Friday, February 19th, 2010 - CV Advice, cv help, cv writing, employment, job application, job application rejection, recruitment, tutorial

Job application: rejection in your CV? When job seekers make a job application, and are rejected, many think that its probably in their Professional CV that the problem lies. But, on reflecting on a variety of statistics and personal experiences, I will happily tell you today that the problem is probably not in your CV. [...]

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Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 - CV Tips, Professional CV, career change, career management, cv help, job application, job hunting, job search

Serious CV advice James asks: I’ve got quite a serious problem regarding my last place of employment on my CV, because I was dismissed. I worked at a bank from November 2008 to March 2009. This is the first job listed on my CV. Previous to that, I worked for a marketing firm from May [...]

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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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Friday, September 18th, 2009 - CV Tips, candidate, career change, career management, cv help, cv writing, disciplinary procedure, employment, job application, job search, legal

Employment Dismissal Sarah asks: I am looking for work after employment 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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Thursday, September 18th, 2008 - career management, career planning, job application, job interview

Frequent Job Changing photo credit: Wonderlane John asks: I have changed jobs thrice in the last twelve years. In the last job I lasted for a little under two years. When I wanted to leave the last place I couldn’t seem to impress upon prospective new employers that it was fair enough time to learn [...]

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