In a highly interactive industry such as recruitment, good communication skills are crucial to your ability to succeed. Here are some tips from an expert on how to communicate verbally at your best. Human communication specialist Valerie Panayiotou, from Organisational Effectiveness Consulting, writes: Verbal communication makes up the other 35 per cent of any communicative […]
Effective body language is critical to your success in a job interview. Tweak your body language to get interviewers to like you … and offer you the job! The wet fish vs the bone crusher The handshake tells a story about each of us. Do you shake hands softly? Do you come in from the top […]
How to present your overseas experience to potential employers and recruiters and win the job you want.
Job hunting tips to help migrants succeed in applications and interviews and find work in New Zealand.
Free Job Hunters’ Workbook, with practical tips and activities to get people back into employment – sample content and download link.
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Remote interviews have become more common these days, particularly following lock-downs due to Covid. The most popular tools are Zoom, Skype and FaceTime. These are my tips for succeeding in virtual interviews: Make sure you are using the most up-to-date version of the software being used. Don’t be late to the interview while you have […]
Advice from a CV expert for those dreaming of a new direction with a career change. Select a job or career for which you have a genuine passion. The feeling of job satisfaction remains long after you have spent the money you earn in a lesser job. Look at the pattern in your jobs/careers to date. […]
Personal branding is the relationships an individual has with the public – essentially personal public relations. How other feel about your personal brand determines whether or not they want to have a working relationship with you. Effective relationships are built using communication. Personal branding (PB) is communicating your uniqueness, qualities, strengths, skills and passions. It […]