Archive for May 2019
How to write a cover letter that gets you noticed
A good cover letter is your key to landing an interview The cover letter is often the first element of your job application that your prospective employer will read, often ahead of your CV. For that reason, it’s vital that you get it right – and that means knowing how to write a cover letter…
Read MoreFunctional resume template
A functional resume emphasises your skills and abilities, or ‘functional areas’, rather than chronological employment history and is especially useful when you are changing your career focus, when you have had gaps in your employment, or when you want to highlight your skills and achievements from older jobs, or from volunteer or extracurricular experience. The…
Read MoreThree tips for effectively managing outplacement services
If your organisation only provides career transition support in the form of outplacement services for employees once they have been made redundant, you and your employees are missing out. When it comes to outplacement services, there’s no such thing as too early. Your employees will need all the help they can get from career coaching…
Read MoreExperiential learning approach: building better leaders
Building better leaders with an experiential learning approach You may have heard the saying: “meetings are places where good ideas go to die”. I’d add that in the leadership development space, death by a thousand PowerPoint slides is a prevalent crime. There is however a growing desire to revisit the way many organisations approach leadership…
Read MoreWhat to wear to a job interview
Nothing says ‘Hire me’ like a polished interview outfit – think classic, tasteful and tailored, and you can’t go wrong. For men that often means a suit and tie, and for women a skirt/dress pants and blazer or dress. But dressing for an interview is not always so simple, and putting together a killer interview…
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