Tuesday, December 8th, 2009 - Professional CV, career coaching, economics, employment, salary, salary negotiation

Wage negotiation: money v total package As it is coming up to Christmas – first mention of that word on this blog this year – I thought it would be a good idea to have a few “seasonal” blog entries. Some will be socially observational, some will be new years planning – but all will [...]

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 - career management, cv writing, job application, job hunting, unemployment

Unemployed Teacher Claire asks: I’m unemployed and cant get a job. What do I do? I’m a teacher. I have two years temporary experience and due to cut backs in education have found it impossible to find anything. I’ve sent hundreds of CVs and driven to loads of schools. Starting to feel like rubbish about [...]

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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009 - CV Tips, Job Advertisement, Job Boards, cv help, cv writing, employment, job application, job search

Job Search Costs Have you ever considered the costs of a Job Search? No? Perhaps you should, because even if your job search is going well, your job search is costing you time and hence money. Firstly, lets put aside the cost of missed opportunity in the wages you are missing. The average UK wage [...]

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Saturday, October 31st, 2009 - Job Boards, employment, job application

Paid Job Board Dave, an oil rig worker, asks: Can job sites that ask for a fee before you can upload a CV be trusted? I’m currently looking for work on a offshore oil rig but many of the job boards I find ask for a fee. What do you think? In answer: Yes, the [...]

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 - CV Tips, How to Write a CV, career change, career management, cv help, education, employment, how to make a cv, job search, tutorial

What CV Problem? Sometimes, when I get asked for CV Help to fix a CV problem which can not be fixed in the CV. Occasionally, the problem is with the job applicant, and not the CV. The signs are normally a high turnover CV, and lots of present rejections from employers in response to Job [...]

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