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Employability

SlaveDriver

Resources for young job seekers and potential employers.

Related material:
>  blog:  Employability:  why are students not engaged?
>  blog:  Employability:  what stops it?
>  blog:  How not to interview job applicants—1

  • Employability

The value of soft skills to the UK economy

So what is the Backing Soft Skills campaign all about, and what does it mean for you and your business?

What are the basic things to get right in a CV?

You must do all the following. Employers can and will bin CVs which fail at these basic steps:

Get that CV right

The purpose of a CV is not to help you get a job. The purpose of a CV is to help an employer decide whether they want to employ you.

Recruiting for attitude

I trotted along to the IT department, having prepared myself for the interview. I was, however, surprised as the interview progressed that the personnel manager seemed not to

Stages of a work relationship—summary

emotional intelligence at work uses a model that postulates that business (and all other) relationships go through five stages.

Further reading

  • Sunshine and showersSunshine and showers
  • Strategic leadership programmeStrategic leadership programme
  • Creating a good environment for staffCreating a good environment for staff
  • The behaviour cycleThe behaviour cycle
  • AkoniaAkonia
  • “We are struggling to grow the business…”“We are struggling to grow the business…”
  • A cool YuleA cool Yule
  • Why it can be so difficult to take actionWhy it can be so difficult to take action
  • In with the newIn with the new
  • Influencing othersInfluencing others