If you have gaps in your employment it can sometimes be difficult to explain these in an interview. Your interviewer may probe with questions that challenge your reasons for not working, our your motivation or commitment. We asked three career experts to help with this question: “I have some gaps in my employment – how …
LinkedIn is undoubtedly the most important online network you should be using. It can help with your immediate job search and your longer term career, and having a large number of LinkedIn connections is important to your success. But it also come with its downsides too. In this article we cover: The benefits of having …
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When thinking about how to find a new job, it is very useful to narrow your thinking down somewhat. Otherwise you will waste your time and make little progress if you try to search for any old job. There are several things you should do to narrow down your focus to make your job search …
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“How long should a resume be?” is one of the most common questions asked by job seekers. And rightly so. No recruiter wants to wade through pages and pages of your resume. And similarly, if your resume is too short then it looks like you haven’t really done much worth while, and will bring little to …
So you’ve received a job offer from an employer for your dream job – congratulations! But you may be wondering how to negotiate a job offer, including your salary, your benefits, and your terms of contract. This is your dream job and you’ve worked hard to successfully negotiate the application process and interviews. But you still need to …
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Case studies, in-tray exercises, and written exercises can all form part of an assessment centre. They are designed to assess your competency against the key requirements for the role. They are usually placed after the initial (or telephone interview), and can often be performed on the same day as your first face-to-face interview. Just as with …
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“What am I doing wrong? I’m getting no responses to my resume, and not getting any interviews!” Sound familiar? Here at the Job Search Bible we’re lucky enough to work with 3 job search and career experts who can help with your problem. The latest question put to our experts is: “I’m not getting any responses …
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If there are a large number of good candidates for a role it is common for the employer to have a round of phone interviews to further filter candidates, in a cost and time efficient way. Even though you are not face-to-face with your interviewer in a phone interview, you need to be just as …
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In this article we cover 10 quick and easy tips on how to write a resume and make sure that it’s up there among the good ones. After all, it’s your resume / CV that decides whether or not you get invited to an interview, so you need to make it good. What we cover …
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Your resume is such a crucial element of any job search that you really want to get it right. Through your resume alone, and without ever having met you, a potential employer will form an opinion of you. And you want that to be a good opinion if you are to stand a chance of …
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Job searching can be tough. Especially when you’ve been looking for a long time without much success. So when you’re in this position, how should you deal with job rejections? Karin Singh outlines her thoughts on how to deal with job rejections in a guest post (see Guest Authors if you would like to write a …
The growth of social media in recent years has inevitably impacted job searching, for both employees and employers. Effective use of social media can massively help your job search, but – even more easily – it can hamper you. In this article we are going to look at how to use undoubtedly the most important …
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