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We all should be personalising our resumes to tailor for the job you are applying for, however have you ever thought about professionalising your resume to ensure you get the most attention
I never thought about it until recently, when a family friend brought over their resume that was done for ...
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I had my six month probation review with my team leader today. It all went well, and I am now a fully pledged employee. However one little side comment about me from his report sparked my interest
"Amy is a happy, confident team player who contributes actively in the team. However, she can be ea...
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You know, it's been about 5 months since I started this role. Way past introductory period, just past probationary period, yet I don't feel challenged. In fact, I sit here in a dream-like state, without needing to thinking, simply reading and typing away with a template at hand, like a trained monke...
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Directions, directions and directions. We all need to be on the right direction to achieve what we all set out to achieve. Yep. Careers included.
I do often find myself wondering if I was on the right track, or even on a track at all. Time to time you seem to be just going no where, circling a de...
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Earlier this year a study found that most Australian's are not happy with their jobs, and would considering changing within this year.
Most Australians are not happy in their jobs - news.com.au, 09 Jan 2010
However, with the economy still recovering and major companies still holding off em...
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I've had many different forms of advice during my own job search, including the usual be confident be yourself be assertive fake it till you make it... etc. But these types of advice are not exactly measurable, and hard to implement because different people have different ideas about what is conf...
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It's all about social network these days, and Facebook, one of the most popular social networking website has been used for many promotional and advertising purposes, and lately there are talks of Facebook being beneficial for recruitment.
This article talks about Can Facebook improve your job se...
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Reading through the many criterias that come with job descriptions and I often wonder if there are actually people out there who is actually 'extremely capable' of all the applications, technology, methodology and theories that are listed with some of the job ads.
There may be, yes. But that does...
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One of the few things I learnt from my job hunting this time round is to thoroughly prepare for the interviews. I got a little confident in the beginning, didn't really think about what I should say and what they might ask and so on the day of the interview, I end up being nervous and ended up not b...
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What do you prefer A job that pays well but boring as hell, or a job that pays around half of the first job but is a lot more interesting and you have a lot of fun doing it
I have started the new job which I found before christmas, and am very happy that it is paying double than what I was gett...
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So after all these months of nothing, once I get an offer I took it straight away.
And then what happens Another job I actually wanted more, called to offer me the role, and then since then, there has been invitations to interviews with every one else that I've applied for about the same time.
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It's funny how things work out. A couple of weeks ago it was rejections all the way, and in the past week I was invited to attend 3 interviews and today, I received a call from one of them offering me the job!
Yay to me! LOL
And when I came home from work to check my personal email, there was ...
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Yesterday afternoon I attended an interview for another potential role I had applied for back in October. It took them a while to get back to me, but I am glad they did, because today, I got a call from HR asking me if they could check my references!!
Usually when it gets to this stage it's a goo...
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It's been a roller coaster ride, and a very rocky month... I've finally made a decision.
I QUIT.
I haven't found a replacement job yet. Probably a bit stupid to quit at the moment but you know what I didn't want to start 2010 and still be working as a travel agent. Time to clean up my act, cu...
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.... all is still not clear.
I went for my second round of the recruitment process today. It wasn't an interview, rather a standard professional assessment test every candidate for every position must take to join this company.
I was sat in a room with many others, all have applied for differe...
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We all should be personalising our resumes to tailor for the job you are applying for, however have you ever thought about professionalising your resume to ensure you get the most attention?
I never thought about it until recently, when a family friend brought over their resume that was done for them by the CentreLink careers service. Understandably, they did need the help with their resume as the family had no higher education background and didn't even know the first thing about putting a resume together
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I had my six month probation review with my team leader today. It all went well, and I am now a fully pledged employee. However one little side comment about me from his report sparked my interest:
"Amy is a happy, confident team player who contributes actively in the team. However, she can be easily distracted and needs to pay more attention to detail
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You know, it's been about 5 months since I started this role. Way past introductory period, just past probationary period, yet I don't feel challenged. In fact, I sit here in a dream-like state, without needing to thinking, simply reading and typing away with a template at hand, like a trained monkey on auto-drive.
I thought I was a Business Analyst? That's what I applied for isn't it
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Directions, directions and directions. We all need to be on the right direction to achieve what we all set out to achieve. Yep. Careers included.
I do often find myself wondering if I was on the right track, or even on a track at all. Time to time you seem to be just going no where, circling a dead-end prospect
[ Click here to read more ]
I've had many different forms of advice during my own job search, including the usual be confident; be yourself; be assertive; fake it till you make it... etc. But these types of advice are not exactly measurable, and hard to implement because different people have different ideas about what is confidence and assertiveness.
I see any form of interviews like a sale process. If you think about it - during an interview, what you are really doing is trying to sell yourself to the prospective employer. By the interviewing stage, they've all seen your advertisement (the resume and the cover letter) and now they want prove that the product is worth their while
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It's all about social network these days, and Facebook, one of the most popular social networking website has been used for many promotional and advertising purposes, and lately there are talks of Facebook being beneficial for recruitment.
This article talks about Can Facebook improve your job search and can give you an insight to what and what not to expect
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Reading through the many criterias that come with job descriptions and I often wonder if there are actually people out there who is actually 'extremely capable' of all the applications, technology, methodology and theories that are listed with some of the job ads.
There may be, yes. But that doesn't mean you don't stand a chance if you didn't know one of the listed abilities
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One of the few things I learnt from my job hunting this time round is to thoroughly prepare for the interviews. I got a little confident in the beginning, didn't really think about what I should say and what they might ask and so on the day of the interview, I end up being nervous and ended up not being able to present my confident self to the employers.
I am ok with questions with facts such as "Why did you leave your last job" and "Why do you want to be in this industry" however it's the probing questions that most people have trouble with
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What do you prefer? A job that pays well but boring as hell, or a job that pays around half of the first job but is a lot more interesting and you have a lot of fun doing it?
I have started the new job which I found before christmas, and am very happy that it is paying double than what I was getting as a travel agent
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