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February 26, 2019
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How is Brexit affecting jobs in Stockport & Greater Manchester

How is Brexit affecting jobs in Supply Chain?

By Cathy Bates | Job Search Advice and Tips, News, Procurement & Supply Chain

With continued uncertainty over exactly what will happen after Brexit, one department is being affected more than others – Supply Chain. Question marks over customs arrangements and trade tariffs mean that how to most efficiently…

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November 6, 2018
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Useful Qualifications In Engineering

By Aimie Broadhurst | Career Advice and Tips, Engineering & Technical, Job Search Advice and Tips

A job in engineering can take many forms and can take you down a wide range of paths. Skills are in short supply too, so now is a great time to get into engineering. With…

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October 9, 2017
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Are you in the wrong job? Or are you working in your flow?

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

Are you in the wrong job? Perhaps completely the wrong career? Maybe you feel like you waste a lot of time on the wrong things?  Then you’re probably working outside of where you’re most happy…

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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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August 7, 2017
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Using social media for career success

3 Ways to Use Twitter for Career Success

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

While Twitter is more often thought of as the place to find out the latest musings from your favourite celebrities, or for the bad press it’s gained for being a home for anonymous online trolls,…

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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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February 13, 2017
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Why Don’t Recruitment Agencies Respond To My Job Applications?

By Aimie Broadhurst | Job Search Advice and Tips

‘I have applied for loads of jobs, but the recruitment agencies never get back to me’.  This is a statement I hear a lot from jobseekers.  Local newspapers run sensationalist stories of a job seeker who has…

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February 6, 2017
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Pink collar workers

Women’s work? The rise of pink-collar jobs

By Cathy Bates | Administration & Customer Service, Job Search Advice and Tips, News

Women are still earning less than men on average – our highly unscientific salary survey shows a whopping £4,000 gap between salaries here in Stockport.  That might be about to change, but not necessarily for…

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January 23, 2017
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Stockport salary survey: The results are in!

By Cathy Bates | Job Search Advice and Tips, Recruitment Tips and Advice, Survey

Over the last couple of years, we’ve been running a salary survey to find out what the people of Stockport and the surrounding areas are really getting paid… And what they’d like to be paid…

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January 9, 2017
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How to decide on a career

How do you decide on a career?

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

Whether you’re just starting out in the world of work, or you’re just reassessing your career for the new year, setting your sights on a single career path can be a daunting prospect. If you…

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December 11, 2016
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Should you work for a small business or a large company?

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

We get asked this question a lot.  Many of our candidates aspire to work for a large company, attracted by what they consider to be the best way to climb the career ladder.  In the…

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December 5, 2016
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Are recruitment agencies value for money for businesses, and for jobseekers?

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

We have often come across ‘Agency Y will only charge £500 to fill this role’ or ‘I can advertise in the local newspaper for £1,000′.   I have even heard of candidates being charged by agencies…

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November 21, 2016
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Why Should I Do A Temporary Job?

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

The run up to Christmas is a busy time for many businesses, so we are getting a lot of temporary jobs from our clients to fill. These could range from just a few days or…

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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 17, 2016
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How to spot a fake job advert

Don’t get caught out by a fake job advert

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

Job advert scams and misleading adverts are surprisingly common, especially as many website will allow jobs to be advertised for free – from Facebook, to job boards like Indeed, and the Job Centre’s own job…

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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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October 3, 2016
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The real cost of a new job

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

It’s illegal for any company or recruitment agency to charge applicants any money to advance through their hiring process.  But some recent research by online website Totaljobs.com (where you can check out our jobs by…

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September 19, 2016
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Two agencies aren’t always better than one!

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

Let’s say you’ve just spotted an online advert for your ideal job – it’s being advertised by a recruitment agency, and the description sounds like exactly what you want.  But then you see the same…

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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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Handling the rejection is perhaps the hardest part of job seeking

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

Looking for jobs is hard work, even more so when you’re out of work or stuck in a job you despise.  It’s a lot of repeating yourself, and a lot of getting knocked back.  Dealing…

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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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February 15, 2016
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The best paid job isn’t always the best option

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

You’ve hit the jackpot and been offered two jobs. They’re at similar companies doing similar things, but here’s the rub: one is offering a bigger pay packet but is considerably further away.  Which one do…

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February 1, 2016
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Ask Essential Personnel!

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

At Essential Personnel, we like to use our blog to share great advice with job seekers in Stockport and the North West so they can go on to find great jobs.  We also of course…

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December 21, 2015
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Have a Merry Christmas job search!

By Cathy Bates | Job Search Advice and Tips, News

The week before Christmas is typically a quiet one for us, but according to the online job board CV Library, 7.7 million of us will be looking for a new job come 2016 – that’s…

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