Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, career management, career transition, curriculum vitae, cv help, cv writing, how to make a cv, job application, job search, job seeking
CV Writing: career positioning
When CV Writing, many think tactically about what goes where and what they should insert/invent to fill out the sections they have created. This approach from the start creates holes in their job application, which even the inexperienced HR administrator or recruiter could pick up on very quickly.
The problem is that the [...]
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 - CV format, cv help, cv template, cv writing, job application
CV Writing: short stories
This is part of our series on How To Write A CV
Many people when trying CV Writing for themselves, get confused about how to create an effective piece of what is personal marketing. They often worry or concern themselves primarily with CV Layout, CV Structure, or Spelling and [...]
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Wednesday, September 16th, 2009 - employment, job application, job interview, job search
How Would You Describe Yourself?
Kathy, an IT professional looking at moving for career development, asks: Hi team at CV4.biz, I hope this finds you all well – Bora Da! Love my new Professional CV and the results it is getting in positive engagement with lots of telephone interviews, but I am now getting nervous about [...]
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Monday, August 10th, 2009 - Interview Questions, career transition, employment, interview, interview techniques, job interview, job search, professionalism, tutorial
Tough Interview Questions
Bob McIntosh, a career coach, asks: Why do people lose their wits at an interview? People who otherwise appear confident and accomplished, sometimes fall down at an interview. Why?
In answer:
Often, simply because they have not accepted the situation as one where pressure will be applied, and secondly are inexperienced in interview tactics.
As a [...]
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Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 - CV Tips, Interview Questions, career transition, employment, interview, interview techniques, job application, job search
Number 1 job interview question
The key question at any job interview is:
Why do you want this job?
Why are you interested in this job?
Or in its alternate poison tipped version, aimed directly at you started with a “In your own words, tell me….”
Why do I want this job?
Why I want this job?
If you get asked this [...]
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