I am a member of the Career Collective. A group of experienced career professionals who blog on specific topics every month. Look for our posts on Twitter #careercollective. Meantime, check out other member articles on this topic–links at the bottom of this article.
Every day, probably every second, someone will have the decision to leave a [...]
Some people have a knack for walking into roles for which they are, on paper at least, entirely unqualified.
Passion and wanting it so much it hurts, as any failed Australian or American Idol contestant can tell you, doesn’t make it happen for the rest of us.
I’ve seen hundreds of people over the last twenty years, [...]
“A Careers Collective Topic” I’m part of an incredible group of career professionals. We call ourselves the Career Collective and we post once a month on a specific career-related topic. See all my colleagues articles at the end of this article. You can also follow us on #careercollective at Twitter.
Don’t tell me, because I’m about [...]
Nobody likes to miss out. Nobody wants to hear the implied undertone of “We liked another candidate more than we liked you” because it takes us back to our school days when kids fail to engage the filter before thought hits mouth; the sort of statement that hurts us at the time and floods back [...]
Imagine you were thinking about a kitchen renovation. To establish interest, you complete the online form to ask for a brochure that will encapsulate the company’s services and offerings, and perhaps showcase the company’s best projects so you can ascertain what sort of a job they’ll do for you.
Imagine your horror the next day when [...]
You don’t have to have a degree in it, you don’t have to be a card carrying member of Mensa, nor do you need psychic abilities. When it all comes down to it, being successful at interviews is largely about using commonsense balanced with truth.
Let’s look at some examples:
Interviewer: So Fred as a leader of [...]
The buzz today is about networking. Everyone networks as we have been told it is the key to penetrating the hidden job market.
That’s true. Absolutely.
You find out more through talking to people than you ever could ploughing through the classified ads, which let’s face it, represents the largest pool of candidates for one job you’re [...]
By Susan Britton Whitcomb, Career Coach Academy / Job Search Academy
I was so impressed with this article by Susan, I have reproduced here — her links and details are provided above. Please note that the statistical information refers to the United States, however the content is very pertinent to Australia.
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Too often, job seekers [...]
Praise is SO nice to receive. Just yesterday a CIO client said to me that an exclusive executive headhunter told him that his resume was the best he’d seen; not just recently, but in his entire career. Considering this particular headhunter had placed some seriously heavyweight candidates, I naturally performed an impromptu dance of joy [...]
Here’s the document to read the whole story in PDF format. Used with permission from Thomas Shaw at http://www.shortlist.net.au
According to Thomas Shaw, Freelance IT consultant and the voice behind the new Recruitment Directory, the recruitment industry is in denial over being at risk of losing clients and candidates, breaching privacy laws and damaging the overall [...]