Award-winning writer Adeline Iziren teaches you how to woo a potential employer over the phoneSo you’ve identified the job you want and your potential employer? Great. No doubt you’ll be trawling through the web to find out as much as you can about the company. That’s great too. But to get the edge over your
How do you get a pay increase when your boss doesn’t see it as part of their 12 month-plan? Our award-winning writer Adeline Iziren shows how sometimes a gamble can pay off
She earns a fat salary for reading the ITN news. But believe it or not Cambridge graduate Katie Derham hasn’t always been so successful – and she’s got a huge pile of rejection letters to prove it. ‘It took me a year after university to get my first break,’ she once said. Derham had her
The covering letter While your CV (resume) is a summary of your qualifications and achievements, your covering letter is essentially a sales pitch. The aim is to demonstrate why your skills and background are a perfect match for the advertised position. The letter should be concise, written in the same positive and vigorous
Candidates who make the effort to research the relevant company and industry impress employers and stand out from the herd. Research will produce questions and discussion points – an essential and often overlooked part of the interview process
