Job search related

These are groups of short articles relating to topics covered on the site and offering great hints and tips This group deals with aspects of job search, building and expanding on topics already covered in the job search lessons.

Items include information on how to differentiate your CV. We explain that your CV is a sales brochure for you, just as a business uses a brochure to illustrate its products to clients. As a consumer, you expect the sales leaflet to be clearly laid out, rendering it easy to spot the differentiating factor that makes you want to buy the product and decide to make the purchase. The recruiter should not need to search your application for the information they need to spot that you are a great fit with the job role. You should hand it to them on a plate.

There are also articles on making job applications, what employers are looking for, how to follow up after an interview search, and salary negotiation.

Career development and management

These are groups of short articles mainly relating to topics covered on the site and offering great hints and tips This group offers advice and guidance on many topics pertinent to career progression such as Tips to Make You More Effective at Work, Managing people, Negotiating a raise ,and What makes for Career Success

In What makes for Career Success, We reflect on the fact that fear sometimes holds people back from a successful career . Fear of failure, being judged, perhaps of embarrassment. Some people fear the responsibility, the longer hours, and pressure to perform at a high level that success can bring with it. There may also be a fear of change.

Successful people don’t fear all this but welcome it as part of the opportunity to learn from mistakes. They understand that If you never make a mistake, you probably haven’t tried hard enough! If you take action, you can win either way

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General Business

These are groups of short articles relating to topics covered on the site and offering great hints and tips. This group offers advice on issues such as How to lead people older and senior to you, climb the career ladder, communicate effectively in Business, get your week off to a great start, orientate yourself in a new role

In How to Climb the Career Ladder we offer ten top tips to help you gain a promotion. We suggest you develop your knowledge of the company and sector; make yourself into something of an industry expert;keep your professional skills up to date.

Put forward ideas that will help improve the company performance. This will get you noticed and so will help you get promoted. You don’t have to come up with ground breaking ideas, but suggesting improvements to processes, ways to increase efficiency, or introduce better practices will all impress management.

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