You might have seen this article over the Christmas holidays – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8433024.stm that the CIPD predict more redundancies, with unemployment reaching a peak in the summer. I feel like the ‘purveyor of doom’ when I state I have been saying this for ages. I believe that between now and May we will…
Bookcareers Job Club to continue into 2010
We’re pleased to announce that the bookcareers Initiative (Job Club) will continue for the time being, helping those who have lost their jobs within the industry and are currently unemployed. We’ve rearranged the London groups slightly, with a regular CV Masterclass or Interview Coaching session, as well as a usual…
Advice for Authors
There are lots of things happening in the background and soon work on updating the website will commence. Until then, I seem to be writing things for other sites and not for my own. The latest being some advice for authors on the Writers and Artists Yearbook website. http://writersandartists.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/sales-marketing-publishing-success/#more-1774
The length of it is important
This is the time of year when the majority of CVs I see come from fresh graduates. I know from experience that the Careers Guidance officers in most Universities offer CV advice, yet I repeatedly see CVs of between 4 and 7 pages long. If you are a graduate and…