When is the best time to draw up your CV and how often should you update it? As soon as you’re out of university or college you should create your CV. You need to update your CV every six months to contain the latest information as and when you complete any new degree, training, change job positions or to highlight achievements.
So, your job search is not going as well as you would like. The phone doesn’t ring and you’re tired of only receiving emails about questionable jobs nobody in their right mind would consider. It sounds like you need a better, more visible, online identity to help you land a good job. The key question is - what type of identity is right for you?
Are you preparing to resign from your current job? Some job-seekers have a hard time doing so, either because they love the job and their co-workers or because they can’t stand the job and can’t wait to leave. This article is really two articles in one. The first part discusses the strategies behind making a graceful departure from your employer and the second part shows you how to write a letter of resignation.
So, the big day is here! It is the first day of your first job and there would be a million questions on your mind. How to dress up, how to behave, how to conduct yourself and most importantly how to make the most of your first job and lay the foundation of a great career with this job. All the years that you toiled hard, studied and prepared for a career will now find a realization in your first job. So, be ready to make sure that your job works for you and you leverage your experience in a way that it becomes the perfect launch pad for a rocking career ahead.
With their litany of requirements, job postings, especially ones for higher-level positions, can seem like an impenetrable barrier between you and the perfect opportunity. That’s because few employers are willing to compromise when it comes to what they look for in new hires. They’d rather wait for a candidate who fits the opening exactly than risk a costly mistake. So, what can you do when you know you’re capable of performing a job well, but your skills and experience don’t completely align with its requirements?
Research in the UK has found that 1 in 3 British graduates and final-year university students are considering a move abroad in order to find a job, with over three-quarters saying that the struggle to find work in the UK was the main driving factor. 1,085 recent graduates and final-year university students were surveyed to find out what their intentions were post-degree.
So you want to get a new job, and you know you’re going to need a really good CV. CV’s and portfolios are extremely important; you want to do them to the best of your ability and also to be the most eye catching when thrown on the pile of countless other candidates.
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Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper, who will be announcing next Wednesday the creation of 30,000 new jobs for the young, said: ‘We know many young people are still finding it tough to get work, which is why investing in more apprenticeships, education and youth jobs is so important. ‘It does cost money, but it will cost us all far more if we don’t.
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