Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 - Job Advertisement, Job Boards, career change, career transition, cv help, cv writing, job application, job application rejection, job search, job seeking

Job Application: employer direct As a recruiter, of course I would always prefer that as a job seeker you come to me over going to an employer to find a job. I get paid a fee for vetting out the unsuitable job applications, and reduce the time an employer takes to fill a job. But [...]

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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010 - Job Advertisement, job application, job offers, job search, recruitment, tutorial

More than one job offer It is quite typical in a job search, that having made multiple job applications that you will receive more than one interview, followed by more than one job offer. The question of the job seeker then becomes not how do I get more job interviews but how to handle multiple [...]

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Monday, February 1st, 2010 - CV Tips, career transition, cv help, employment, recruitment, unemployment

Poor work history One of the more serious problems faced when seeking employment is that of poor work history, most commonly with either gaps or a succession of terminated/dismissed reasons. Termination or dismissal is easy to cope with in future job applications. The simple rules are: What does your reference say: if in doubt, ask [...]

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 - career management, cv writing, job application, job hunting, unemployment

Unemployed Teacher Claire asks: I’m unemployed and cant get a job. What do I do? I’m a teacher. I have two years temporary experience and due to cut backs in education have found it impossible to find anything. I’ve sent hundreds of CVs and driven to loads of schools. Starting to feel like rubbish about [...]

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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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