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Seven secrets to writing a CV employers can’t ignore

Building an impressive curriculum vitae or CV is important especially when you are aspiring to get the job you have always desired. Your CV serves as your ticket to secure an interview where you provide necessary facts and achievements about you in front of your possible, and in hopeful cases,...
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CV Tips – Resume, CV or Bio? | Pallavi Pande

What’s the difference between Resume, CV and Professional Bio? Very few people know that ‘Resume’ and ‘CV’ are not the same, however they are used for the same purpose. In short, ‘Resume’ is a brief and concise one or two page summary of your skills, experience and education. ‘CV’ is a more...
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10 Ways to Sell Yourself

By Nisa Chitakasem, Founder of Position Ignition and co-author of Sell Yourself With Confidence. The concept of ‘selling’ yourself sometimes attracts negative associations in our culture. We as a society are keen neither on thinking nor speaking highly of ourselves as we’re afraid it’ll be frowned upon as ‘shameless self-promotion’ and...
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10 LinkedIn Job Searching Tips

By Nisa Chitakasem is Founder of Position Ignition and the Career Ignition Club, the UK’s leading Career Consulting Company and Career Resource. Since its launch in 2003, LinkedIn has grown to be the world’s biggest social networking website for professionals. With in excess of 100 million members in more than 200 countries and territories, this...
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Using Social Media Networking in Job Searching

Nowadays social media is becoming a key element to one’s job search campaign. Making sure that you are making use of social media effectively to harness it’s potential and benefit to you can really help you move forwards in your job search. There are a few key things to be...
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CV Power Words

We asked the experts about Power Words for CV’s Power words give positive influence to those who read them and demonstrates directness which is why we need them in our CVs.  We have chosen a few of these words and have included them in our CVs to replace similar words...
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