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How to Build Your Personal Brand in 10 Simple Steps

So you want to uncover, communicate, and manage your personal brand. Sounds like a rather large task, but by following these 10 steps you will build a powerful personal brand that will attract the right people and open up opportunities that would have passed you by. 1. Know Yourself to Grow Yourself Do you know…

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The Do’s and Don’ts to an Effective CV

You see the perfect job, know you can do it, apply and anxiously await feedback. In the back of your mind you are thinking what do we look for? I thought I would take some time to guide you through what a successful CV looks like from an internal recruitment perspective and give you tips…

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Candidate Experience: My Prescription

Lately, I’ve been a candidate. My diagnosis at the end of this process is that the candidate experience isn’t well. My own experiences (which to be honest, have been great blog fodder) and those of other job seekers I’ve talked to lately lead me to think that as recruiters, whether agency or in-house, we need…

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Interview Preparation: Are You Doing Enough?

Everyone and their mum bangs on about the importance of preparing for an interview – research the company, make sure you get there on time, dress smart, re-read your application, etc., etc. Despite this emphasis on preparation employers still keep coming back time and time again with the same feedback – the candidate was unsuccessful…

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Rich with Irony (and Some Cash)

Major career changes bring many emotions to the front. Trepidation, excitement and, at least for me, that exciting feeling you’d get in September before you started a new school year. In fact, taking it a step further, it is like starting in school after you made a move to a new district. You get a…