on UK employment prospects as the Bank of England held their monthly conference today. If you are going to comment about employment, then in reality it doesn’t [...]

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 - Article, cv writing, health, legal

Back to Work photo credit: Hitchster Back to Work or Getting Work after a period of treatment for a health related issue can be difficult, but something which is not often talked about or discussed in professional circles from the employees’ view point. The Credit Crunch and resultant Economic Downturn is not an easy situation [...]

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