Thursday, October 8th, 2009 - CV Tips, candidate, curriculum vitae, cv help, cv writing, job application

Job Application: Mensa Membership William, a software writer, asks: Is it a good idea to include Mensa membership on my CV? I know that you have answered this question in a previous post, but the type of work is Software Testing which is a job that is greatly enhanced by intellect, ie: a piece of [...]

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Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 - career change, career transition, employment, job application, job interview, recruitment

Recovering from poor first impression photo credit: rileyroxx Larry, a sales person, asks: I was recently in a job interview, and one of the people on the employers side and I seemed quickly not to get on. I have had this happen occasionally on sales calls. How do you handle the first encounter with a [...]

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Friday, November 14th, 2008 - career change, career coaching, career management, career planning, career transition, employment

Thinking of changing jobs? The down turn in the economy is bringing forward many individual’s plans to change employment sectors. Having seen many jobs disappear in their sector, they suddenly seem to be bringing forward long held plans to do something else, which they have never yet put into action. Is this a time when [...]

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