Monthly Archives: February 2010

Brand you

In 1997 Tom Peters wrote a perceptive article in Fast Company on personal branding, The Brand Called You: “It’s time for me — and you — to take a lesson from the big brands, a lesson that’s true for anyone who’s interested in what it takes to stand out and prosper in the new world [...]
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Writing a CV

Check out a new article – Writing a CV.
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Mobile phones and recruitment

Something a little bit different but there are a number of useful mobile recruitment applications which are out there.  Have a look at: The Interviewer an app which helps interviewers manage the ‘interview process’ LinkedIn’s mobile app
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Social networking and job hunting

Social networking websites are being used to find job vacancies.  Here are some of the social networking sites which you could explore: With some 60 million people using LinkedIn this is a network worth looking at.  You can create your CV which perspective employers can search for.  Importantly, through friends and colleagues you start to built [...]
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How to ace your job interview

The Times have produced a short video ‘How to ace your job interview’.
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Curriculum vitae

Your CV is the tool which should enable you to progress to the next stage – the job interview.  Therefore it’s vitally important that you don’t make some of the common mistakes below: Spelling mistakes – use the spell checker tool An odd email address, when applying for a job set up an account using your name Using [...]
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