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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

For a Cover Letter That Gets You Noticed – See These 6 Tips

If you are paying someone to promote you, your skills, attributes and achievements, how would you want them to promote you? This is a good way to start considering the covering letter that you send out with your CV. It has to clearly introduce you, explain why you are the one, their suitable candidate, and

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Immediately After Your Interview, ensure you do this…

According to Robert Oldham, the founder of cvtrumpet.co.uk you should not wait like 90% of people after you have attended an interview to write a letter/email to your interviewer thanking him or her, especially if you thought...

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Your CV? Be Sure to Impress Employers With Your Career History

As with everything else on your CV, your Career History or Work Experience section must effectively sell you to an employer. It must showcase your achievements. This means that it has to be persuasive enough to convince...

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Ten Tips for Choosing the Best Job Site for You

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Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Have You Thought of Writing a Performance CV?

If you have identified that you need a performance CV, this post is for you. Generally you will find the layout described here will work for you. Please feel free to add other sections as required or...

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

10 More Things You Musn’t Forget to Leave Out of Your CV

1. Lists of publications unless you are a scientist or academic, if asked for a list, then include these. However, significant publications may be included as achievements. 2. Very personal information Don’t include your age, weight, height, health,...

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Searching for a Job? Will networking really make a difference?

Why you need to network Networking is a job search technique that is highly recommended because it can often open up career opportunities in an intensely competitive job market – with too many candidates chasing too few...

Friday, January 30th, 2009

You’ve Got 10 Seconds to Impress Me – 10 Things NOT to do on your CV

When you submit your CV it had better be good. The recruiter who receives your application will probably have dozens or even hundreds of CVs to shift and sort. So you’ll be lucky if your CV is...

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

10 Ways to Bounce Back from Bad Interviews and Job Rejections

These are 10 ways to bounce back from bad interviews and job rejections. I bet you or someone you know have been rejected for job positions in the past and just before reading this article, if you...

Friday, January 9th, 2009

The 10 Worst Things You Could Say To Your Boss

The daily reality of being a boss is hard work, thankless even. So why make life harder for the both of you. Heres a light-hearted look at some of the things you should avoid saying, unless you’re...

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