For todays modern job seeker, searching for future employment within a daunting economy can be an arduous and time consuming task. Although the route of traditional job boards and CV databases can indeed produce fruitful results, it’s the rapid climb of online social media that is capturing attention from job seekers and recruiters alike.
A national search is on to find the UK’s most deserving individual who can show how studying new skills could change their life.
They might have overcome challenges to advance their career, they might be out to gain new career prospects and self-enlightenment or could simply have always dreamed of studying a particular course and for some reason was never able to. read more…
ConceptCV has been awarded the first UK accreditation for the successful creation of client VisualCVs. VisualCV.com is an Internet-based CV / resume service that enables you to truly stand out from the crowd by allowing the inclusion of work samples, charts and graphs, audio, video and images. You can control who sees your VisualCV and you can share your own unique URL via email and social networking sites. read more…
Here is some easy to follow, no nonsense advice from ConceptCV - the basic “guidelines” surrounding the Do’s and Don’ts of writing your own CV. read more…
ConceptCVs free CV review service was recommended by Dragons Den serial entrepreneur James Caan, along with the services of WebRecruit, in today’s Daily Telegraph. The article serves as inspiration for many job seekers, who in the current tough climate, need to promote their skills to a wider audience and get creative in order to be recognised as serious contenders in the job market. read more…
‘Remote Worker Awards’ announced to celebrate ‘National Work from Home Day’
This year’s National Work from Home Day (part of Work Wise Week) will take place on Friday 15th May. Paula Wynne, co-founder of Remote Employment and the Remote Worker Awards, is available to give advice and encouragement to the millions of remote workers across the UK and companies considering remote working for their staff.
Work Wise Week promotes smarter working practices, such as flexible, remote and mobile working, and working from home. It aims to give half the working population, some 14 million people, the opportunity to work smarter by 2011. read more…
ConceptCV have joined UK companies such as REED, WHSmith, Anglian Water and the British Chambers of Commerce to show united support to the Keep Britain Working Campaign.
Keep Britain Working was founded by REED, the recruitment specialists. The campaign is backed by a broad range of businesses, the Prime Minister, the Mayor of London, all three of the main political parties, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC). read more…
As a working mother with 2 young daughters, and with heavy loyalties to both my family and my career, I am living proof that work-life balance is not only a struggle, but damn near impossible. Therefore I am well aware of the countless 1000’s that find themselves in a similar predicament. So, with the demise of the 40 hour working week due to the modern facilities of mobile phones, email, blackberries and online messenger services, how is it possible to achieve the difficult balance of time between career, family and some form of social existence? read more…
Why is it that even when we know what we want and have all the best reasons to make it happen, sometimes we fail to achieve, or maintain, our goals?
People sometimes fall into a pattern of behaviour which hinders success. When we know which patterns we are prone to using, and catch ourselves following them, we can choose to stop, and to do something different. Some common patterns are: read more…
ConceptCV is delighted to announce its new partnership with ethical careers website JuicyJobs.
JuicyJobs provides a wide range of vacancy listings in the environmental, public and third sector. As well as this, the site features excellent career advice, inspirational case studies of ethical or green workers, and regular news and blog updates.
The partnership will bring ConceptCV’s outstanding CV writing advice and career solutions together with the wide range of green and ethical jobs available on JuicyJobs. You’ll never have to look elsewhere for top tips and interview-winning techniques for those ethical jobs of your dreams.
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