Monday, February 8th, 2010 - Professional CV, career management, career planning, employment, professionalism

Career plan: talent development Brian, a technologist and project administrator at an investment bank, asks: I’ve been doing some research into the way my organisation looks at developing, nurturing and retaining it’s internal talent, and decided it would be a good idea to see other organisational approaches and what people expect. For this question, Internal [...]

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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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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, Job Advert, Professional CV, how to make a cv, job application, job application rejection, job search, job seeking, jobs board, professionalism, tutorial

Job Application Knowledge photo credit: woodleywonderworks Sean, a technician and trainer, asks: How do you address related but not specific skills/knowledge in a job application? I am currently searching for a new job, and found a few that I believe I would be a good fit for. The problem is that the job description specifies [...]

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