•Crafting the Perfect C.V. – Perils, Pitfalls and Pratfalls
As Bob Dylan so succinctly put it, sooner or later you gotta’ serve somebody. Whether you’re an eager greenhorn looking to break into the industry or a salty old hand fishing for the more executive jobs, you’ll have to offer a personal précis to the (wo)man in the driving seat. Here’s an introductory guide to crafting the perfect C.V. by weeding out the errors one at a time.
Crafting the Perfect C.V. – Perils, Pitfalls and Pratfalls
School-Boy Errors
Including your Date of Birth: You’re...
•5 Key Qualities of a Good Employee
What do employers want? This is the maddening question that every job seeker is trying to answer – as a travel recruitment specialist, I see plenty of people scratching their heads when they are applying for travel jobs, trying to figure out what the potential employer really wants from them. Of course, most job adverts will have a long list of requirements, but these don’t tell the whole story. While the skills and experience listed in the advert are likely to be important to an employer (and...
•Top 5 Celebrities Exposed For Having Fake Qualifications
There’s a reason that inventing fake qualifications is advised against. Aside from the obvious ethical issues, if you’re caught, you’re in real trouble and could face sacking and a reputation of lying that will never pass. My experience of this is all from senior travel recruitment though, and it would be far worse if you were in the public eye. All the following have faced the accusation of lying on a CV to reach their celebrity position…
5. Paul McKenna – Celebrity Hypnotist
Paul McKenna,...
•Finding a Job in Pay Per Click…
The online travel sector is booming. As more and more people are booking their holidays and business travel online, the shift from the high street is becoming increasingly apparent. There has never been a better time to get involved in online travel, and a PPC job is a great way to get your foot in the door in an industry that is becoming more crucial every day.
Here’s a rundown of what you need to know when looking to get jobs in Pay Per Click advertising.
What is Pay Per Click...
•Application Unsuccessful: Reasons You Didn’t Get That Dream Job
Working with online travel jobs, I’ve seen interview shortlists narrowed down until the company gets their candidate of choice, but what if you were amongst the rejected? It would be helpful to know just exactly what you’ve done wrong though, wouldn’t it? 9/10 times, an unsuccessful job application will just be that there was someone that bit more qualified, and there’s nothing that can be done in that instance, except to try again… but if this keeps happening, it may be worth considering some...
•Top 10 Job Interview Disasters
As part of my job, I give interview advice to candidates applying for travel jobs. When I ask them how it went afterwards, most people don’t come out remembering what went right. They remember the bad things. The joke that fell flat, the awkward silence halfway through, the question that left them scrabbling for an inadequate answer. And while some people just seem to have the knack for doing well in job interviews, most of us have probably had at least one complete interview disaster in our...
•Tips On Getting On Executive Search Radars And Being Headhunted
Having worked in travel recruitment and headhunting for some time, I’ve learned a great deal about the way executive search agencies work. Even if you’re not actively looking for work, an enquiring headhunter call can boost morale or prompt a wage boost by your current employer eager to keep you at the firm, and of course if you are looking for work, then letting headhunters do the legwork will save you an awful lot of time and effort. But just how do you go about getting noticed by recruitment...
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