In ”Where to look for jobs offline,” we discussed places to look for work that don’t involve the internet. Real life social networking, recruitment agencies and local papers. In “Using the internet to look for work,” we covered online resources such as search engines, job sites and agency sites. We also discussed ways of saving time while searching and completing online profiles. In “Ways to Use Social Media to Find Work,” we looked at social networking and ...

We are going to look at some of the terms that can appear in the average employment contract. Much of what follows is mandated by Section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996. If your employment contract doesn’t include any of these points, you need to clarify with the employer before signing. Commencement date. This is when your contract starts, and where your statutory rights are calculated from. Job title and duties. What you’re called and what ...

I’ve just returned from a skiing holiday in Austria, and thought that the experience held some interesting parallels with career change decision making which prompted this article. Most of my days were spent on the sun drenched snowy slopes with a general feeling of being able to get by on my skis.  Oakley goggles, Solomon helmet, Animal ski  jacket and salopettes, and lashings of thermal underwear, I was pretty much the embodiment of the saying “all ...

Can Money Buy You Love? I was recently posed this question, which brought to mind all sorts of obvious connotations, which I’ll try to avoid in my response.  I pondered the ethical and potentially sordid implications of such a question for a nanosecond and then I got a grip of my rambling thought processes. Now, I could be wrong, and perhaps the questioner was simply asking if they should enlist the services of an escort agency, however ...

The question of how many pages a CV or resume should be? arises frequently, so I've had a google around at advice on length of CV on the web and found that opinions differ. In order to try to provide you with some sensible advice I thought I'd ask the very people who should know how long a CV should be, whose opinions really matter, and those who will be making a judgement ...