In retrospect, I should have told him I wasn\’t ready for an interview but I thought I\’d just try. Of course I did badly, even though I answered questions about the company well because the Secretary coached me
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Storytelling is something that humans have been doing for millions of years. It’s the simple act of repeating a narrative from person to person and in the last few years there has been a rapid rise of #storytelling in marketing, While the rise of storytelling has been dubbed the ‘new marketing’ and has fundamentally changed
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There are many angles (age discrimination, HR practice, government policy, lie etc.) to this write up but today I\’ll just talk about the lie part. Age, lay offs, huge career gaps, are some of the reason people lie on their CV. I had a discussion over the weekend and then I saw a discussion
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I have been sprucing up my LinkedIn Profile and last week I made CV Sales and connections with top executives (potential customers). A lot of people think LinkedIn is just another social media platform, at best they think it’s for stuffy Executives or funny sales people that keep adding you to their network for opportunities…lol
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In my work as a Recruiter I have interviewed a lot of applicants on the kind of job they want and a number of them have said \”any kind of job\”. When a job seeker tells me, “any kind of job\” …I cringe and then try to find out exactly what they are interested in
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You\’d find a lot of advice on CV Writing on the internet, one of the popular ones is the use of keywords. Keywords on CVs are important because they are used to describe skills and qualities depending on your role or the industry you work in, so the better your CV matches the keywords in
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They say about 70% of Curriculum Vitaes contain at least one lie, but the truth is lying on your CV could cause more damage to your career than you realise. Picture yourself in an interview room with a padded CV, unless you\’re an experienced liar the situation will probably make you nervous and that might
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As a Job seeker, one of your main jobs is to understand the Job market. Research shows that no matter how bad the economy is, even in times of high unemployment, a lot of people still get jobs. Here are a few places to look: 1. Get on LinkedIn and look for people in your
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You have a top quality professional CV that can create or increase your chance for a face to face interview with your potential employer so what do you do with it? APPLY FOR JOBS YOU ARE QUALIFIED FOR AGGRESSIVELY AND ACQUIRE THE REQUIRED SKILL SET FOR YOUR DREAM JOB!! Determine your career goals first before
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