Hiring: Why you should look outside your industry for your next hire
Anyone who’s ever had to hire knows that you need to cast a wide net to attract the best talent. But there’s something else you should know: a single-minded focus on skills and industry experience alone can lead employers to ignore the ripe pickings available just over the fence – professionals from other industries with…
Resumes & cover letters: Functional resume example
A functional resume emphasises skills, experience and abilities over work history and dates. To help you write your own functional resume, we’ve created this free resume example of a marketing and communications professional. Alex Citizen alex.citizen@email.com 0499 999 999 Linkedin.com/in/alexcitizen/ Career Profile Marketing and communications leader with extensive experience in sales, marketing and communications with…
Personal Branding: Do you know how to market yourself?
You may think that modesty is best to avoid appearing arrogant in a resume or interview, but selling yourself short will do you no favours. If you want to get a job, you have to know how to market yourself effectively. Selling yourself to a prospective employer is an important part of the job application…
Job Interviews: Job interview preparation – The definitive guide
Job interview preparation – The definitive guide Are you preparing for a job interview and want to give yourself the best chance of getting an offer? Then you need to master the art of the interview with help from our interview preparation guide. Drawing on our extensive experience interviewing and placing candidates, combined with our…
Personal Branding: The rise of the personal brand
The rise of the personal brand. What’s your story? It’s the wise adage that has stood the test of time: “You never get a second chance to make a good first impression.” But it is not your shiny shoes or suit that will leave a lasting impression when you next interview for a role. As…
Personal Branding: What a recruiter is really looking for
A great suit? A strong handshake? What is a recruiter really looking for when they meet you? What they’re looking for is you. Not the ‘you’ in your CV but the other one. The one with motivations, successes, strengths, weaknesses. The real you. Of course they’re looking for the basic essentials: your skills, experience and…
Career Progression: How to accelerate your professional skills development
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” So said Mahatma Gandhi and it’s the learning issue that has many of us breaking into a sweat. But there is a way out. Do you feel you need to improve your skills? Hone an existing strength? Train up…
Leadership: Cultivate a visionary leadership on a daily basis
How to cultivate visionary leadership on a daily basis? ‘You’ve got to think about big things while you’re doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.’ – Alvin Toffler As leaders, sometimes we can become so busy with our heads down, getting things done, that we can forget to…