Job Advice Blog - Good People
Five Strategies for Overcoming the CV Black Hole
Every day job seekers send out hundreds of CV's to apply for jobs. Most of these are never to be seen or heard from again. You don't know if they have been rejected or are lost in a pile of 500 other CV's. They have entered the CV Black Hole. So here are 5 ways to overcome the CV black hole:...
The persuasive covering letter
When you are applying for a job, you are only an applicant. If you manage to convince the employer that you are a serious choice you will become a candidate. Therefore it's important that your covering letter makes you as strong a candidate as possible. The basics A covering letter should...
The Good CV
Your CV is a marketing document and the product is you. Before you create your CV, you should be clear about your unique skills and advantages you have to offer an employer. CV basics If in your CV you write a long-winded description of yourself and how you should be the one to be hired,...
Are CVs in danger of becoming extinct?
Several recruitment experts now believe that the humble CV is on the verge of extinction and furthermore, believe the process is irreversible. Some predict that in a few years the traditional CV will cease to exist and the only people mourning the day will be those that have not developed...
Some CV bloopers
Self-knowledge is a useful quality in a candidate. Recruiters are keen to learn more about their applicants, but sometimes, those folks can give a little too much information. Here are some CV bloopers we've picked up that made us laugh out loud: ยท Hobbies: "getting...
