Today’s executive job market is competitive: on the one side, candidates must make sure that their skills and experience place them in the ‘winner‘ category, while on the other side, companies strive to hit the bullseye in respect to talent. Perfect matches are possible, but only if a couple of rules of the game are…
Are you a football supporter? Or perhaps you enjoy spending your Sundays taking long walks in the wild? Is hiking your favorite spare time activity? Are you the absolute connoisseur of wine? Does Baroque architecture fascinate you? Did you just add all of your hobbies in your CV? If yes, stop for a moment and think: how…
It is common nowadays that candidates show up at job interviews with their homework done: the answers to the most common questions have already been prepared, they have thought of good examples to give from their experience, they have a whole speech prepared on how well developed their leadership skills are. Executive recruiters are aware…
With spring knocking at your door, you start fantasising about the whole new world of opportunities that opens up: your spare time activities will, from now on, involve much more sun and fresh air. But why limit it to spare time? Get the most out of the warm season and consider riding your bike to…
Preparing for your first job interview for a position you greatly desire goes beyond polishing your speech on your leadership skills. Whether or not you believe in the impact of first impressions, trust experts on this one: you have to dress for success. And if you want to become an executive, it’s important to dress…
Developing a CV can be a nail-biting experience. There are so many different aspects to a great CV – content, wording, style, format, design – but most importantly, strategy. That might not be what you expected me to say. Most job seekers do not consider the audience and instead compose the CV to please themselves….
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The online environment does not discriminate: everyone is invited to join. While it is true that global communication has never known such expansion, with companies benefitting massively from it, we cannot look away from the negative outcomes. Fraudulent entities are constantly innovating their dishonest techniques, and a moment of carelessness may easily transform you into…
‘Going green‘ is an expression that gained popularity in the business world in recent years. More and more companies develop an interest in environmental protection and take action in this sense. On top of cutting costs in the long-term and governmental support, it seems that ‘green’ efforts tend to influence employees’ pride in the organization and…
If the concept of ‘Personal Branding’ and its alleged importance in the job seeking process have been giving you headaches, it’s time for you to take a step back and try to wrap your mind around the facts surrounding it. It is common knowledge that the job application process involves marketing yourself as a candidate,…
