Friday, October 23rd, 2009 - Interview Questions, Telephone Interview, interview, interview techniques, job application, job search

Telephone Interview Tips The Telephone Interview is the second most likely place a job seeker will be rejected in a job search. Having got through the CV sifting exercise successfully, and shown on paper that you have the required communication of skills, qualifications and experience, the job applicant now has to both prove that the [...]

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Thursday, September 10th, 2009 - Job Advertisement, job hunting, job search, professionalism

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 [...]

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Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 - CV Tips, Professional CV, career planning, cv help, job application, job search, tutorial

Small Business Entrepreneur Shawn asks: I have been a Small Business Entrepreneur, and am now looking to return to the corporate workforce. How do you deal with serial entrepreneurship when looking for a job, and writing a Professional CV? In Answer: When ever you think your have a job application “problem” on your CV, always [...]

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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cv help, how to make a cv, job application, job search

Relevant Skills Maria, a Pharmacology Finance Analyst, asks: I recently had an interview for a business analyst position in a PMO. I mentioned that I had been a teacher something not on my CV, and the PMO director suggested I should put it on my CV, because he thought it was valuable experience, but he [...]

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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009 - Blog

Six Word Resume Contest The six word resume contest – you can tell by that it started in America – is an adhoc ongoing competition in the employment world, started by GL Hoffman, author of www.digyourjob.com The best entry so far? Steve Jobs of Apple: “As I live, so does Apple.” My entry? “I work, [...]

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