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Are You ready for a Career Change

You Are Ready For a Career Change When You See These Signs

As a career coach and regular writer on job search issues, I receive a lot of emails from job hunters with questions about every aspect of their professional lives and aspirations.

Some want to quit, or get feedback and advice to start their own businesses. Others want to be promoted, negotiate a pay raise, move to another country, tell their boss to take a hike, and more. Often these questions represent a dilemma that hundreds or thousands of other people are facing. Here, I’m going to focus on The Career Change Dilemma. Read more

Job Application Rejected

The 7 Real Reasons Why You Are Not Getting a Job – The Truth in Numbers

Real Reasons Why You are Not Getting a Job. As a career coach and outplacement advisor, I’ve helped hundreds of job hunters secure new jobs.  Over this time I’ve learned that the majority of candidates hunt, with little knowledge of what actually happens when they apply for jobs. That is a huge mistake. Read more

skype job interviews

How to ACE Your Skype or Google Hangout Job Interview

You know the feeling?! You open the inbox for your usual refresher and there it is, the long awaited email has finally come through. You’ve been selected for an interview! Yesssss. There’s just one hiccup; they want to do it over Skype or Google Hangout. What do you need to do? How do you get prepared? I have 9 simple hints to help you ace the interview like a pro. Read more

job search trends 2017

The 10 Key Job Search Trends to Pay Attention to in 2017 According to the Experts

To help you manage your job search and secure a great new job in 2017, I’ve reviewed and curated the expert advice of other resume writers, recruiters and job search coaches to share some predictions for 2017. Read more

Winner Resume Recipe

The Winning Recipe for Job Hunters who Hate Writing Resumes

Roughly 50% of job applications today are resumes only. In 2015, almost 70% of my client hires included additional content such as a cover letter or LinkedIn profile.

Whether applying for an advertised job via email, an online application, or even if you are just blindly sending a resume in the off chance a company might consider you for hire, the key concepts to address in the content that accompanies the resume are: Read more

5 skills to future proof your career

The 5 MUST HAVE SKILLS to Future Proof Your Careers

It does not take much to work out that the workplace and our careers have changed, from our skills to how we collaborate to the technologies we use. Recent news suggests that roughly half of Australian jobs will be potentially affected by automation and technology change in the near future.  Here are five skills to start building now to future proof your career and maintain your employ-ability. Read more

digital age job hunter

What You Need For Successful Job Hunting In The Digital Age

Today’s job hunters have to navigate a few important things if they want to secure a job in the digital age.  It’s much easier than ever to find opportunities online, but job hunters have to search through numerous job postings on multiple sites and customise their application to suit each job. We show you what you need in the digital age to be successful. Read more

the top 5 job hunter delusions

The Top 5 Job Hunter Delusions Stopping You to Secure a New Job

Finding a job you love and one that pays the money you want, requires a job hunter to plan with a high level of standards instead of a high level of delusions. Read more

stay productive when jobless

6 Effective Ways to be Productive when you are Jobless

Losing a job is really hard but I hope you know that you are not alone. Most people, at some stage in their lives will lose a job. Of course, knowing that doesn’t really make jobless period any easier.  Read more

21 overused resume words

21 Overused Resume Words Recruiters and HR Managers Really Hate

Whether you are fresh out of college or updating your resume for a new job, if you are using the buzz words everyone else is using, then don’t be surprised if your application ends up in the NO pile. Instead, link your skills to show that you are an employer’s next star employee. Read more