Wednesday, November 18th, 2009 - economics, employment, government jobs, politics

Political Jobs: State Opening of Parliament Today, is the first day of the year, apparently. You didn’t know? Well, today is the State Opening of Parliament, the traditional start of the political year. You have to wonder whether MP’s in their safe political jobs have learnt anything in 2009, when the start of their year [...]

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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009 - CV Tips, cv help, employment, job application, job search, regulation

Employment and Cancer A few things in the world of employment are pretty clear right now, just by looking at the declining birth rate and the fact that in most western countries, there are more people over 40 than under 40. Hence, in a few years time, there won’t be enough people aged 18-21 with [...]

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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, Google CV, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, cv template, cv writing, how to make a cv, job application, job search, tutorial

Relevant Experience Andrea asks: Will this sound lame/sad on my CV? I have applied for a job at Apple, and in the job advert they say how they want people to be enthusiastic about their products. Do you think it would sound stupid/ lame/sad if I put “I am a Mac enthusiast!” on my CV? [...]

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 - HMRC, economics, education, employment, europe, government jobs, immigration, job search, job seeking, minimum wage, politics, recruitment, regulation, sunday thoughts

UK Budget 2009 photo credit: ErrrLomoDeAtun Today, UK Chancellor Alastair Darling, presented his budget for 2009/2010, and projections forward, in a package he said would steer the UK through to recovery. The headlines were, according to the BBC: UK will have to borrow a record £175bn as he admitted the economy faces its worst year [...]

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