There’s been a slew of commentators looking at what makes a good employee – personality, attitude, engagement? Whatever you think good looks like for it is plainly not found in first-class degrees, amazing IQ, top-notch coding skills or years of experience. It is claimed that when asked what sets exceptional employees apart business leaders chose…
Your resume is essential to helping you get a job – you’re unlikely to get far without it. As a record of your achievement, it (ideally) lays out for an employer exactly what you have done and therefore that you can do the job for which you’re applying. Sounds simple enough, but occasionally people slip…
The digital age, thousands of career websites, thousands of opportunities online, thousands of CV’s sent a day. The majority with the same content; so how do employers decide who to phone first, or give an interview to? ‘Back door references’! Employers will look you up on social media This should be no surprise to you that…
This post is sponsored by Adecco Group. You can download their 2015 Work Trends Study here. Opening up Facebook is something you do automatically when waiting in line or taking the bus, but we wanted to know what people do when they look at Facebook. Do they use it to find a new colleague for the…
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4 Top Tips for Handling Job Rejection
Everyone who’s ever applied for a job has faced rejection. In fact, those of us with a job have heard ‘no’ many more times than ‘yes’. If you’re a recent graduate or still working on getting that degree and are about to embark upon your search for the perfect job, you don’t yet posses the…