The Corner Office

Even though economic conditions may be stabilizing globally and in Britain, economists expect unemployment to continue rising this year, as financial uncertainty persists. “In the real world of Britain’s workplaces people are still losing their jobs and finding it harder and harder to get new ones”, TUC General Brendan Barber said. Unemployerment is also on the [...]

Creating a winning CV is a feat of strategy involving focus, wording, design and content selection. To achieve a career marketing document that wins interviews, all areas of the strategy must be spot-on and consciously used in the most effective manner. One of the most common mistakes job candidates make when writing their CVs is [...]

By Nisa Chitakasem, Founder of Career consultancy, Position Ignition Ltd If you’ve been looking for a job for a while now, but can’t even get an interview, you may be wondering if there’s some way you can improve your CV to try and get past first base with employers or recruiters. Whilst some of us [...]

To impress a potential employer with your CV, you usually have just a few seconds. According to a CareerBuilder.co.uk survey of 194 UK employers, nearly one-third (32 per cent) said they spend one minute or less reviewing a CV. Fourteen per cent even spend only 30 seconds or less.  The study reveals what employers said [...]