Your CV is your ticket to opening doors in the competitive job market. In a world where first impressions matter more than ever, your CV is the key to showcasing your skills and experiences. To help you stand out in the digital crowd, I've compiled 10 top tips for...
Job hunting can be a pretty daunting prospect, but with the right strategies, you can make this process smoother and more rewarding. Here are some of my top tips to help you prepare: Create a Job Search Plan:Planning is critical to effective job hunting. Before you...
Humans are excellent writers. We use language to create gripping narratives, evoke emotions, explain complex ideas, and display our unique identities. Artificial Intelligence is on a mission to mimic our linguistic skills and it’s doing very well. To imagine a...
As a CV writer, I see a lot of CVs. When I say a lot, I mean… well, thousands of them. Some are fine. They just need a professional makeover. Other CVs, however, are headed straight for the slush pile. These candidates may be perfect for the job — but their CVs are...
Of all the social networking sites out there, LinkedIn is one that generally gets overlooked by students. It’s not until they’re starting to think more closely about their career path that they begin to consider LinkedIn. However, my advice is to start using LinkedIn...
All personal statements should be different, so resist the temptation to copy or adapt someone elses! Here’s my top tips to help you sound genuine, enthusiastic and knowledgeable: *A strong UCAS statement is built of sentences built using this ABC content framework*:...
Did you know 98% of Fortune 500 companies use an automated system to screen your CV? At this stage, 75% of CVs will be screened out.Here’s what you can do to make sure your CV gets past the bot and be selected for an interview. When I worked in HR, I sifted CVs by...
28% of people on LinkedIn are headhunters/recruiters, so if you want to be found – you need to be on it. LinkedIn’s purpose is to connect people across the world as a networking tool – it’s also a great resource when you are job searching. Many employers will check...
Competition for jobs is ramping up. I’ve written more than 10,000 CVs and here’s what I’ve learned to help you reach interview: 1) Get across your personality: Why? Because if you’re up against someone with the same experience and qualifications, the person who...
The short answer to this question…..? YES… well, sort of! “But wait, (I hear you cry), you’re a CV writer - this is your bread and butter!” Well, of course, the answer is far more nuanced. When I say the ‘CV is dead’ I mean the ‘traditional’ CV is dead and in fact,...
LinkedIn is big, powerful and becoming one of the most important tools for anyone seeking professional roles or looking to develop their career. 84% of organisations now use social media in job recruitment and 9% are planning to use it. Better still, LinkedIn is the...
Having worked with parent returners and people at all stages of their career who have an employment gap – here are some useful tips for you to consider!
Most of us use some sort of social network in our day-to-day social lives but for many of us LinkedIn still remains something of a mystery. Follow these easy steps and start your journey to LinkedIn mastery!
What you do on social media is fun, or serious, or interesting. But does it matter to anyone else except the people you’re connected with? Unfortunately, yes—and it’s probably your next potential employer. When should you be worried, and what can you do about it? This graphic can help.
Changing career requires thinking about your transferrable skills. To get into the Christmas Spirit we imagined how we might write Father Christmas’s transferable skills as if he were applying for a team leader role in a busy warehouse environment!
This short film gives a flavour of a workshop which I recently ran for the wonderful team at Jobwise an award winning recruitment agency based in the North West of England.
How Good is Your CV? Have you got everything you need on your CV? If you aren’t sure if your CV has everything an employer would want to see then use our simple checklist. Answer yes or no to each question where Yes = 1 and No = 0. Add up your score and see how your...
If you aren’t sure if your CV has everything an employer would want to see, then use our simple checklist today. Add up your score and find out how your CV is doing.
Your CV is very much like the roof of a house. You can keep patching it and patching it, but at some point you need to think carefully about whether it might be time to start from scratch. Fortunately, creating a professional CV doesn’t cost anything like a re-roofing...
Don’t let your lack of experience put you off from applying for a job. With a well written and presented CV you can still win that job..
If you have been using your CV for a while and you’re not having much luck getting an interview the chances are your CV needs a health check…pronto!
These days as the workplace becomes ever more influenced by technology – it feels like CV writing is becoming an art form. I was going to write about one of the great essentials in CV writing: how you should always make sure you fill your CV with plenty of words that...
Often one of the biggest barriers to getting a job is getting through the time-consuming process of completing application forms. We have all been there, you’ve found the job, the person spec screams “ME!’ but then you have to face the long drawn out process of...
Increasingly employers are turning to LinkedIn as a tool to find the right people to fill all important job positions. With over 225 million users in more than 200 countries LinkedIn is the most popular professional networking website in the world. You will probably...
Many job application forms include a section where you asked to detail what makes you a suitable candidate for the job. This is a key section and one that you should spend time on but what should you include? It’s all about the person specification This should be your...
The first rule of applying for a job is that there is no one aspect of the application process that is more important than another. The covering letter is your opportunity to tell recruiters why you're the right person for the job and yet and it needs to be every bit...
Even some of the most successful and popular personalities need to have their CV updated. This CV came from a Mr S. Claus who has clearly gained a lot of experience during his (very) long career – but still his CV is still letting him down so let’s have a brief look...
There’s a knack to writing a persuasive resume and all too often people get it wrong. They wonder why they haven’t been asked to come for an interview little realising their CV is the main cause of the problem. If you are applying for jobs at the moment and think your...
According to the National Careers Service the biggest cause of problems when applying for new jobs was using a generic CV to send out to employers. Nearly 80% of advisers from the National Careers Service said candidates aren’t being offered interviews because they...
You probably noticed a number of CV writing services on the internet before you stumbled across our website. Obviously they didn’t hold your attention so thanks for paying us a visit and rest assured, you are in safe hands. Please spare a few moments to read a little...
Recruiters will invariably receive 50 - 100 applications for any one role, making it all the more harder for each applicant to make sure that his/her CV gets the attention it deserves. So what can you do to make sure that your CV gets seen and gets you nearer to that...
Here are some guidelines on writing an interview generating CV. These simple tips will help you to really hone your CV and consider what elements make a CV stand out. Be Positive Leave out any negative information i.e. illness /divorce. Even the nicest of employers...
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