Do you ever feel like you have lots of contact names from networking, your current job, and life in general, but you don’t know how to use them properly? It can be difficult to think of ways to approach contacts, or to even know what you want to approach them for. The chief thing for...Read More

LinkedIn Job Searching Mistakes to Avoid LinkedIn is a great tool that can aid your job search and help you reach your target employer. It’s great for networking and has a strong jobs section where you can apply directly for jobs and where you can find out more about various different companies. It is becoming...Read More

I’m sure we’re all familiar with the popular idiom “Dress for Success.” However, I’m sure we’re all also familiar with the fact that this is not always as easy do to as it might seem. Thankfully, the team at New Look have put together a series of handy infographics filled with some simple guidelines to...Read More

For any online application, we must assume that you are going to have between 20 and 40 seconds of the reader’s attention from the moment they start reading your email, click through to your attached CV and get to the bottom of your CV. The email cover letter, therefore, needs to be short and punchy....Read More

By Nisa Chitakasem, co-founder of Career Consultancy Position Ignition With organisations increasingly advertising their job vacancies online, the process of applying online is becoming a job search skill in itself. Here are some tips for getting it right: Have a clear idea of what you seek. The more clear you are on this, the more...Read More

If you could win your perfect career by playing a national lottery type game how often would you play and how many tickets would you purchase? How much do you really want to win your dream job? Just imagine, wouldn’t it be great if this type of game could exist? Unfortunately for now it doesn’t,...Read More

At last, recent news informs us that the ‘Great Recession’ is almost over and in my opinion it’s well overdue! It’s been a difficult 5 or even 6 years with almost everyone I know being affected by the recession in some form or another; loss of income through redundancy; businesses generating less income; young adults...Read More

From a young age we were taught to never judge a book by its cover but I believe that particularly in business (and corporate business at that) presentation plays an essential part in making the right first impression. Nowadays with so many businesses on social media websites, with users looking to network and connect using...Read More

“Letters are above all useful as a means of expressing the ideal self; and no other method of communication is quite so good for this purpose…” – Elizabeth Hardwick Throughout the job seeking process there are a number of opportunities for you to stand out from your competition by ensuring that you send a letter....Read More

Many want to break into the management consulting industry as it is known to be a lucrative and prestigious field. However, the competition for aspiring consultants is quite steep. In order for you to be ready to plunge into this highly rewarding profession, you need to take the following steps: 1.       Assess your qualifications Consulting...Read More