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The CV - Lipstick on a pig & other popular misunderstandings

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Here’s what you need to know

In South Africa’s competitive job market, presenting a well-written CV is not only sensible, but shrewd.
Employers are increasingly frustrated by poorly written CVs, irritated by irrelevant content, lazy typos and spelling mistakes. These are a few of the things that contribute to missed opportunities.

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Facing Retrenchment

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Facing retrenchment can be a frightening experience. Its unchartered territory for most people, who end up feeling vulnerable because they’re unfamiliar with the legal processes and options. So what should you know, and do, when faced with this harrowing situation?

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Living and Working 'In the Zone'

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In business, sport and life the best human performances happen when we are fully engaged in the task at hand, while instinctively accessing all our existing knowledge, skills, insight and creativity. In sport we refer to this state as being ‘in the zone’ ...

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Does Your LinkedIn Profile Need Work?

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As a seasoned headhunter with 20 years in this business under my belt, I have seen many full placement lifecycles. I placed good talent into entry level roles in my early days and watching that talent rise through the ranks has been satisfying as you can imagine ..

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More Articles ...

  1. Case Study: Dow Chemical
  2. The Long Goodbye
  3. Planning for the worst: The best practices for mass layoffs
  4. Out on your ear? Outplacement can help

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Press Articles Archive

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  • Women still lagging in the workplace
  • Onvoldoende kennis van mark kan werksoekers pootjie
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  • Juggling multiple job offers is tricky business
  • Listening skills part of effective communication

 

         

 

  • The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but it is fear. - Gandhi
  • You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.
    That is something you have charge of. -
    Jim Rohn
  • Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy
  • Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever. - Keri Russell
  • The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. - Nathaniel Branden
  • When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves. - Viktor E. Frankl
  • The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. - Alan Watts
  • If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. - Maya Angelou
  • Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. - John F. Kennedy
  • Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw
  • We can learn from experience if we are ready to adapt that experience to changed conditions
  • Adapt and overcome – Jack Osbourne
  • Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change
  • Stick to your vision, but adapt your plan
  • Throw me to the wolves and I will return leading the pack
  • Change is good. It’s also often hard. But to succeed in business, you must run towards it.
  • It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive, but those who can best manage change - Charles Darwin
  • The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings – Kakuzo Okakaura
  • The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change – Bill Clinton
  • The key to success is often the ability to adapt
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