HR teams generally have a bad rep in the world of job-seeking – they’re often perceived as the “mean” people who prevent your CV from reaching management and generally obstruct your job progress for the smallest of reasons. But apparently there’s a whole lot more to the HR role than that! In this week’s guest post,… Continue Reading
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How to beat the stats and land a job – 10 top tips from a recent graduate
Following on from last week’s post on why graduates should ditch graduate schemes in favour of more attainable options, this week I’ve invited Amy Burton, a recent graduate, to share the secrets and strategies that helped her to land her first job – just one month after graduating. [GUEST POST by Amy Burton] In the… Continue Reading
3 costly mistakes jobseekers make on cover letters
What’s more important – having a good CV or a good cover letter…? The answer? Both! Cover letters are just as important as CVs because a good cover letter gets your CV through the door and a good CV then goes on to qualify you for an interview! If you know anything about my… Continue Reading
What to do when you’re over-qualified for the job
You may read the title of this post and exclaim, “If only!” but being over-qualified for the job is becoming an unexpected but increasingly common problem in today’s job market. “Over-qualified” happens when your skills, experience and knowledge clearly exceed the job position you are applying for. Unfortunately many jobseekers today, particularly those who have… Continue Reading
A refreshing way to job search…
THIS morning I had restricted access to my computer for about an hour so I had to find something else to do to occupy my time, something that didn’t involve technology. This was going to be hard. I began to think of how technology had become so much a part of my life over the… Continue Reading