Careers Blog


Blog: Finding romance in the office

Careers blogger Ioana Lazarov looks at office relationships on the most romantic day of the year – Valentine’s.

Blog: Finding romance in the office

Blog: The best and worst jobs

Where does your job come on the list of the best and worst jobs, based on stress, working environment, physical demands and job outlook?

Blog: The best and worst jobs

Blog: Why temporary work can suit the recently redundant

We all know somebody who either has been, or is about to be, made redundant – unfortunately, nobody is immune writes Chimene Felton of Mercia Recruitment.

Blog: Why temporary work can suit the recently redundant
Blog: Selling snow to the Eskimos

What is the best mindset a salesperson can have? And how do you avoid some of the less complimentary stereotypes that you hear about people working in sales asks Dennis Kennedy.

Blog: Selling snow to the Eskimos

How to be good at sales

Sales coach Dennis Kennedy looks at the steps you’ll need to take to be a great salesperson, whether it’s at entry or management level.

How to be good at sales

How employers shortlist your CV

Chimène Felton of Mercia Recruitment has seen it all when it comes to CVs – here are her tips to make sure yours gets noticed.

How employers shortlist your CV

Blog: My CV isn’t sexy enough

I’ve decided to give you what you want – I’m going to talk about my CV, writes our job-seeking blogger Henry Mackley.

Blog: My CV isn’t sexy enough

Blog: A little cash-in-hand work

Job-seeking blogger Henry Mackley found some well-paid cash-in-hand work this week. Will he tell the taxman?

Blog: A little cash-in-hand work

Blog: The complexity of the benefits sytem

Blog: So, not before time, there will be drastic cuts in the housing benefits system, with the Department for Work & Pensions looking to save £1.8 billion by 2014/15, in changes which will affect more than 6,000 Shropshire households, writes Emma Suddaby.

Blog: The complexity of the benefits sytem

Using social media for a job search

As more and more companies use social media when looking to hire new employees, here’s how job-seekers can make the most of their online presences.

Using social media for a job search

Blog: Unlucky in love after a wedding season of networking

Job-seeking blogger Henry Mackley is pleased to see the back of the wedding season, if only because it stops him having to explain what he doesn’t do for a living.

Blog: Unlucky in love after a wedding season of networking

Blog: The truth about recruitment agencies

It’s time to dispel a common myth: recruitment agencies cannot create jobs. Sorry but it’s true writes David Shennan, CEO of Daisy Thomas recruitment group.

Blog: The truth about recruitment agencies

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