Job Applications

Learn how to craft compelling applications that highlight your transferable skills and experience. Find practical advice on tailoring your CV and covering letter to secure interviews in your chosen sector.

How to Vary Your CV

When you are contemplating a career change, it is imperative that you are able to vary your CV according to the position you are applying for. While it may s...

How to Write a Good CV

CV writing is something that almost everyone will have to do at some point in their life, whether it is your first job or you are changing careers. A CV is a...

Improving Your Employment Chances

Being out of work can be a very difficult experience. Despite having more time on your hands than you are use to, you can find yourself overwhelmed with the...

Job Applications and Covering Letters

It can be tempting, particularly when applying for jobs via online sites, to forgo the covering letter and simply attach your CV. While your covering letter...

Looking for a New Job

Whether you are unhappy in your current job, are looking for some career development, or want to change careers completely, you will need to go job hunting....

Making the Right Impression at an Interview

Interviews can be nerve-racking experiences, even for the most seasoned interviewee. With plenty to worry about, it can sometimes seem an additional stress t...

Preparing for an Interview

Preparing for an interview will better equip you for what the interviewer might throw at you and can help to make you feel more confident about this nerve-ra...

Professionally Written Job Applications: Are they Worth it?

Although we wouldn’t think twice about getting an expert to wire our house or test our eyes, somehow we think it’s a bad idea to get a professional to wr...

Requesting References and Referrals

Having the confidence to request referrals and references from past colleagues and contacts is a major factor in the potential success of your career change....

Succeeding at an Interview

So you’ve sent in your CV, filled out the application form and so far it is going well. Now you have to succeed in the interview. It is easy to feel nervou...

The Art of Online Applications

It used to be that people just applied for one or two jobs in their lives. They would post their CV to the person stated in the job advert, go for an intervi...

Top Tips for Explaining Gaps on Your CV

In these economically challenging times we are constantly being told that there are more people looking for jobs than there are jobs. If you believe every he...