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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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