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How to write your first LinkedIn profile

If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile in today’s business world, you’re putting yourself at a disadvantage.   94% of recruiters now use LinkedIn to vet job candidates.   Your LinkedIn profile can be used to, as LinkedIn themselves explain: “express your personal brand in 2,000 characters and glorious 3D, creating a dazzling picture of [Read more…]

The importance of following up on a job application

The number of applicants for each job vacancy is rising each year and the competition within the job market is fierce. The manufacturing, hospitality, retail, administration, media, finance, oil and energy industries are among those that received the most applications in 2015, with CV Library reporting an average of 57.3 applicants per job vacancy.   [Read more…]

Which of these popular productivity hacks will work for you?

Different productivity techniques work for different people. Here are some of the most effective ways to tick things off your to-do list and find some time in your busy schedule – which one works best for you?   Use an app   Using technology in the right way can help you to organise your busy [Read more…]