Job Seekers

“Tell me about yourself.” It’s a common question that seems pretty straightforward on the surface. So how much time should you invest in crafting your response? The answer to this simple-yet-important question (I like to call them ‘sleeper’ questions) could be what stands between you and your dream job. Whether it’s a networking conversation or…

As the saying goes “luck is when opportunity meets preparation.” Refreshing your CV ensures you’re prepared when that awesome, unexpected opportunity comes up. On the flip side, with everything going on this year, it seems like a pretty good idea to have a CV ready to go. It reminds me that many years ago, a…

Sometimes half the battle with finding work is knowing where the opportunities are. The way I’ve found out about each job I’ve worked in has been different. Some of the job boards I’ve used previously are no longer around and I only started to use LinkedIn halfway through my career. If you want to take…

Right now it’s a difficult truth that our unemployment rates are high, and unlikely to improve any time soon. This means that there are more people applying for every job that’s advertised. This increased competition means that the market for talent is very rich, giving employers more choice than they would have in an economically…

How have you been writing your CV? As a summary of your skills and experience in reverse chronological order? It’s not technically an incorrect way of writing your CV, but it may not be working as hard for you as it should be. If you’re looking for a role that utilises your skills and experience, allows you…

Let’s address the elephant in the room. It’s more than OK to want to be rewarded and recognised, especially when you’ve earnt it. After all, nobody had ‘pandemic’ written in their calendar with a red circle around it at the start of the year… Aside from the major global and societal impacts, there are a…