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February 5, 2019
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Payroll Recruitment Stockport

3 Things Companies Look For When Recruiting Payroll Staff

By Cathy Bates | Accounts & Finance, CV Advice and Tips, HR & Payroll

No matter how many staff a company has, every business needs someone to pay the wages. Whether that’s done in-house, or outsourced to a specialist provider, getting staff paid correctly and on-time is fundamental for…

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September 25, 2017
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How to write a CV to be read by applicant tracking software

4 Ways to Be Sure Your CV Gets Read

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

The number of applications received for many jobs can often number into the hundreds – it’s not feasible for HR departments, recruitment consultants or hiring managers to read them all. Often they will instead be…

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September 11, 2017
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Are gaps in your CV better than doing poor quality jobs?

Is any work at all better than being unemployed?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

Recent research by the University of Manchester published in August suggested that contrary to what most would think, being unemployed is not always worse for your health than working.  The recent rise in unpredictable self-employed,…

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March 20, 2017
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I can't get a job because I have no experience

How to apply for a job with no experience

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

Everyone has to start somewhere in their career. Although sometimes it can feel like you need 5 years of work experience even to be in with a chance of an interview with an entry level…

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January 16, 2017
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9 Things That Make Your CV Look Dated

By Aimie Broadhurst | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips

When preparing your CV, it can be tempting to list every single skill you possess. But if you’ve had a long career, some of the things you did when you first started work are likely…

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October 31, 2016
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How you should order your CV

Don’t write your CV in the style of a Picasso painting

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

October 25th marked the birthday of artist Pablo Picasso. As well as lending his name to a popular family car, Picasso is most well-known for his cubist paintings including less-than-accurate depictions of people and places. …

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October 10, 2016
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What e-mail address you should use on your CV

5 kinds of e-mail address that could keep you from getting the job

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

E-mail is one of the dominant forms of communication when you’re looking for a new job, allowing you to send information like CVs, job descriptions and offers and contracts securely and more efficiently than trying…

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September 2, 2016
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Should prospective employers be asking about your current salary?

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Interview Advice and Tips

A new law has come into effect in the American state of Massachusetts to ban a job interview question. The offending question: “What is your current salary?” The law has been brought in to try…

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July 18, 2016
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Why you should never stop learning in your job

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Workplace Advice and Tips

  One of the viral news stories of last week was of Angela Laws who came out of retirement, aged 70, to work as a social media manager for a digital start-up.  In an interview…

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July 11, 2016
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What’s in a name? Or a job title?

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips

What does your job title say about you? Traditional (and often more prestigious) jobs have fairly straightforward titles and we all know what they mean – doctor, nurse, barrister, accountant and so on – so…

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May 31, 2016
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4 Things to keep off your CV

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips

2 pages to sell yourself into a job interview; the CV is probably the most important part of looking for a new job.  Sometimes, keeping it concise and yet still featuring all the important information…

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May 23, 2016
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The problem with all the CV writing advice out there…

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

Thanks to the Internet, there’s probably more helpful advice out there for job seekers and it’s probably more accessible than ever.  Unfortunately, you can’t always trust what you read.  How can you tell what’s good…

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May 23, 2016
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Are professional qualifications really worth it?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, HR & Payroll, Recruitment Tips and Advice, Workplace Advice and Tips

Recruitment is one of the few industries left where there aren’t any entry requirements.  You don’t need to do a degree in recruitment, or have a diploma in CVs. A lot of the job is…

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April 4, 2016
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Are you wasting your time with that cover letter?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

When you last applied for a job, did you include a covering letter or statement?  If you did you might have been wasting your time – only 18% of managers think that having a good…

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January 18, 2016
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What if we didn’t use CVs?

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, News

The CV is the most widely used document we use when applying for new jobs.  It’s ultimately a fact-based approach, allowing you to highlight your past work experience, education and skills in 2-3 pages.  Of…

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November 2, 2015
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Bright Sparks of Stockport: Accounts Manager

By Cathy Bates | Accounts & Finance, Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips

No two CVs are the same. No matter what decisions you make in your education and career, it’s no guarantee of what doors might open for you.  In this new series of blogs, we interview…

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October 5, 2015
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What does a shortage of soft skills mean?

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Interview Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips, News

The skills shortage in many sectors is one of the biggest news stories when it comes to all things job-related.  While the focus is usually on technical skills in IT, science, technology and finance, the…

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September 2, 2015
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5 Tricks for an Employer-friendly Facebook Page

By Cathy Bates | CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips, Social Media

With news stories about people losing their jobs over an inappropriate Facebook status, it’s no surprise that the thought of a prospective employer checking over your profile brings most of us out in a cold…

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August 24, 2015
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3 Mistakes We See On Nearly Every CV

By Cathy Bates | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

When you apply for a job, the CV is the most important part.  It’s much more important than a covering letter, perhaps even than an interview.  It’s the piece of paper (or more likely, virtual…

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October 28, 2014
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The Importance of Maths and English Qualifications In The Workplace

By Aimie Broadhurst | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips

There is a lot of coverage in the press at the moment about individuals leaving education and not being literate and numerate. It is estimated that 9 out of 10 CVs have several spelling mistakes;…

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October 7, 2014
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Using Goals To Get What You Want From Your Career (and Life).

By Aimie Broadhurst | Career Advice and Tips, CV Advice and Tips, Job Search Advice and Tips

I hear a common phrase when asking candidates what they want from their next job ‘I don’t want to be in a minimum wage job for the rest of my life’. Whilst aspirational, the phrase…

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June 3, 2014
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Confessions Of A Recruitment Consultant

By Aimie Broadhurst | CV Advice and Tips, Interview Advice and Tips

Here at Essential Personnel we love our jobs as Recruitment Consultants.  We match employees with employers and on a daily basis we encounter the good, the bad and the downright weird.  Here are some recent…

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May 23, 2014
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How To Make Recruiters Love Your CV (And You!)

By Aimie Broadhurst | CV Advice and Tips

Last month we published a blog about why recruiters don’t respond to my job applications.  This great infographic from Freeresumebuilder.org offers some more helpful tips on how to make your CV stand out so that recruiters contact…

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About 3 months ago

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About 4 months ago

@Amshire @edwardmellor @Bellyfloptv @TPowellJeweller @Counselling_SC @Athinaengland @hb_printing @HattersNW @Safety2Business @MichelleHayTrng Thanks and have a great weekend folks

About 4 months ago

@Amshire 😂😂😂😂 no way. That’s hilarious 😂

About 5 months ago

I was just talking about this old switchboard. Luckily I'm not old enough to have experienced this directly 😀😀😀 pic.twitter.com/bqQj…

About 5 months ago

@Howlecom It’s awful. Very sad

About 5 months ago

@amazingraceart They are cute until I catch them eating all the bulbs I have planted 😂😂

About 8 months ago

Eye contact can make or break an interview. It doesn't matter what you say if the eye contact isn't right your message won't be heard. Ask your nearest and dearest to help you if you feel this is an issue for you. You could video yourself and practice. Go and get that job! pic.twitter.com/Yi4V…

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