When you prepare your CV, contact details are often the most obvious details that job seekers overlook. Check your CV to make sure that the following information is on your CV before your apply for a job. 1. Address You do not need...
Your CV makes your first impression, it is the thing that determines if you get the interview and make it to the next round, or get the regret email. When a recruiter opens your CV, you want to immediately grab their...
I was chatting to a senior manager recently, who was in the process of interviewing for a graduate trainee program, and he pleaded with me to make sure that my sons have hobbies and interests now, so that one day...
“Procrastination is not a form of laziness at all. It’s a coping mechanism for stress.” . The 5 Second Rule: Transform Your Life, Work, and Confidence with Everyday Courage . We all have that family member who has been unemployed, are in a dire...
Energy moves down the path of least resistance, be it water in a river or electricity through a circuit. Your life is the same way - it moves down the path of least resistance. Recruiters also take the path of...
“Most people learn how to do their jobs in the first year, and then they never get any better. They just coast in their jobs. But the only direction you can coast is downhill. . The average person does only an average...
Before you are employed- possibly before you are even interviewed- your future employer is going to stalk you on the internet. I know this, because it’s the first thing that I would do, and most of my clients do as...
It’s sad, but true. Tertiary education is a business like any other. They must sell you on studying qualifications through them, with the promise of amazing careers, dream jobs and huge salaries. The truth is, that a lot of the...
Every recruiter’s pet peeve- when a girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, wife; or in this case- parent, phones on behalf of their child to find out about jobs. When you are starting your career, there is not a lot on your CV...
Gone are the days of looking for a job in the local newspapers. Today you look for employment opportunities digitally. And the number one place is on Job Portals. A job portal, also known as a career portal or employment...
