With hundreds of graduates fighting for every vacancy, a stand-out CV is often the only thing to open the door leading to a dream job.Discount chain Aldi is rated one of the top graduate recruiters - it was the only...Read More
Mike Berry Archives
Young people looking for jobs often look at unpaid internships as a way of gaining valuable work experience and potentially a foot in the door at some companies.But now employers should be forced to pay interns a minimum of £2.50...Read More
Marathon job interviews
Categories:
What could you do in three hours? Catch a flight to Spain? Watch Lord of the Rings? Even run a marathon if you're super-fit.How about being interviewed? A survey by recruitment agency GRB found some job seekers had to endure...Read More
What does coalition government mean for jobseekers?
Categories:
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have jumped into bed together and formed a coalition government. But what does that mean for those in work, looking for a new job or the unemployed?An official document setting out the terms of the...Read More
A job interview with a difference
Categories:
Forget uncomfortable interviews, awkward questions and dusting off your best suit, a new mobile phone company has launched a job hunt with a difference. Phone operator giffgaff is challenging jobseekers with making its brand world famous. If applicants can achieve...Read More
More flexible jobs = more options for jobseekers
Categories:
Some potential good news for job seekers after a more flexible role or for those looking to get back into work after a period out of the labour market - for example, women after having children.The government has called on...Read More
A really interesting survey was released this week which showed that knowledge of a second language came second only to IT in a list of desirable skills for job candidates.A poll of 500 employers by the National Centre for Languages...Read More
University matters, whether you like it or not
Categories:
What university did you graduate from? Should it really matter to your prospects of getting a job?Apparently it does; a new report warns that employers are missing out on a major pool of talent by purely focusing their graduate recruitment...Read More
HR is looking at your online life - the evidence
Categories:
Just a quick post to support what my colleague David blogged on earlier - about keeping your social networking life in order.A new survey by Microsoft of HR managers found four in 10 had rejected a candidate on the basis...Read More
Good news - and bad - for graduates
Categories:
A report out today (13 January) looks at the state of the graduate recruitment market and the number of vacancies likely to be available in 2010.It has some good news for graduates - the 100 top employers surveyed said they...Read More
Ask Us
Send us the career questions you would like answered or suggest career topics you would like covered.
