The most important action you can take, in order to win salary negotiations, is doing some research on salary levels for the function, company and industry in question. By arming yourself with such information you will have a sense of what is fair and know what to expect. This puts you in a very strong…
Shaping Ideal Careers
Transition & Job Search Strategy
Most Overused Words In Singapore Resumes & LinkedIn Profiles
Professional networking site LinkedIn analysed member profiles and collated a list of words that are used most often. A lot of people use similar words in their resumes and online profiles, so it’s likely that these words are used frequently in resumes as well. Here are the top 10 terms that are overused by professionals in…
Dealing With Company Application Forms
Having spent hour after hour poring over your resume and polishing it until it’s word perfect, it can actually be pretty frustrating when you’re then asked to complete a company application form, which can be tedious and time consuming. There are, however, several good reasons why employers ask you to do so and it’s important…
Effective Follow-Up After a Job Interview
If you are one of those people who do precisely nothing after a job interview other than wait for the recruiter’s decision, then you certainly aren’t alone. In fact, much to the dismay and disgust of employers, the vast majority of interviewees fail to follow up. Not only is this perceived as being downright ill-mannered…
Questions to Ask the Interviewer and Those to Avoid
No matter whether your job interview is a one-to-one interview, a panel interview or a group interview, there should always come a point towards the end when you are invited to ask your own questions of the interviewer. Always, always, always take this opportunity, because doing so: Shows that you are genuinely interested in the…
Keeping Interview Nerves at Bay
Great! All that hard work you put into your resume has paid off and you’ve got the interview. If you’re anything like most people though, the initial euphoria will probably turn to stomach-churning anxiety as the fateful day draws ever closer. Job interviews are enough to turn even the strongest and most confident of people…
How To Write A Resume That WOOs Recruiters: 5 Handcrafted Resume Templates
How To Write Resume That WOOs Recruiters…Article # 7 You can now put all the advice from this resume writing series to use and start preparing your resume. Whether you’re looking for a job, or applying for an internal position in your existing company, the process of resume writing and updating is painful in itself. The…
Can’t Decide On What To Wear To An Interview?
Now, you might think that if you’re old enough to be attending job interviews, then you’re old enough to take a call on what to wear to an interview. However, dressing for interviews does require a bit of careful consideration if you are going to make the best possible first impression. First of all, let…
6 Top Tips for Keeping Depression at Bay in a Long-Term Job Hunt
Coping with unemployment is never easy, however, the chances of falling prey to depression increase dramatically once job seekers have been out of work for six months or more. As weeks turn to months, rejection follows rejection and it begins to look as though all possible avenues have been exhausted, the situation starts to feel…
When It Comes to Interviews, Practice Makes Perfect
Practice, as they say, makes perfect, and yet how many people do you know who actually bother to practice their interview questions and answers before squaring up to the interviewer? These same people will rehearse a wedding speech or spend hours going over a presentation until the material sticks and they can deliver it confidently,…