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Don’t bore them by repeating yourself in your CV
Same job description but several jobs? Have you had several jobs that all involved doing more or less the same thing? Say admin assistant in a busy company? Resist the temptation to list the job responsibilities verbatim for each different job. Take it from me as someone who spends a lot of her day reviewing CVs – there is nothing quite so dull and boring as seeing a CV where the same bullet pointed job description is cut and pasted into 3 or 4 different jobs on the CV. I see it quite a lot and after the 2nd or 3rd practically...
read moreSpeed up your job hunt-step AWAY from the computer.
Social networking, online job websites, emails – all good ways to progress your job search. But what happens when your job search gets STUCK and no amount of LinkedIn, Twitter and attaching your CV to job ads is leading to interviews or job offers? Sound familiar? Maybe it’s time to go back to basics and get out and meet some people, talk rather then email, face to face rather than phone and text? Who can you meet? Reconnect with old colleagues/classmates/friends. Suggest you meet for a coffee to catch up. It constantly...
read more“Reading, Cooking, Keeping Fit”-should you have hobbies on your CV?
Should you include hobbies on your CV? Useful or a waste of space?
read moreTell Me About Yourself – Do I HAVE to?
If you prepare just ONE answer to interview questions, make it this one - Tell Me About Yourself.
read moreInterviews- they’re not what they used to be
Interview candidates are expected to do more to prove they can do they job
read moreTurning jobs announcements into a job for you
How to react to jobs annoucements to maximise your chances of getting one of the jobs
read moreWhat to do when your Job Search plan isn’t working
When your job search plan isn't working it is time to try a new approach
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