Sunday, October 25th, 2009 - CV Tips, career management, cv writing

Religion on a CV Sarah, a PMP, asks: I was asked to check over an acquaintance’s CV, and one thing stuck out and I want to get other opinions before I say anything more to her about it. She is a PMP with significant experience in the Project Management industry. She has a Doctor of [...]

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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 [...]

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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 - employer, employment, job application, recruitment

Lush Cosmetics Jobs I was having a look at my Google Reader the other day (great tool for the job seeker), and found this question about applying for a job at Lush Cosmetics: Creative ideas for job application? So i went into town today looking for a job, i went into this place called Lush [...]

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Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - CV Tips, candidate, curriculum vitae, cv help, cv writing, job application

Job Application: Mensa Membership William, a software writer, asks: Is it a good idea to include Mensa membership on my CV? I know that you have answered this question in a previous post, but the type of work is Software Testing which is a job that is greatly enhanced by intellect, ie: a piece of [...]

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Monday, September 28th, 2009 - Job Advertisement, Recruitment Process, career change, career management, employment, job application, job hunting, job search

Recruitment Process One of the questions I often ask job seekers when advising them, is do you understand the recruitment process? Often, they look at me quizzically, and think I must have gone mad. Why would they need to understand the recruitment process, it is the same at every company and anyway, the job advert [...]

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