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What is best for your career – big or small companies?
Over the years, I’ve realised most client’s don’t plan ‘what next’ in their career, or even think about the sort of company that they would like to work for. Yet the sort of company (whether big or small) you work for can have...
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My thoughts on resume writing
I have a BIG confession to make. As a qualified resume and selection criteria writer and job search coach, I prefer working with clients applying for government jobs. WHY? Well, it has absolutely nothing to do with the type of client I work...
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Email cover letter and notes
If you are really pressed for time and need to move fast to get your application out to a recruiter, then an alternative to a cover letter is an email cover letter or note. In recent years, with the advent of email, rather...
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Why you should blow up your old resume and start from scratch
If you are like the majority of job seekers, your resume only sees light of day once every few years, and when you remove your resume from the archived folders, you simply update your current information, without altering the main structure of your...
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How you are evaluated at job interviews
An interview at the end of the day is about being evaluated by the employer, to ensure that you are qualified to do the job, can do the job and will do the job. Recruiting a person is expensive business and the greatest...
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Back to Basics – The answer to Job Search Success
I’m often struck by how complex people make things. What can be a simple process turns into an elaborate methodology, which turns into a list a ‘mile high’ of what needs to be done, to accomplish a task or project. When confronted with...
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The real purpose of a resume
Before you start revising, or writing your resume, you need to understand a few facts about the purpose of your résumé, and its role in securing your dream job The first thing you need to understand about resumes, is that: Résumés are used...
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Learn how to balance your career with your life
With modern work demands growing by the day, it is difficult to sometimes envisage a life, in which you can achieve a balance between your home life and work life. If you have a job, or career, it will probably be something that...
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Busting the education and training myth
Education and training is BIG business. So big, that millions is spent on television advertising to entice new clients and millions more is spent on newspaper advertisements. But do you really need additional education and training to succeed in today’s job market? Well...
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