Author Archives: Richard Linington
A different way to present your CV
Stephen Gates a designer has a different way of presenting his CV. Click on his resume under the ‘Win’ tab and have a look here.
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CeeVee
Something a little bit different: CeeVee was founded in 2008 in Bucharest, Romania. The team set out to develop an online tool that simplified building and maintaining a CV. Have a look at CeeVee’s website.
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 [...]
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 [...]
How to ace your job interview
The Times have produced a short video ‘How to ace your job interview’.
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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