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More heresy from me today. I hope you like it. It’s a plea for a new realism in job interviews. The tea’s in Boston Harbor. Ninety Five theses are nailed to the church door. There’s a man in green standing outside a post office trying to whip up a mob with poetry. Let’s see how […]

I am about to make a generation of CV writers scream. I am about to make a generation of job hunters a little less worried. I am also going to tell a generation of recruiters something they already know. A CV CAN be longer than two pages. There are even many, many occasions when it […]

Easily the single biggest mistake most people make when applying for jobs is failing to really consider what a recruiter wants to see. It’s a lot easier, and far, far more natural, just to depict yourself as you wish to be seen. After all, you know what you’ve done in your career, right? That is […]

Ninety per cent of the CVs that come my way tell me about the writer’s interests. So, I assume you want to know mine? I hate soccer. Actually that’s not an interest, that’s more or less a religious passion for me, so let’s move on to something I like. I like Formula One. I’ve been […]

I feel a bit like an air raid warden wandering through the streets with a whistle and a rattle and shouting “You can come out of your basements now! The bombers have gone away!” I’m sure if you’re still looking for work or hanging on as a “self-employed consultant” earning a quarter of what you […]

Already my two year old can use a touch screen computer better than I can. My four year old can beat me at tennis. It won’t be long before they can play an instrument, have a stab at learning a language and no doubt spend weekends excelling in some kind of sport or creative activity. […]