Nov 20 2008
Nationwide retail chain Bright House have become our latest employer to sign up with our network of companies advertising job positions online. Specialising in the retail of electronics and appliances - household furniture etc. their niche is ‘rent to own’ affordable weekly payment arrangements.
Oct 28 2008
Today’s IQ tests are largely discredited as a true mark of intelligence, as they don’t measure drive, application or emotional intelligence – which are aspects of a person’s ability to perform. A large body of research over the years has shown that IQ indicates a person’s ability to think in complex and abstract terms and to learn quickly. In terms of a job, however, IQ is a good indicator of how well an employee will perform (you can take the test here).
Oct 22 2008
Best-selling author Karen Salmansohn - who wrote The Bounce Back Book: How to Thrive in the Face of Uncertainty, Setbacks and Losses - gave Businessweek a useful analogy on how to cope with sudden retrenchments or negative developments at work that may be impacting on your productivity.
Oct 21 2008
In these stormy economic times, many people have been cast out into a lonely unemployed ocean. While every person’s experience of being jobless differs, here are a few notes on what not to do with your CV and the task of pitching your personality well:
Oct 14 2008
Difficult financial times means an aggressive job search policy is key for anyone out in the cold in terms of employment. Here are some job finding tips to weather jobseekers through an ever changing economic climate worldwide.
Sep 18 2008
Here is some good advice for anyone new to the job hunting scene. If you want to make your CV count - you need to crack the cover letter. As a whole employers will generally read the cover letter attached to the front of your CV in near totality - but will skim through the actual contents of the CV thereafter.