Tweeting out around the World: discovering Twitter
What’s a bandwagon if not for jumping on? So it is that I’ve found myself quite regularly tweeting, retweeting and even twooshing over the last few weeks. So it is that I find myself joining nearly...
View ArticleWinning Resumes: Top 10 Things to Leave Off your CV
You’ve been thinking for a while about changing jobs and finally the perfect opportunity has come up. Great pay, great location, great organization. Now to put a resume together. Before you put fingers...
View ArticleWinning Resumes: When it’s Okay to Bend the Truth
When applying for jobs, your resume is your weapon of first resort. It has one primary purpose: to get you an interview. As such, it needs to present you to the world in the best possible light....
View ArticleJob Search: 5 Tips for Keeping in Touch without being Annoying
The job hunting world can be a lonely place, particularly if you are ‘between jobs’. It can be very dispiriting and, paradoxically, distracting when everyone else has left the house for the day and...
View ArticleTired of Your Job? Start Dreaming of a New Career
Do you hate your job? I did, fifteen years ago. Stressed, poorly rewarded and unappreciated, I found that simply packing my bag and leaving for work gave me a headache. It wasn’t just the company I was...
View ArticleJob Loss: 5 Ways to Cope with Redundancy
Losing your job is tough. Even those who for whom redundancy comes as no surprise, and who receive a good package, tend to feel a sense of loss and at least a small hit to their self-esteem. For those...
View ArticleInterview Skills: 7 Easy Ways to Impress Your Interviewer
In the world of job hunting, there is nothing more daunting than the job interview. Everyone gets nervous when faced with being put on the spot. With all the build up to an interview, many people go in...
View ArticleJob Loss: 5 Answers to the “What do you do?” Question
It is the first question we ask when we meet someone new. And it is the last question we want to be asked when we are out of work: “What do you do?”. It is a strange quirk of our society that we define...
View ArticleGet That Job: 5 Ways to Make Recruitment Consultants Love You
It can be frustrating. You know you’re the right person for the job. You know that if you could speak directly to your potential new boss, she would understand that. Yet there are all these ‘middle...
View ArticleSincere connections through work
How often do we hear about people’s desire for a solid fit between personal values and work activities? We spend hours (and hours) working so it’s essential to connect with the people around us. It’s...
View Article