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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 for a copy
Don’t [...]
Why you need a CV
Steve, a job seeker, asks: Why do you need a CV? Having been applying for jobs in the last few months, I am always asked to fill in a job application form; or if you email your CV, then they send you and application pack. I don’t understand why you need [...]
Career Planning
As we return slowly over the next eighteen months to an economy which is creating more jobs than it is shedding, and unemployment starts to fall, in the world of employment we will see two issues return to the table:
the shortage of skills within the market place, resulting from reduced birthrate
the need for job [...]
Job advertisement: sales or purchase?
I think I have just figured out where most job seekers and job applicants are going wrong: one of those life “click” moments.
To start out, here are two questions:
What is sales? According to the Oxford English Dictionary – and most countries legal definition – it is the exchange of money for [...]
Return to former Employer
Steve asks: I have applied to return to previous employer, would anything stop a former employer taking you back on? I used to work at this bank, and left after 6 months for another job with more money – BIG MISTAKE AS I NOW HATE THE PLACE. I left because the company [...]