With a tightening job market numerous job seekers have increased their networking endeavours with the hope of tapping into the hidden job market, where 70-80% of unadvertised opportunities are located.
While networking should be an integral part of your search (and overall career management) efforts there are some secrets which can make a significant difference between not really generating much success and the potential for networking burnout in comparison to building influential and productive relationships that open the doors to potential job opportunities.
To avoid networking burnout, ensure you’re adopting the top …

The turbulent economy has certainly had an impact on many industries, with many companies implementing large-scale staff layoffs and downsizing. Never before has it been more important for people to begin implementing some crucial career management initiatives to reinforce their overall employability status.
Here are six key career management initiatives you should begin implementing:
1. Be relevant
Gone are the days where you attain your degree or diploma and never have to undergo any further professional development throughout the rest of your career.
Companies are continuing to develop and advance so they can maintain …

Building a relationship with a recruiter is essential in your job search. You need to have respect for your recruiter. No matter what you have heard about recruiters or what you think of them, they are providing you a service and they could be your vehicle to a new job. I honestly think this is probably THE most important factor in building the relationship, and something that has been lacking whilst the market has been so buoyant.

As a Corporate Recruiter now, I see a change in people’s …

As a Master Résumé Writer, I’ve probably seen every booboo, typo, standard template and fuzzy strategy that’s been created in my twenty years in the industry.
Today though, I’ll address the most important two.
First, the biggest mistake people make and a concept that is hardest for most to get their heads around is this: the résumé is a document written about you—not for you.
Let me tell you what I mean. Most of us find it difficult, if not near impossible, to separate what we want to tell someone from what they …

When speaking with clients who are in the process of interviewing for various job opportunities, one of the questions they are asked that has them worried that they may jeopardise their candidacy is: “Why do you want to leave your current job?”
Being asked the reason for wanting to leave your current employer can often be daunting, particularly if you have not considered this question and therefore not prepared a suitable response.
Here are a few tips on how to respond in a professional manner:

Keep your response concise. Quite often we can …

What an interesting thing to ask. Well firstly, there are a lot of different types of Recruiters, however for this question we will focus on the 2 main types. Agency and inhouse or internal recruiters.
Contingency Agency Recruiters
Who hasn’t had a bad experience with one of these? Well let’s breakdown the myth. Firstly not all of them are failed used car salesmen, who would sell their grandmother for a quick dollar. They are not that bad (most of them). But make no mistake they are sales people. They get judged by …

In these challenging economic times finding another job is significantly more difficult than it was only 12 months ago.
A large number of people will be active in the job market for the first time in many years and are undoubtedly finding that things have changed somewhat since last century. The recruitment sector in Australia is worth generates approximately $24 billion per annum, according to the recruitment industry’s representative body, the RCSA. Whether you are looking for a permanent job, a temporary job, a full time job, part–time job, in an urban …