Jobs, Skills & Advice

December 1st, 2009 | Category: Success |

How To Bore Your Way To Success

OK. I’ll admit it. I’m passionate about success.

I think about it every day. I think about it as I drift off to sleep. I think about it when I catch myself being idle for five minutes.

I can’t help it. It’s my drug. And – everywhere I look…I find what I’m looking for!

I see things now that I used to miss before. I pick up those little clues that I can use to my advantage.

The clues are there – if you look hard enough.

Do you remember when you were a love-struck teenager? How the ‘love of your life’ consumed every waking

November 30th, 2009 | Category: Interview |

Most Common Job Interview Mistakes

There are certain common job interview mistakes that you want to do your best to avoid. Making any one of these can hurt your chances of getting the job or have the employer hire another candidate who didn’t make these common job interview mistakes.

1. Looking sloppy or having a stain on your clothing. Wrinkled or stained clothing will be noticed a mile away. No matter how nice the rest of your outfit is, if you have a stain on one part, it will ruin your entire look. Plus, it’s a dead giveaway for you lack of attention to detail. If you’ve ever hear the saying, “how you do

November 29th, 2009 | Category: Job Hunting |

Job Hunting Tips

If you are in the search for a job, remember that you are in a competition along with hundreds or thousands of other job seekers. This means you have to be a competitive applicant in order to edge out

November 28th, 2009 | Category: Interview |

Inside the Mind of an Interviewer

Before you jump into the interview, it is crucial that we first take a step backward and try to see the interview purely from the interviewer’s point of view.

What

November 27th, 2009 | Category: Success |

How Do YOU Measure Your Achievements?

“My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.”

This quote isn’t one of my own – although I would like to echo its sentiments.

It was the great Winston Churchill who said it – the man who led the Allies to victory in the Second World War.

A man who became one of Britain’s most-loved heroes.

Yet – even though he achieved more in his life than you or I could possibly imagine – he certainly knew what the most important part of his life was.

It’s easy to measure your achievements by the material things

November 26th, 2009 | Category: Job Hunting |

Why You Can't Find a Job

You’ve been applying for jobs for weeks, months, or maybe even more and yet you’re still unemployed and continually receiving rejection letters from potential employers – why is that?

In the