Bold, tell-it-like-it-is job search advice for executives and aspiring leaders - from multi-award winning resume writer and coach, Gayle Howard.

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I Hate My New Job: How Could I Have Known?

Posted December 16th, 2010 Category: Interviews 2 Comments

After just six weeks in his new job following months of unemployment, Andrew voluntarily resigned. It sure wasn’t what he had expected to happen! Yet, here he was; walking away from a job where from day one he felt excluded. He could remember his first day well. It started badly with his manager confiding that [...]

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An Interview with Mary E. Clark, Director of Professional Recruitment Australia

Posted November 3rd, 2010 Category: Thinking the right way 3 Comments

It’s probably fair to say that most jobseekers have a story or two to tell about recruiters and those stories are not always complimentary! Primarily it’s through the frustration jobseekers feel; the lack of control in the process, the “brick wall” they experience and the conviction that if they could just get in front of [...]

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Time to ‘fess up: explaining yourself at interview

Posted September 2nd, 2010 Category: Interviews 8 Comments

Okay so you made a mistake at your last job. A really, really big one. You lost your temper when you were frustrated and you cursed loudly and publicly. Suffice to say that your team considered your actions unacceptable. Some called it workplace bullying. Of course you have remorse. You felt bad the minute these [...]

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Obsessive Worrying: It doesn’t help your job search

Posted July 8th, 2010 Category: blog, Interviews, Personal Presentation 15 Comments

Many  jobseekers take worrying to a whole new level until they become obsessive about the impression they will make at interview. They fear they are not dressed appropriately, that sweaty palms will be a deal breaker when they shake hands, or that they will be found to be inadequate in some way. They talk themselves [...]

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Was it Them or Me? Communicating Your Achievements

Posted July 1st, 2010 Category: Interviews, resume development 8 Comments

Communicating achievements is cited as one of the key issues jobseekers consider a real challenge. Some people are reluctant to be frank about what they do well; they feel squeamish about recounting tales of how they distinguished themselves against their peers and consider it bragging (and we all know that nobody likes an show-off!) As [...]

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Going up? The 30-second Elevator Pitch

Posted May 27th, 2010 Category: Communicating, Interviews 26 Comments

Dave the job seeker assured me he had prepared this elevator pitch. “Okay!” I said, “Hit me with it”. He began. “I was born in 1969 in Melbourne Australia” he started. I went to school at Box Hill South Primary School until I was 12 or so, and then I became a student at Box [...]

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