I was so honoured to recently be interviewed by Jade Craven whose blog focuses on interviews with successful bloggers and has drawn in such names as Chris Brogan and Sarah Prout.
I have to say though, when Jade first contacted me to be interviewed, I was hesitant because I’m often asked to be a guest [...]
I have many Resume clients who felt they had aced an interview until they got to that awkward final question when the recruiter asks “Do you have any questions for me?”. Here is some great advice from Scott Ginsberg (aka That Nametag Guy) that I wish I had heard years ago!
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In my last post I shared my gratitude to Jade Craven for her interview with me on my Resume Writing services. Since I wrote the blog and posted the link to her interview, I have had a huge increase in the number of requests for resumes. Naturally, I wrote a short email to Jade to [...]
The other day I received an e-mail from a client thanking me for the “expectional” cover letter and resume that I had prepared for them.
Because I am a positive person, I like to think he meant to say “exceptional”. However, when I get e-mails like this, I don’t laugh, I don’t even cringe … [...]
Last week I had a call from a new client, who wanted to use my Resume Writing services, not for himself, but as a gift for his newly-engaged daughter, and her fiance. In his words, he wanted to purchase this, as an engagement present, “for their new lives together”.
I was so touched by his [...]
A lot of people don’t like recruitment agencies, with their number one complaint being they are too cold and hard to get hold of. The second complaint is usually about the secrecy agencies maintain surrounding the job you are applying for.
Understanding why this is the case will help you work with them better. [...]
Not since the possibility of finding a golden ticket in a Wonka bar has there ever been a job on offer as cool as the Island Reef Job, otherwise known as ‘The Best Job in the World’.
If you have been living under a rock the last few months (and probably now kicking yourself for finding [...]
When emailing your beautifully designed resume to an employer, have you ever considered that they may be viewing it with the “Show/Hide” function turned on? This can have a dramatic effect on the presentation of your resume. This quick tutorial I made will show you how you can make two simple changes that [...]