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Cover Letters: Assured, Not Apologetic

Red Giraffe Team — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 06:31:49 +0000

There is no point in being apologetic in a job application. The focus should be on convincing the employer that hiring you would be a wise choice in spite of any employment setbacks.

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Cover Letters: Assured, Not Apologetic

Make Sure Your Job Matches Your Skills

Red Giraffe Team — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:12:16 +0000

The excitement of chasing regular pay and a desk in the commercial world can be all consuming for university graduates. Before leaping at the newspaper job advertisements, take the time to interrogate yourself about the nature of your ideal job.

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Make Sure Your Job Matches Your Skills

Interview Pitfalls to Avoid

Red Giraffe Team — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:29:49 +0000

Plenty can go wrong in an interview. Often, when an interview does take a dive, it’s through our own poor management of the process. Commonly what trips us up is a tendency to blunder in and try and take over the interview. There are many ways in which this can happen.

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Interview Pitfalls to Avoid

Up-Skilling, another way to differentiate yourself.

Red Giraffe Team — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:26:46 +0000

Gone are the days when walking away from a university with a single qualification would assure you a position in the corporate world. This is not to say that degrees aren’t valued – they are. But these days it’s just as important to show an ongoing aptitude for learning as it is to present a potential employer with a completed bachelor’s degree.

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Up-Skilling, another way to differentiate yourself.

The Importance of Building Your Personal Network

Red Giraffe Team — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:44:12 +0000

More often than not it is word of mouth that ultimately lands a job. Qualifications, education and an aptitude for interviewing are all important, but the importance of what other people think of you cannot be overlooked. This is where having a handful of respectable, well-spoken contacts in your orbit becomes invaluable.

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The Importance of Building Your Personal Network

Target workplaces that value staff

Red Giraffe Team — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:03:52 +0000

Salary and job type are obviously important elements to consider when hunting for work. But there is a third element to bear in mind: workplace appeal. While both financial reward and working in a role you enjoy should be priorities, their relevance will quickly fall by the wayside if your daily environment itself is uninspiring. It’s amazing how quickly we can lose our drive if our pay packet is reasonable but our 9-5 conditions are unhappy.

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Entering a peak state prior to being considered!

Red Giraffe Team — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:03:05 +0000

You have an interview. Finally, you got the call that you have been waiting for to interview for a really great job with all kinds of benefits. Do you know how to pull off the interview so that you will not only show your capabilities and impress your potential employers? Here are a few steps that could really help you to ace your interview and get the job you want.

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Entering a peak state prior to being considered!

Managing Your Expectations Throughout the Interview Process

Red Giraffe Team — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:25:39 +0000

Creating the perfect resume, searching for job vacancies and graduate job opportunities, practicing interview questions and attending job interviews are all an important part of the application process when seeking out employment. While each of these components is an integral part of finding the right job for you, it is also important to manage your expectations during the application and interview process and to see each step as an opportunity to learn and grow, regardless of whether or not it results in a job.

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Managing Your Expectations Throughout the Interview Process

Differentiating Yourself in the Current Employment Market.

Red Giraffe Team — Sat, 30 May 2009 01:08:05 +0000

Standing apart from your competitors, especially in a candidate-rich market, can seem an impossible task. There will always be someone more qualified, more confident, more connected than you. Take this as a given and you will save yourself a lot of emotional turmoil upfront.

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Differentiating Yourself in the Current Employment Market.