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5 Ways to Simplify a Long CV While Maintaining Sophistication and Nuance

Confession time: recruitment is as much about quantity as it is about quality, and most recruiters work in a permanent state of overdrive to hit volume and placement targets. As a result, successful recruiters are efficient recruiters: those who are able to quickly get through the huge stack of CVs sitting on their desks. What does…

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How to Write a Resume that Will Definitely Get Read

Your resume is arguably the most important part of your job search, as it determines whether or not you actually make it to the interview stage. However, with dozens of resumes crossing a recruiter’s desk on a daily basis, a lot of these are headed straight for the bin, so you should consider those you’re…

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10 Ways to Stay Productive When Working from Home

Working from home is a perk that many companies have been allowing their employees to embrace. Often employees feel more productive and produce high quality work as they don’t feel the restraints that they may feel in the workplace. Working from home has seen very good results for lots of companies, but it’s very easy to…

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Why Your F*ck Off Price is Crucial in Recruitment

Recruitment is one of the biggest industries in the UK, and as a result, competition is ferocious. For every seasoned recruitment pro, there’s a feisty new graduate, prepared to offer reduced fees in order to get kick-started in their career. However, there’s one thing that even the youngest, most ambitious rookie should learn from the…

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A Guide to Sourcing on Instagram

Last month I covered the topic: how to use Instagram as a networking tool. This month…. how to use Instagram to source potential hires. A lot of times when recruiters talk about using Instagram to source and recruit they only use the social media  platform to post a visual job ad– a modern day version…