Work Experience Candidates 80% More Employable
In a job market where 1800 people recently chased 25 jobs there’s a need to make your application stand out from the rest. It’s not just younger people leaving school and university but also people with a good employment record whose jobs no longer exist and who need to look for something more. Denise Taylor, […]
How to get basic online skills
Yesterday I spoke with 27 local radio stations on the need for online skills as part of BBC Learning and Get Connected Project. Some were live others were recorded. I blogged about this yesterday. Today’s post builds on the discussions I had with the radio presenters. If you don’t have computer skills If you have never […]
The need for basic online skills
It’s estimated that by 2015 90% of all jobs in the UK will require ICT skills. However, today a staggering 16 million people in the UK aged 15 and over don’t even have basic online skills. You may think the majority of people falling within this category are older people but there are also a […]
Setting Career Goals, part 2
In my last post I wrote about setting career goals. I said that a lot about achieving career goals is about what goes on in our head. I asked you to think about your career goal, or anything else that you want to achieve and to visualize your current situation and your desired goal and […]
The end of ‘Google questions?’, behavioural interviews rule
In the Sunday Times I read that Google is going to stop asking the teaser questions at interview such as “How many piano tuners are there in the world?” The article was based on a more extensive article in the New York Times. There are a whole heap of these sorts of questions asked at interview […]
LinkedIn Photos
LinkedIn is an essential part of our career management and job search and I gave a master class on this last week. One question I often get asked is about a photo – and how important is it? It’s critical, we look at people’s faces and are drawn to their eyes so you need a […]
The Side Project
As you plan on a new career, you may consider working for yourself … you wonder if you can make money from an internet business or another business idea. One great way to get started, and minimise the risk is a side project. The side project is probably a means of making money but it […]
Take a break to be more effective
I’m back from a week away in Turkey, deciding to travel with just hand luggage and with a miserly 5kg allowance I needed to travel light, so no laptop and no work, and it was good. With technology it can be so easy to be ‘always on’ but I chose to only check emails once […]
CV – when the recruiter is bored!
I’m bored with CVs says a recruiter As a career coach I also read recruitment magazines so I understand changes that can impact my clients. Recently I read that Rob Ryan, a recruitment and talent manager for Tesco Telecoms/ Tesco mobile told hospitality recruiters at a Caterer breakfast meeting that when recruiting internally for promotion […]
Applicant Tracking Software (ATS)
Organisations are using Applicant Tracking Software to help manage the high volume of applicants who apply for jobs that are advertised online. Many applicants are poorly qualified for jobs they apply for and there just isn’t the time to skim read all application. The ATS software scans for key words related to a particular job.
