THE PROBLEM WITH REFERENCE CHECKS
During the interview stage, most employers and most employees will google as much information as they can about the other, and check their LinkedIn and Facebook profiles. It is still very common [...]
Make your CV stand out from the Crowd
There is a plethora of resume postings through online forms or emails. When the employers scrutinize each resume, they all end up looking like the same. Certainly, when you are among hundreds of [...]
CV is Your Prime Real Estate – So Why Blow it?
I have been recruiting now well and truly for over 20 years and I have to admit, it still surprises me that some jobseekers do not put enough effort into their CV. Why not invest into your own [...]
Pick Me, Pick Me
Currently there aren’t enough jobs to go round. Large organisations receive thousands of applications for each job they advertise. Using the right human resources tools will help you stand out [...]
Networking On and Off line
Networking is the fabric of our social interactions. It can provide support and solutions to many of our personal and professional problems. People we know share their opinions with us and help [...]
Including Key Achievements in your Resume
Failing to include key achievements throughout your resume is a recipe for disaster and will cause your resume to be put straight in the deleted folder and never to be seen again. The job market [...]
Why Do You Need A Career Goal?
What do you want to be when you grow up? Many of us give up on our childhood dreams of becoming and astronaut or a famous movie star and in doing so; forget to replace those aspirations with an [...]
How to Address Job Criteria
HR personnel and recruiting officers go through literally 100’s of resumes for just one position. Of these resumes there will be many that they just trash as they will not have any [...]
How to write a cover letter (Stand out from the crowd)
A cover letter for your resume is important. Many HR representatives and recruiters are extremely pressed for time they have to go through as many as hundreds of resumes per day. For this reason [...]
9 Steps to Remember when Writing a CV
Format Guidelines – The length of the CV and the formatting you choose i.e font Name & Contact Information – phone numbers, emails, blogs and websites Career Objective – Let [...]
Background checking
Having been in recruitment over a decade, I know all too well the importance of background checking. Let’s face it, the CV is a major selling point for the candidate and is written to [...]
Resume – Essential Job Search Tool
A well-presented resume is an essential job search tool. An effective resume will assist prospective employers in searching through the information in an effective way. If the information is [...]
