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Category - Employment
Writing a Good Cover Letter
One of our readers asked: “Any good sites that can help with writing a cover...
What Employability Skills Do Employers Want?
Writing a CV, a Cover Letter or an Online Application? Words are crucial in making the initial...
Video – Top Questions to Ask The Interviewer
You are invited to the interview – you do all the research on the job and company – at...
Video – 10 Interview Mistakes to Avoid
This is a first for Career Geek Blog. It is a video post and is brought to you by Careercake.com, a...
Do Employers Use Social Networks in the Recruiting Process?
Forbes online comments that 70% of recruiters said they’d rejected applicants based on what...
Finding an Engineering Graduate Job with David Brown Gear Systems Ltd.
This is an interview, I asked for, with Thato. Thato and I did our B.Eng (with industry) together...
Critical CV Writing – Don’t Overuse Words
As the picture alongside shows, being unique does not always mean it is useful. And it is quite...
Preparing for a Job Fair – How to?
It is that part of the season when job and careers fairs are kicking in. This post was prompted...
Use of Social Media in Finding a #Job
In one of the previous posts, I brought to you a report that looked at whether and how blogging...
Alternative Graduate Job Formula – Part 2
Part 2 – Alternative Graduate Job Formula In Part 1 I spoke of the Internship Formula. In this...
Alternative Graduate Job Formula – Part 1 Internship Formula
What is the Internship Formula? I was looking at Dr. Paul Redmond’s Graduate Job Formula and...