Does Your CV Secure You Job Interviews?

As a Careers Advisor Manager in a previous role, I have received and read hundreds of good and bad CV’s. Why is it that some CVs secure job interview while others secure a quick trip to the garbage bin? This article is not about what you need to add to a CV, but how to make your CV stand out. Attention Grabbing This is common, but I will say it again, over 300 people can apply for every advertised job, even when the number of applicants is reduced to 200 or 100 hundred, employers will not read... 

Telephone Scripts for Telephone Applications

You’re searching on the Internet, looking for a job and you find a vacancy that really suits your employment criteria – well done. As you read through the job advert you come to “how to apply” section and it requires you to telephone the employer! How does this make you feel? To pass the telephone application you need confidence and you need to prepare, this article will help you prepare for the telephone interview by giving you a script to follow; it is not just about having a general script... 

Killer CV Templates

Employer Requirements Imagine you want to take your partner out for a romantic meal, you have chosen two restaurants and can’t decide between them both, you look at the pictures on the website, one of the images shows a romantic scene of a couple looking lovingly at each other while drinking a glass of wine, the second image is of some expensive looking fine dining, the pictures of the food making your mouth water, they both look amazing, so which one would you choose? It’s a hard choice, 50%... 

How to Pass Every Interview

How to Pass Every Interview   If you knew the secrets on how to pass every job interview, what would you do with this new information? How can knowing techniques to influence the interviewer’s discussion help you win your dream job? Go, back to those two questions and take your time answering them, imagine you could pass every job interview you went to, how would this feel, would it be exciting to know you can’t fail? As with everything nothing is free, how much would you pay to learn these... 

CV – Power Words

Power Words are essential for your CV as the words the employer reads help them to create a picture of you and you need this image to be positive. If I tell you “Don’t think of a horse on a beach and a giant bell!” You first have to picture these images to not think about them – when you read this did you picture the horse, beach and bell, even though I told you not to? This article is about “power” words and how words are turned into images by the reader. The key point to remember is... 

Starting Your New Job – The First Week

You have applied for work, passed the interview and gained an offer of employment – congratulations! So, the first week of your new job is approaching, many start to get a mixture of feelings; nervousness and excitement. Starting a new role is never easy even for a professional “career job hopper”, as we don’t know our team members and their personalities; you have probably already questioned yourself “will I fit in?” How do you work best? Do you prefer a manger who lets you get on with... 

How to Write a Powerful CV – Don’t Tell Anyone Else!

Google “how to write a CV” or “what is a targeted CV” and you will find thousands of links, information and advice to help you write your own CV.  It’s not about how many articles you can find, but which articles offer you the best information; today you will learn how to write a powerful CV, how to word your CV to emotionally excite the employer and how certain CV words make a big difference. The Internet is a great tool for finding advice on CV writing and CV writing services which means... 

Embedded Commands – Influencing your Colleagues and Managers

Imagine that you can master the art of using embedded commands to persuade others to follow your lead? Persuasion techniques are highly powerful, the issue isn’t how powerful these techniques are but how you can use them to improve your career prospects, if you could persuade others, how would this benefit your career? As you are sat down at your laptop/computer reading this article, you are already becoming more aware of when you can use embedded commands in your every day life. Others who have... 

CV Templates

CV TEMPLATE PACK   As you read this article, you are looking for a CV template, preparing yourself before starting your job searching or applying for a promotion. To gain more job interviews from your CV you need to add good CV content to your CV Template. On average employers receive over 300 CVs for every advertised job and only spend around 30 seconds initially looking at each CV – Your CV needs to stand out visually and with good content Job searchers often fail to receive interview offers,... 

Interview Questions and Answers

Interview Questions and Answers Imagine being at an interview and as you sit there, listening to the interview questions, you realise you know all the answers! How does that make you feel? When this happened to me, I felt excited knowing I was going to enjoy this interview and you can feel this excitement to, starting with the excited feeling in your stomach, like a hot buzz and it quickly rushing through your whole body, as you know you will pass this interview with the interview answers you are... 

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