What Is the Significance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workforce?

The CV or résumé is the primary document that you will present, and should include your educational and occupational background.  Most often, people create a document and use the same document for every application.  However, a CV or résumé should be sculpted for each use.  By sculpting the document to align better with the job…

Cover letters are often under-rated in importance, but they are vitally important.  Some recruiters will not even look at a CV if it has not been accompanied by a cover letter.  The cover letter is your first chance to demonstrate why YOU are right for THIS JOB. A cover letter should: Be well presented and…

Have you ever noticed that when you deal with people they get angry over trivial issues?  It is actually common, and you have probably seen it in your professional and your personal life.  It might have even been you who got angry.  But why does it happen and what can you do about it?  Let’s…

LinkedIn is sometimes described as a ‘professional Facebook’ Each user creates a professional profile, and this is on display and searchable to others within LinkedIn, and more generally on the web. It has a number of purposes including: Networking for business opportunities For recruiters to headhunt and find individuals they might want to interview for…

What Do Employers Want? Before you apply for a position, put yourself in the employer’s shoes. Why are they wanting to employ someone for this job? It might be that they want to expand the business, or they are replacing someone who has left.  It may not be possible to answer these questions just from…

An reprint from of an article by Jasmine Crittenden entitled “Ask a recruiter: horror stories from the saddle” and published on HRM (the news site of the Australian HR Institute) From eager mothers hoping to sit in on their children’s job interviews, to job sharing triplets. These recruitment horror stories sure are… interesting. Ever heard…