Monday, January 18th, 2010 - career, career coaching, employment, job application, professionalism, recruitment
Employment: Blue Monday?
According to the Daily Mail and half the “intelligentsia” press, today is Blue Monday: the most depressing day of the year. They quote:
If you think life is a grind and you’d rather be doing anything other than going to work, you’re not alone. Today is officially Blue Monday – the most miserable day [...]
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 - CV Tips, Professional CV, career change, career management, career transition, cv help, cv writing, employment, job application, job search
Job Search: Employment in 24hrs
Is it possible, in a job search, to get a job and be employed in less than 24hrs? Simply yes – here is how to do it in 8steps or less!
A friend of mine rang me a few weeks back, and asked if I could help him. We both worked together [...]
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Sunday, November 8th, 2009 - CV Tips, cv help, job application
Employment: How to spot a liar?
Sam, an unemployed job seekers, asks: Have you ever got a job because you lied on your CV?
In answer:
A supplemental question to you Sam: and when do you think you will get sacked/without notice, and possible sued/sent to jail?
Lying in your CV is not illegal, its when you are asked [...]
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Sunday, November 1st, 2009 - employment, job application, recruitment
Employment after dismissal
Sarah asks: I am looking for work after dismissal, and need some help. I was dismissed from my last job as I didn’t meet the targets, was making mistakes as a result of being stressed, and was late on two occasions. So, in summary, I think that has also gone against me. I [...]
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Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 - Professional CV, career change, job application, job application rejection, job search, professionalism, tutorial
Reject Job Applications
When I first came into the world of recruitment and employment full time, two things suddenly struck me:
That, on average in the typical job search, we were dismissing half of the job applications at the first stage: sifting
That, to a great extent, the dismissed applications were dealt with as irrelevant and time wasting. [...]
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