Career Coach CV/Resume Writer by Rob Ridout

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                                                                     What affect Artificial Intelligence on your job? The question on everyone's lips in 2018. With big players such as Apple moving aggressively into the AI space there is no doubt that AI will change the job landscape dramatically. This is an excellent article on jobs that are at risk of automation. Job Risk Article - Oxford Rob assists his clients as a career coach and CV/Resume writer. His business CVforLife is based in Johannesburg and offers career coaching services, career counseling as well as CV/resume/LinkedIn writing services. #CareerCoach#CVwriter#ExecutiveCVwriter#Resumewriter#LinkedInwriter#Employability Visit my website for all our CV/resume writing and LinkedIn writing. CVforLife website

It is always amazing to me that when I call my candidates after their interviews, I am greeted with some form of puzzled feedback. Even after preparing my candidates before their interview one never quite knows what will be said at an actual meeting. Due to the short interview time frame, the interviewer will only need one or two reasons to discount a candidate. Often these interview killers are simple and easily solvable issues that could have been avoided altogether.  Many times interviews killers are essential questions that just need to be asked at another time in the interview or phrased differently. There is also a list of questions that you just never need to ask.  To read another great article on interview tips visit this link on my blog.  https://yourcvforlife.blogspot.com/2017/12/interview-tips-your-story-by-rob-ridout.html These are just a few questions that kill an interview immediately;  (You will know that your interview is dead in the ...

We all crave the successes of moving up the company ladder. However, an overriding reason for moving is that of money! That green-eyed little monster that plays havoc with our emotions when moving jobs and companies.  Many of us jump without actually preparing for a money negotiation and often find ourselves in the midst of an offer, negotiating a new salary without having considered what our expectation is and why or even worse negotiating a salary that is entirely too high.  So where does the process of salary negotiation really begin? Well, where most of us would never have thought it would - it starts with your reason for leaving.  The hate factor  So now you have decided you want to move and you really do WANT to move!!! But hold on, before taking that move stop for a moment and identify what it is that has prompted you to make this all-important decision. Could it be one of the following reasons? bad corporate culture  no room ...

Most candidates that I assist in my career coaching business move into the market with great reluctance. There is an assumption that the experience will be one of pain and entirely unrewarding. Attitude is by far the most significant reason for people failing when looking for work in the market. This fear of impending death by strangulation manifesting itself as a non-opportunistic mindset has one significant drawback - poor career moves. So how do you change this mindset and get yourself into the market with an opportunistic mindset?  When career coaching I push all my candidates to change their attitude radically. These immediate changes include looking at all opportunities in the market, expand your efforts by using different go to market channels, don’t think of the job market as a deep hole with minimal opportunities and the list goes on.  Here are some practical ways to change this bad habit.  Consider many roles - do not be too picky  W...