As I’ve touched on in a previous blog, there are some clear differences between your resume and your LinkedIn profile, including their main purpose. To truly optimise your LinkedIn profile, both for networking and job seeking, it’s important to remember this is more of a personal branding and marketing tool than your resume. I wrote […]
While most of the more confident and extroverted thrive in professional networking and interacting situations (including interviews), there are some of us that struggle. The thought of attending a business networking event with teems of attendees can be pretty overwhelming to those that aren’t so outgoing. And then there’s the daunting prospect of initiating phone […]
So you’ve gotten over the first major hurdle of making it to interview stage, via your professionally written career documentation. Now it’s time to consider the next one – attending the interview. It’s a scary prospect for most of us. But if you go prepared, the job interview jitters are far less likely to disrupt […]
Most job seekers know how demoralising and disenchanting it can be to send out a multitude of applications without any responses. COVID-19 is no doubt exacerbating this situation, further intensified by media forecasts of local economies including employment rates taking a significant battering. So now more than ever, it’s essential to keep yourself ambitious and […]
Just about all companies and industries have internal policies and protocols, as well as external standards and regulations that they must adhere to. As noted in my earlier blog on the most common transferrable skills, showcasing your ability to align with a business’s regulatory compliance conditions will be highly career beneficial. Defined as ‘the action […]
Even if you don’t want to be designated as a ‘project manager’, project management capabilities are valuable to most employers. That’s why I’ve listed it as one of the most common transferrable skills. Often used to transform ideas into reality, project management has been recognised by the global Project Management Institute (PMI) as a skill […]
Impactful and meaningful customer service is critically important to just about every business, which is why it featured as one of my most common transferrable skills. Showcasing your ability to effectively service and support a range of customers, both internal and external, will no doubt rate you highly among the majority of recruiters. “Customer service […]
Another of the most common transferrable skills that I recently blogged about is teamwork (including from a team leader perspective). In just about all contexts – personal and professional, such as sport and business – teamwork is highly beneficial to the final outcome. In the work context, a business is more likely to innovate, deviate […]
In line with my recent blog on the most common transferrable skills, communications (both oral and written) has been identified as one of the most desirable work skills in LinkedIn and other research. It’s regularly perceived as a vital life skill, to both deliver and understand a range of information quickly and correctly. In the […]
Your professional, job-tailored resume should always include your most relevant employment and academic history (including licences, certifications and training courses), as well as a summary of your core strengths and capabilities (including a mix of hard and soft skills). But the inclusion of your referees is largely dependent on the job that you’re applying for […]
