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Why you should not do traditional networking to secure a job
If you read a couple of career blogs, they generally talk about having to do lots of networking to propel your career. Now I personally don’t like traditional networking, so I’m probably not the person to preach whether you should network or not. ...
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Preparing for the dreaded Panel Interview
Panel Interviews (with 2 or more people present) are quite common in both the public and private sector. However public sector interviews are generally more formal than the private sector. Now while interviews will always evoke some amount of stress and trepidation, if...
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Avoid these 3 major mistakes 90% of job seekers make
Not adjusting their resume for each and every job With the domination of Applicant Tracking Systems (robots), you now need to adjust your resume EVERY time you are applying for a job online. Now it doesn’t need to be adjusted much (and I...
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Avoid these mistakes 95% of job seekers make with their resume
Throughout my 14 years in this business, I’ve seen and reviewed more resumes than I’ve had hot dinners and when I send reviews back to professionals on their resumes, I sound like a broken record. So in this short article, I thought I...
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How to significantly improve the odds of being selected for a government interview
Government applications are really competitive. It is not uncommon to be competing against 60 or more job applicants and this figure can go up to 2,000 or more, when applying for the more sexy jobs – e.g. intelligence officer at the Australian Secret...
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Why you need to change your LinkedIn privacy settings today
If you are not already aware, Microsoft Office owns LinkedIn. Now Microsoft purchased LinkedIn, so they could exploit your data (LinkedIn is not private and owns your data). Now generally speaking this is not a problem, but recently, Microsoft introduced a new feature...
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Facts you need to know before you apply for a job
January going through to April is the crazy time in regards to people applying for a new job. If your New Year resolution is to get a pay rise, a better job, a promotion, or a job that you love, before you leap...
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Steps to Prepare for a Great Career in 2018
Reconnect with your network Christmas is a great excuse to reconnect with your entire network. It can be as simple as an email thanking them for their support during the year, sending them a useful report or article, or inviting them for a...
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Getting the Basics Right for Job Interviews
This is obvious stuff, but a surprising number of job candidates don’t adhere to these basics in job interviews and in order to ensure that you are not eliminated from the process, you need to get the basic things right. Arrive on Time It is imperative that...
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