Thursday, August 20th, 2009 - Article, Jobs Abroad, career management, education, employment, job search, university

A Level Economics Today is the day on which the 2009 A level results are announced. Yet again – surprise – a record-breaking number have been awarded A grades. More than one in four entries – 26.7% – got the top grade, up from 25.9% last year and the overall pass rate rose to 97.5%, [...]

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Monday, June 22nd, 2009 - Blog, CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Professional CV, cover letter, cv help, cv writing, employment, how to make a cv, job hunting, job search, tutorial

Employers are Lazy! When you apply for a job, are you focused on you and your talents, or what the employer needs? Form my experience as a recruiter, most job applicants – at least 2/3rds – are more focused on themselves than the job they are applying for: They never change their CV They write [...]

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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 - How to Write a CV, cv interests, cv writing, tutorial

One of the most often asked questions when writing a CV is on the CV Interests section. Quite often people are unsure as to what to add here, let alone how to write it. The bottom line is that an interests section is optional. Most bland internet templates include an interests section because they can be quite useful to school leavers and early careers, and templates have to be applicable to many different readers and job seekers.

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