Is it who you know, on-line networking or more traditional methods that are best to find out about vacancies? Here are top ten tips that harness all three approaches. Ten Top Tips 1. Work out what you can offer to employers and design your personal brand statement Your personal brand statement needs to possess three qualities according to Career [...]

In last weeks post we discussed how to optimize job hunt research techniques in the digital age. This week we show how you can make the most of digital job hunting. Job-hunting There are so many online job-hunting resources out there - too many it seems at times - that you could spend all your time just [...]

Ten years ago iPlayer, iTunes and YouTube didn’t exist. Hard to believe isn’t it?  And the same digital revolution that hit the entertainment industry is having a big impact on job hunting and recruitment. Online job boards, recruiters on Twitter and professional social networking sites are just some of the changes that have taken place.  Overwhelming? [...]

We’ve been approached by the Vodafone Foundation’s World of Difference UK to tell you about a fantastic opportunity for you to boost your CV and get great experience within the third sector. World of Difference UK is giving over 500 people the opportunity to undertake two month paid placements with a UK charity of their choice; funded by the [...]

“Whether we face a recession or prosperity, whether times are hard or easy, the major difference between successful and unsuccessful job-hunters is not some external factor out there (such as a tight job market), but the way we choose to go about our job hunt.” (taken from What Color is your Parachute) And that means finding [...]