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Top Tips For Structuring Your CV Your CV is the first point of contact between you and your next potential employer. It is important that it is succinct and presented in an easy to read format using a simple font, minimal styling and the use of bullet points to break down information. To ensure your CV stands out in your next job application fol...

6 Ways to Make Your LinkedIn Profile Stand Out With more than 500 million users worldwide, LinkedIn is easily the largest professional network on the planet. It's not only large but also highly effective in helping professionals in any industry get and stay connected. So why should that matter to you? LinkedIn is your chance to get your name and...

5 Employee Retention Strategies That Work You’ve invested a lot of time and money recruiting and hiring the right talent for your small to mid-sized businesses (SMB). The last thing you want to do is let all that hard work go down the drain when an employee leaves for another opportunity. Employee retention is ranked as the second most important...

7 New Rules For Writing The Perfect Cover Letter The modern cover letter should focus first and foremost on the company it's directed to, career experts say. Gone are the days where you could spend a few paragraphs detailing your own accomplishments. Today, you also need to demonstrate a genuine interest in the company and prove you know how to ...

The Unadvertised Job Market What is your opinion of somebody who has just been appointed to a new job because they were in the right place at the right time? Do you think it’s not fair that such luck should go their way? Have you considered that it might not be luck? What if this ‘chance’ meeting was, in fact, the product of weeks of careful res...

Managing Your Career Like a Business Pundits predict that those entering the business world will switch careers as many as six times in their lifetimes (maybe even more); that’s "careers," not jobs. This is comparable to a business, that over it's lifetime will change direction and strategy, probably more than six times. In a similar sense, you ...

The Subtle Art Of Negotiation Are you hoping to receive a job offer? Are you hoping that your employer will give you a salary increase this year? Whether it’s the fear of being perceived as pushy or feeling uncomfortable about the negotiation process, professionals are hesitant when it comes to salary negotiation. Make it a goal in 2020 to get t...

Teleworking in Luxembourg During recent years, the concerns around family-work life balance have gained increased attention amongst the political and business sectors of Europe. Many companies are now putting emphasis on opportunities to work remotely, enhancing the work-life balance whilst avoiding long commutes during peak hours. Teleworking i...

There's many reasons why some may take a "gap" in employment, such as physical and mental health, caring for a sick family member, pursuing further education or professional training, etc. But in a lot of cases, it's simply due to being laid off from your previous employer and struggling to find work afterwards. Unfortunately, whatever the reaso...

When going through the long and tedious process of looking through jobs, you may find one that you're genuinely interested in. It's in your desired field, has a decent salary and seems like something you could do. However, there are also signs out there that perhaps the job is not worth applying for due to a number of reasons, despite how intere...