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How to Build a Resume the Right Way

A great resume is the perfect tool to showcase your skill to potential employers. Resumes can be hard to get right, but this infographic from Degree Theory provides some interesting tips to help you get it right. If you have any other tips, please leave them in the comments below! Takeaways Only include relevant information- employers don’t need…

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Employer Branding Workplace

Can Your Name Cost You a Job?

A few weeks ago, BuzzFeed posted a video on their site that is causing quite a stir. According to the video, José Zamora applied to 50-100 jobs a day on Craig’s List, but received no response. In order to avoid racial discrimination against his ethnic name, he decided to change his first name to Joe.…

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The 5 Most Common Interview Mistakes

Interviewing for a new job is stressful, to say the least, and that goes for everyone involved. Prospective employees come in with their game face on, dressed and ready to impress potential employers. Interviewing employers, on the other hand, are tasked with selecting an employee who may or may not actually live up to the…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

How a Strong Online Network Helps You Get a Job [STUDY]

Adecco today release the results of its first global study looking at the use of social media in recruitment and the job search – the most comprehensive study in this field to date. Here are the results in terms of job seekers – and they come from over 17,000 entrants in 24 different countries. Key…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

How to Respond to a Counter Offer

Before you hand in your resignation one of the things that you must be prepared for is what your response will be if your current employer comes to you with a counter offer. After deciding that you want to leave your current place of work, getting through the interview process with a prospective employer and…