Professional Development

If you’re serious about your job search, simply having an online CV or job seeker profile on a couple job boards isn’t enough to get noticed. Top recruiters and HR managers use LinkedIn as the platform for discovering new...

The days of circling job adverts in the newspaper are long gone. Today, job boards act as the most popular platform to search for new opportunities. Rather than reading through the classified ads section that only contained a few...

You’re landing interviews left and right, but you never actually get the job. For the umpteenth time, your inbox is filled with a string of rejection emails. Now what? First, take a deep breath. Next, dive into what’s keeping you...

What social network has been on the web long before TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, is home to more than 600 million professional profiles, and rolling out nearly an unlimited supply of network connections and job opportunities daily? You guessed...

Minding the gap. Even the most effectively written resume will have what we call the “ghost years.” These are gaps in your professional profile, and many job seekers try to avoid mentioning these missing dates. When there are larger gaps in...

More than a summary of your qualifications, more than just daily fodder for a hiring manager, the resume is more than just a printed 8.5” x 11” document to the average job seeker. That’s you. A well-written resume is the main attraction in every job application. It’s your past...

The final portion of this cover letter series will focus on how cover letters provide a lasting impression, good or bad, on the HR manager. Your cover letter should be an addition to your resume that highlights the aspects...

While the internet is filled with tips, tutorials, and templates on how to write the best cover letter, HR managers would likely agree that most cover letters, if not all, are predictable. Evidently, this is a primary reason why...

Countless resumes and cover letters roll out for a single job offer, and most of them are dull and based off the same three templates you can find online. When the HR manager spends hours reading though ‘individualized’ cover...