Tech Job-Seeking in the Post-Apocalyptic Economy

Tech Job-Seeking in the Post-Apocalyptic Economy: a presentation about overcoming the challenges faced by job-seekers in the jobs market of 2009.

Job-Seeking Basics 2: Make Your CV Look Nice (Seriously)

Regular readers will know that before we got all excited and migrated (oh, and did we mention upgraded) the blog, we started a series called The Golden Rules of Job Seeking in 2009.
We argued that – in the face of a tough economic climate, increased competition and the plethora of constantly changing, confusing and sometimes [...]

Job-Seeking Basics: 1 Tailor your CV

Despite some of the industry’s best efforts to convince you that the heart and soul of recruiting is changing, and that on-line systems and Social Media are slowly changing the very nature of the way recruitment works, the retention of the CV at the very heart of recruiting suggests otherwise. CVs are still king.
It’s [...]

Job-seeking basics: the forgotten armoury in the fight for jobs

Job seeking has become pretty complex, hasn’t it?
There was a time when you’d buy a newspaper, find some relevant and interesting adverts (which the author had put some time and effort into, of course) and follow the instructions given to introduce yourself to a possible employer. You didn’t have to keep up-to-date with a [...]