Becoming a freelancer in any profession is a daunting, yet ultimately rewarding experience. Not much can beat the thrill of ‘going it alone’ in the work world, waving goodbye to your boss and writing in your pyjamas. As idyllic as these images seem they’re not as far away from reality as you’d think. Here are 3 easy steps […]
Here’s the gist of it: if you are spending days writing a highly-crafted, tageted cover letter what on earth is your CV for? It is your CV that needs to be doing the leg work and if your cover letter is over-egged it simply means that you have not put the effort in to write […]
I reviewed a CV recently for a client and was intrigued to see this in the first paragraph of their personal profile: My wife is a dog breeder and specializes in Chihuahuas and Maltese breeds, I have a Great Pyrenees Mountain dog which makes for an interesting Canine dynamic in the house. No doubt this person […]
Recruiters are busy people. Essentially, they’re sales staff and they have to juggle a lot priorities at once: the vacancy, the client, the candidate and often the three things can pull in different directions. So if you speak to recruiters and don’t feel like you’re their priority remember that they’re usually thinking of the bigger picture. But […]
In most schools of thought you should never put colour on a CV. We have seen many CVs though that have used colour with striking effect. Blues can look particularly pleasing and not too offensive to even the most conservative tastes. There is an obvious exception though: the creative industries. I recently saw the most […]
Think about it for a moment: employers are seeing on average forty CVs for each vacancy that is posted. That is why you have to get the right CV template from the outset and not some washed out quicky that you found on the first website you came across. If you had to read through […]
Stay Positive It sounds glib but it’s a serious point. Remaining positive throughout your interview-quest will see you right. Stumbling – downtrodden – into a job interview situation is a sure-fire way to make a mess of the interview. People don’t hire losers; they hire winners. Stay positive and stride into that room like a […]
Dear Job Fox UK. I need some interview advice. I am currently working in a positon I don’t like with a horrible atmosphere and an unprofessional owner/boss. I have a job interview next week and when they ask why am I leaving my current position, what is the best kind of answer? I’ll be doing […]
Most of our blogs are concerned with CVs and how to write them: usually this focuses on our usual obsession, that of targeting the CV to the vacancy using the job advertisement and the person specification (and anything else you can get your hands on related to the position). In this blog, we will be suggesting some interview tips […]
For employers, there is nothing worse than a CV that is pages and pages long. If you can’t manage the task of editing your CV down then you’re not worth employing. Really, a three page CV in a difficult labour market is not acceptable. anything longer than that and you’re going straight into the shredder without a […]
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