The Job Seekers guide to a killer profile – Land you dream job with a few simple steps You may have all noticed that we now live in, and have done so for some time, the “Digital Age”. When it comes to your professional world and career I have no doubt that it has […]
While the average length of an interview is 40 minutes, statistics show that 33% of employers know within the first 90 seconds if they will hire that candidate. With this in mind interviewing can be daunting, however it is a skill you can learn. The following checklist should step you in the right direction… Fail […]
If you think you’re a good communicator consider for a moment what this really means. The dictionary defines communications as: The act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated. Imparting or interchange of thoughts, opinions or information by speech, writing or signs. Something imparted, interchanged, or transmitted. A document or message imparting news, views, […]
It is always hard to know where to start with a professional application when applying for a job. We asked the consultants at Quay Appointments to give their advice on what they look for when candidates apply for their job. Takeaways – Don’t apply for every position – Make sure your resume has your contact […]
I just recently completed my bachelors degree from Sussex University business school in the United Kingdom majoring in Business Management, with the hopes of receiving a huge pay check in the future, as did the over 2000 people in my lectures. Like majority of university graduates I spent a lot of my time cramming for […]
Last year LinkedIn asked 8,000 professionals what they had thought they wanted to be when they grew up. The survey found that the top childhood dream jobs for men in the U.S. were a professional or Olympic athlete, airplane or helicopter pilot, scientist, lawyer and astronaut. Women said that their top childhood dream jobs were teacher, […]
Action will always remove the doubt that theory cannot solve. – Petryl Hsieh Taking any action at all can help chip away at the uncertainties faced when picking a career. The action can be as small as reaching out to contacts to temping with a company for insight into a particular industry. You don’t need to invest […]
I recently attended a seminar all about creating an empire. The speaker was Sarah Wilson. You may have heard of her, she is an Australian media icon. Long story short she has moved from the editor at Cosmopolitan Australia to entrepreneur starting with blogs, ebooks and more recently print books. Sarah Wilson claims that she […]
It is all about the way you market yourself. Think about the process from start to finish. The start of the process is not your resume or your cover letter. The start is your marketing… When was the last time you looked at your LinkedIn account? This is your online resume that recruiters and employers […]
For those of you that have not been following the news, Myer recently sacked their star recruit. One week ago Myer were boasting about their new recruit who was supposedly the former managing director and VP of Inditex group which is the Spanish company that own fashion brand Zara. Myer were so impressed with Andrew […]
