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Welcome to your new career advice and job search blog by CVtrumpet.

This section of the site is designed to keep you up-to-date on the latest career advice, job search information and recruitment news.

To get this section started, I’d really like to help YOU and would appreciate your thoughts and input.

Just leave a comment letting me know about what you would like to hear about on the career advice blog.

Just add your comment below and I will cover that topic soon. You can comment as a guest or log in with any of the accounts provided.

Some areas that you may like covered are: executive search, working with recruitment firms, improving your CV or cover letters, job search techniques, interview questions and more.

So just let me know your greatest job search or career challenges (below) and I will make every effort to cover it in the coming weeks.

To your success,

Robert

Robert Odhams
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This entry was posted on Thursday, September 24th, 2009 at 10:43 am and is filed under CV Writing, Career Advice. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  • Samuel
    If an employer asks you the following question: what do you bring to our company? what is the person looking for or want to hear from you the interviewee?
  • Thank you Samuel for your post. If you take a look at the Interview Questions link on the top right hand side of this page (in the Career Advice box), you'll find and answer to your post.
  • ArtJames
    How many different types of cover letters do I need, and do you have any cover letter examples?
  • Arthur Hull
    I am nearly 64 years old, with good technical skills, experienced and motivated. I was made redundant 11 months ago. I don't want to be on the scrapheap & would like to work. I have tried to obtain work but now feel that my age is against me. Should I just retire gracefully?
  • lauracampbell
    I am lost on what to how long or short to make my covering letter and what to put in it, can you help???
  • Tony
    I'd like some advice on CV writing.

    Mainly from a graphological aspect as I feel my CV may appear somewhat juvenile in it's lay out. As it stands my CV is centre aligned. Would it appear more proffessional if it were left aligned? And what size font would you recommend?
  • Thank you Tony for your post. If you take a look at the CV Writing link on the top right hand side of this page (in the Career Advice box), you'll find our CV Font post. Your CV's text should be left aligned as this makes it easier to read. Headings can be centre aligned though.
  • emma
    Could you write me a cover letter for a newly qualified teacher?
  • Thank you Emma for your post. If you take a look at the Cover Letter link on the right hand side, you'll find our post on writing a targeted cover letter.
  • William J Read
    Do you know why so many local authority job websites do not permit CVs? Conversely, many job adverts say "No application forms, apply by letter and CV only". Can you discern the contradictory thinking between these two policies?
  • Thank you for your question William.

    The main reason why local authorities use application forms is likely to be due to fairness in the selection process. With application forms, all applicants answer exactly the same questions. This makes it is easier to compare candidates and to give each answer a score. They then decide who to bring in to interview based on a number, which brings a certain amount of transparency and fairness to the hiring process.

    Hiring in many organisations isn't as process-driven as hiring in local authorities, and so the CV is generally seen as a quick and easy way to evaluate candidates.
  • alex neville
    Hello

    I've been working in a warehouse/logistics enviroment now for seven years. I have done many apects of this environment from assisting with picking and packing, to secondment mangement roles as well as projects such as yearly staff sales with over 1 million pounds of goods.

    Even though I feel I have achieved all I could within this environment, I would like to ask what could be my next step and how could I go about about achieving this, eg first line management role in this enviroment or career change with the skill I have gained from working in this industry.

    i am looking for career change possibly in project management or management that will be able to make more finacially secure as well as a challenge away from the current daily work load I have at present.

    Any feedback would be appreciated on my next move and how to go about this.

    Regards


    Alex
  • Thank you Alex for your post. Over the next few weeks I'll be adding a number of articles to help you to get promoted faster. Just keep an eye on the Career Advice box on the top right of the page.
  • williamjread
  • hesam62
    I would like advice on writing CV, I mean how we should structure and what kind of vocabulary we should use?
  • Brenda TT
    Hi there,

    Am applying for plenty of jobs but not getting positive repsonses. How can improve on this?

    Thanks,
    BH
  • Jeremy H
    Need some advice on a cover letter for a sales management position.
  • Thank you jeremy for your post. If you take a look at the Cover Letter link on the right hand side, you'll find our post on writing a targeted cover letter.
  • I would like advice on CV writing.

    Any tips and tricks that help you stand out form the rest would be great.

    JP
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