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#5 How Being Specific on your CV sets you apart!

“Become a Meaningful Specific, not a wandering generality!” – Zig Ziglar “Proficient in Sales”, “Effective communicator”, “Hard worker”, “Good Organisational Skills”, “Excellent Managerial Skills”, “Very Experienced”, “Motivated”, “Determined”… If you have similar expressions on your CV currently, you’re in luck, this tip is for you! If you think about it, what do these expressions really mean? […]


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10 Powerful Questions To Nail That Job Interview!

We’ve said it before, questions reflect your intelligence to the interviewer. We have gathered for you 10 powerful questions that if used at an interview, will give you an unfair advantage over other job applicants! Rather than asking selfishly oriented questions, you should communicate much more of a desire to create a beneficial partnership instead. (There are […]


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Quantify or Be Ignored: The Most Important CV Tip Ever!

Your CV is the window of your shop. In other words, your shop might sell the most amazing articles at the most amazing prices, if the window looks untidy, disorganised or does not include products that people are after… you might not have any customer entering at all. As we know, employers and recruiters, when […]


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1 type of question you should avoid during your interview!

The way you ask questions displays a certain level of sophistication. The quality of the question reflects your intelligence and this is certainly an area that your interviewer will be assessing. But not all questions are good to ask. The most detrimental type of questions are selfishly oriented. For example, never ask what package is on […]


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1 CV Writing Tip That Could Change Your Job Search Forever!

In my experience, the #1 thing that CVs are mostly missing is achievements. It sounds simple right? Well it really is, but very few CVs have achievements clearly stated. Although every CV is different, without achievements, they all look the same. They all include terms like “Hard worker”, “Good communication skills”, “Good analytical Skills”, “Good […]


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How to Make sure your CV gets found by Employers!

Preliminary note: Remember that the #1 purpose of writing your CV should be to GET AN INTERVIEW! (NOT A JOB… YET…) There’s 1 thing that your CV must have in order to receive more phone calls from Employers. Use keywords… lots of them. 1st stage of the process: Your resume/CV needs to be found. It sounds […]


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Employers and Job Seekers do not speak the same language!

We have always been amazed to hear employers say they can’t find the right skills, and Job Seekers say they can’t find the right Job. These two constantly come across one another but rarely connect. That’s because they do not think the same way and therefore do not speak the same language!


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#3 So how do you approach your employer for a pay rise?

First of all, ask for an appraisal meeting and see where you could improve the company’s return on their investment in you.
Yes you heard it right, make this about helping your employer gain more value for your services. Treat your employer as if he was your client that first needs to see what’s in it for HIM before he grants you a raise…


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#2 How to NOT Ask For a Pay Rise…

So let’s go through what you should NOT do…

If you have read the previous article (Part 1), let’s assume that you are achieving more for the company that what you are paid for. Simply put, this is done by going above and beyond your job duties, objectives and achieving higher results that the ones you were expected to. If that’s the case, congratulations!
So you feel you should have a strong chance of having a raise but you would like to put all the chances on your side…


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#1: No salary increase for a while? Here’s why…

When asking for a pay rise, many people make the false assumption that they are “owed” a pay rise based on the length of time they have been in the company… This attitude won’t fly with your employer and will frustrate him… Neither will the approach of complaining that your finances are a little bit difficult…

An employer considers himself like a client that pays for a service (your work), in exchange of your monthly salary. Therefore, coming to your “client” and telling him to pay you more for exactly the same service is…


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