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 […]
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What is your Dream Job?
In our lifetime apparently we will work around 90,000 hours. That is a lot of time to spend doing something you are not passionate about. When I was researching this article I read something that said: “Would you do this for free? If so you’re on the right track” Now I am not sure there […]
Become Friends with your Consultant
You registered for a recruitment company. You smashed the interview process and the feedback was great. The communication doesn’t stop there. It is important to keep the lines of communication open with your consultant. Make sure that you are at the forefront of their minds and you are the first person they think of when […]
How to Work less and Play Harder
A recent presentation by Dermot Crowley at the Quay Appointments Breakfast Seminar got me thinking about productivity. There is a lot of information around the internet regarding productivity in the work place. I read an article somewhere that said that the future of the work force is based on a work life balance. Essentially in […]
Pushing your Boundaries
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 […]
Improving your LinkedIn profile
As part of creating the “You” brand you should focus heavily on your LinkedIn profile. To give you an idea of how big LinkedIn has now become it has 300million members internationally. 6million of these are in Australia and just 4 years ago this was only 1million. A completed LinkedIn profile will always be the […]
7 tips for the perfect Skype interview
The technological world is fast moving into every part of our lives including interviews. A Skype interview should be viewed with the same importance as a face to face interview. Here are 7 things to remember when preparing for your skype interview. Make sure your Skype account is interview appropriate. Most people have a Skype […]
Branding yourself for your next interview
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 […]
Lying on you resume…how far does it really get you?
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 […]
Is Your Resume Ready for a Recruiter?
Great news! You received a call out of the blue from a recruiter who wants to see your resume quickly. But what if you haven’t kept it current? First of all, consider asking for more time to pull things together. After all, the recruiter’s job is easier if your resume clearly tells the employer why […]