Thursday, November 26th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Interview Questions, Professional CV, cv writing, how to make a cv, interview techniques, job application, job interview, job search, tutorial

Elevator Pitch
You may not have heard of it before, but I know from the results we see through our Professional CV service, that creating an Elevator Pitch is the most important step you can take in CV Writing or winning your Job Search. Why? What if you had a statement – known as [...]

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Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - Interview Questions, Telephone Interview, interview, interview techniques, job application, job search

Telephone Interview Tips

The Telephone Interview is the second most likely place a job seeker will be rejected in a job search. Having got through the CV sifting exercise successfully, and shown on paper that you have the required communication of skills, qualifications and experience, the job applicant now has to both prove that the CV [...]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, how to make a cv, job application, job search

Relevant Skills

Maria, a Pharmacology Finance Analyst, asks: I recently had an interview for a business analyst position in a PMO. I mentioned that I had been a teacher something not on my CV, and the PMO director suggested I should put it on my CV, because he thought it was valuable experience, but he said [...]

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Friday, July 3rd, 2009 - How to Write a CV, IT Jobs, Interview Questions, Professional CV, career change, career management, career transition, cv help, cv template, cv writing, employment, how to make a cv, interview techniques, job search, professionalism, recruitment

IT Jobs Code Samples

Katherine asks: When IT employers ask for code samples, what are they expecting? How long, how complex?
In answer:
It depends: why not ask the employer?
Software Writers or Coders come in four forms: creators, efficiency improvers, maintainers – and systems designers. This type of question is designed to prove or find out which type [...]

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Monday, August 11th, 2008 - Blog

New Career Change

photo credit: betty slocombe
Cindi asks: I’ve always been geared toward Administrative positions. How can I market myself to take that next step forward?
In answer:
The best Career Management question to ask yourself is: here do you want to be in five years? If you are brave, push that out to 10 years and [...]

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