http://blog.employersjobs.com Simple, fast & 100% natural. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:45:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It might seem like clocking crazy amounts of hours at the office at the expense of family - even children - for weeks on end is the only way to get ahead in a flailing economy, but experts say workaholics are harming themselves more than progressing their careers. Working 100 hours ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/workplace-advice/is-being-a-workaholic-the-only-way-to-get-things-done/ 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. With 1,900 staff nationwide, Bright House is ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/jobseeker-advice/bright-house-joins-the-employersjobscom-family-of-employers/ 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 ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/workplace-advice/are-you-a-genius/ 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. Salmansohn recommended you use ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/workplace-advice/recover-from-career-bites/ 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: Don’t summarise. Your CV is a precis ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/workplace-advice/here-is-what-not-to-do-folks/ In times of economic crisis it is always best to avoid the media frenzy. Employers do yourselves a favour and resist the urge to shed as much excess expenditure as is possible in an attempt to save a buck. Redundancy and retrenchment efforts are not always the best ways to ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/jobseeker-advice/redundancy-not-the-easy-way-out/ 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. There is nothing like an uplifting can do attitude, it fortifies you for the ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/jobseeker-advice/job-search-advice-for-uncertain-times/ 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 - ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/jobseeker-advice/whats-a-cover-letter-and-why-do-i-need-one/ Stress is a major problem encountered by all sectors of the work force. There is not a single field or rung on the corporate ladder that can claim to be absolutely stress-free; whether you’re picking tea in India or running a Fortune 500 company, it’s inevitable that you will experience ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/workplace-advice/swear-to-relieve-your-work-stress/ I've noticed articles posted recently on some great CV blunders to avoid (orientated more for executives though) - if I recall there was also an interesting insert on our blog some time in June about how to answer particularly tough interview questions. I thought I'd just bring things back ... http://blog.employersjobs.com/jobseeker-advice/29/