Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 - Employment Reference, career transition, employment, interview, job application, job interview, references

Reference: when in a job application? John, a job seeker in sales, asks: I am in a good job at present, but looking to move soon. My question is, when should I seek to line up my references? Most of my old bosses/employers have moved on or gone out of business. Approaching some of my [...]

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Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, How to Write a CV, cv, cv help, cv writing, how to make a cv, job search, tutorial

Quotes in CV? photo credit: Jeremy Burgin Bob asks: What do you think about quotes on a CV? I’m talking about short quotes from candidates’ supervisors and managers, perhaps from performance reviews, highlighting accomplishments. In answer: Assuming you mean quotes of reference from employers or clients, then: No, because they eat up valuable space for [...]

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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 - Ph.D., career management, career transition, job application, job hunting, job search, professionalism, university

Phd Education Carlotta asks: I quit my PhD halfway through and I’m concerned about how this will look on my CV. It was the best decision for me – I now work in publishing and am very happy to be out of academia – but I don’t want to come across as a quitter. Should [...]

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Saturday, March 28th, 2009 - Google CV, Social Media, job application, social networking

Social Media photo credit: mandiberg Tony asks: I’ve just had an argument with one of my friends who works for the HR dept of her company for disqualifying a candidate, not because of his rich experience, great educational background or excellent references but rather the things she happened to dislike that were on his MySpace [...]

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Thursday, March 26th, 2009 - How to Write a CV, career transition, cv writing, redundancy, unemployment

CV Writing photo credit: ArtemFinland Chris asks: What’s the best way to list my latest employer on my CV? I was laid off February 20th while under contract. Under the buyout, I still receive a check, but no longer work there. Do I change the dates on my resume to read ” xxxx- Feb 2009″, [...]

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