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St David’s Day Sale!

Monday, March 1st, 2010 - CV Writing, Professional CV


St David’s Day Sale!

As we are a Welsh based organisation, it seems only appropriate that we have our first day around and celebrating St Davids Day!
St David’s Day
Saint David’s Day (Welsh: Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Sant) is the feast day of Saint David, the patron saint of Wales, and falls on 1 March each year. The [...]

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Executive CV difference

Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 - CV Writing, Executive CV, Executive Recruitment, Job Search


Executive CV difference

photo credit: ind{yeah}
An Executive CV on quick glance may look very much like a standard CV. Most who looked at it a second time would notice the better layout, the nicer font, and on picking it up the slightly heavier paper.
However, the key difference in the Executive CV is to be found [...]

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Assessing Executive ability in a Job Interview

Monday, May 11th, 2009 - CV Writing, Executive CV, Job Search, Jon Interview


Executive Job Interview

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There are many that claim to be of executive level or executive calibre, but there are some simple tests which a recruiter or HR professional will apply to assess which level of management or executive capability the job applicant has.
Executive, much like any high-value perceived word, is often over [...]

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What is the optimal CV length?

Saturday, April 25th, 2009 - CV Writing, Executive CV


CV Length

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Jeannie asks: What’s the optimal CV/Resume length for a long-tenured employee seeking a senior VP position in a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company? I’m not really in the career development field, but many of my clients ask me career related questions. Can you bring me into the loop? I assume recruiters and [...]

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How to present “MBA-equivalent training and experience” on a CV?

Saturday, April 25th, 2009 - CV Writing, Education, Qualifications


MBA equivalent

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strong>Russell asks: How do you present “MBA-equivalent training and experience” on a resume? I don’t have an MBA or graduate degree, but I do have formal and informal education plus work experience that compares very favorably to MBAs from top schools and even PhD (so I have been told by [...]

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