What Does your CV Say About You? The CV is your first opportunity to catch the attention of your potential employer. You have a short space of time to gain, maintain the interest of the reader and sell yourself as the perfect candidate for the position. You need to...
Imagine that you're the person tasked with dredging through the slush pile of CVs (curricula vitae). How many seconds will you spend looking at each one? What will grab your attention? Beyond the CV A single sheet of paper highlighting your career history will only go...
Your CV is possibly one of the most important documents you will ever write.It must encapsulate everything about you, what you have achieved and how your skills can be transferred to the job in question; it offers the employer a snapshot of you and must be enough for...
Engineering CVs Many of the important things in our lives that we take for granted are the products of civil engineering. From paths and roads, the construction of power stations, water supplies, railways, to airports and ports. In fact, most structures, large or...
A professionally written CV will win you an interview because it is ... well-written, starting with a profile statement that highlights your target job criteria. designed so that important facts can be read quickly and easily. accompanied by a concise and interesting...
There are a number of ways that you can address a long gap in your work history and the reasons for the gap. Your strategy will depend on your previous experience and your target job. If you are applying to a company that uses computer scanning, such as an applicant...
LinkedIn is a social media site that should now be a key part of each and everyone`s job hunt, whether for a first job or for something that will further develop a career. A site of purely business connections, where the only interest from other users is business, it...
Reference Sheets According to a 2010 Society for Human Resource Management survey, 76% of the organisations they asked conduct reference checks on job candidates. Are you one of the many job seekers who don’t know who should be listed as a reference? Do you know how...
Why Get LinkedIn? LinkedIn is the top social networking website for job seekers. According to Hitwise, it is currently the most visited UK recruitment site. As Jeff Weiner, CEO of LinkedIn, explains it, “Post a full profile and get connected to the people you trust....