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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 photo credit: Nils Geylen 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 [...]

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What is the optimal CV length?

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


CV Length photo credit: ximenacab 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 [...]

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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 photo credit: Maria Keays 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 [...]

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