7 Happybrook Lane Croydon Vic 3136 Telephone: 8888 7776 Email: John@bigpool.com September 8, 2010 Attention: David Whitehead Recruitment Re: Your Advertised Position Dear Sir or Madam I would like to apply for the position advertised in The Trumpet on September 9th...
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Social Media Networking & Your Career: It’s Not Just a Fad
“The Internet? We are not interested in it.” – Bill Gates, 1993 In 1989, we purchased our first home computer. It was around $1800 and even more if we added an item the salesman assured us we couldn't live without... a 10 megabyte hard disk! (Yes I said 10 meg)....
Changing Careers: Are you up for it?
Careers can evolve and progress over decades or they can move rapidly---prompted by life-changing circumstances such as retrenchment, a personal revelation, or the ill-health of a family member. If change is being forced upon you or you have decided to take the plunge...
Qualifying Your References: Are they Champions or Saboteurs?
References can be your greatest asset; they can cite times when you rose to the occasion such as when you solved problems threatening a high-profile project, were sensitive to the fears of staff during organisational change, or when the perfect solution you executed...
Going up? The 30-second Elevator Pitch
Dave the job seeker assured me he had prepared this elevator pitch. “Okay!” I said, “Hit me with it”. He began. “I was born in 1969 in Melbourne Australia” he started. I went to school at Box Hill South Primary School until I was 12 or so, and then I became a student...
Recruiters: Brick Walls or “Holders of the Secrets”?
Recruiters appear to be at the top of most jobseekers’ hit lists. Most people I have come across are certainly soured by the recruiter/jobseeker relationship, united in their criticisms that search consultants are the impenetrable brick wall to job search success; the...