Sunday, January 17th, 2010 - politics, sunday thoughts

Sovereign debt, politics and unemployment As we build up to the 2010 UK general election in what now seems will be May or June, our politicians are already practising their hustings delivery. I am sure by the time we get to the ballot box in early summer, all will be fed up to the back [...]

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Friday, December 11th, 2009 - cv writing, economics, employment, job application, job hunting, job offers, job search, professionalism, recruitment

Job Offer Jitters! Paul asks: I accepted a job offer, but after reviewing my financial situation I realize that taking the job will cost me far more than I am comfortable losing. This job requires relocation, and while they are offering a relocation package, there is a two year obligation attached to the money and [...]

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Friday, October 30th, 2009 - cv help, cv writing, job application, job search

Job Application: Unpaid Wages and HMRC! Penelope, a shop worker, asks: What should I do? Should I put this on my CV? I worked six months for a shop. The guy in the end wasn’t paying taxes and stole my money. I found out that he hadn’t even registered his company with the revenue so [...]

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Thursday, October 29th, 2009 - CV Tips, CV format, cv help, cv writing, job application

Employment Gaps Sam, an Assurance Associate at PWC, asks: My last date for an employer was August 26. Can I put on my CV that I worked from Sep 2007 to Sep 2009 as the dates? Since I worked pretty much all of August, is it OK to have these these dates on my CV? [...]

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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 - career coaching, career planning, employment, job search, professionalism, qualifications

Career Planning As we return slowly over the next eighteen months to an economy which is creating more jobs than it is shedding, and unemployment starts to fall, in the world of employment we will see two issues return to the table: the shortage of skills within the market place, resulting from reduced birthrate the [...]

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