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		<title>A new job &#8211; your first day &#8211; Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The calm after the storm
After a busy morning when you were very much the centre of attention,    you could well find that the afternoon is a calmer affair.  Your new    boss will probably have run out of people to introduce you to and  things   to show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new job – your first day – Part 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not putting your foot in it
A friend of mine – who shall remain unnamed – made the big mistake of   casually confiding to a colleague that they thought their new boss was   “a bit of a bulldog”.  It took less than 24 hours for that boss to  find  out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new job &#8211; your first day &#8211; Part 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First impressions count
First things first.  Before you get close to doing any actual work,  the first thing you’ll be doing is ‘meeting and greeting’ – and first  impressions are extremely important.  Everyone you meet today will be  making initial judgments about you – and often on the basis of just a  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A new job &#8211; your first day &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/a-new-job/a-new-job-your-first-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 10:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is it!  There’s no turning back now.  It’s time to bite the bullet!
Your very first day in a new job may not be the most difficult you ever face in that job – but you can be jolly sure that it will be packed full of challenges.  And what are you going to do?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CV writers and CV writing services</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CV Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently interviewed for an article on CV writers and CV writing services.  I was asked half a dozen questions.  Here are those questions along with my answers:
- Why would someone choose to use a CV writing service?
A variety of people decide to come to professionals like us, and for a number of different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applying for a job by email</title>
		<link>http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/job-applications/applying-for-a-job-by-email/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Job Applications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Email is increasingly the preferred method of sending documents and it is perfectly possible that you will end up making the majority of your job applications by email.
You probably have a number of questions on your mind about emailing job applications and I will try to answer all of these here.
Generally speaking, there’s not too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interview scenarios &#8211; Expect the unexpected!</title>
		<link>http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/interviews/interview-scenarios-expect-the-unexpected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Interviews vary enormously.  Whilst most people’s conception of an interview is a classic one-on-one interview – and that is what most candidates may well be expecting – there are a multitude of possible scenarios:

Classic one-on-one interviews
Panel interviews
Competency-based interviews
Psychometric and aptitude tests
Presentations
Group interviews
Assessment centres
Distance interviews

The interview may be a quick, informal chat across a crowded office [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Including your interests on your CV</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CV Writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s always a lot of debate about the Interests &#38; Activities section.  Should you or shouldn’t you include one on your CV?
As with many other aspects of your CV, there are reasons for and reasons against.
First let’s look at the reasons against including such a section:

Space is normally at a premium in a CV.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Achievements</title>
		<link>http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/cv-writing/achievements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/cv-writing/achievements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CV Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/?p=48</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you can include an Achievements section then it can really make an instant and dramatic difference to the power of your CV, enabling you to distinguish yourself from other candidates.  This is no time for false modesty.  This is a time to show what you have achieved – and to imply that you will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of cover letters</title>
		<link>http://www.cvcl.co.uk/blog/cover-letters/the-importance-of-cover-letters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Innes</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cover Letters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cover letters are, according to a recent survey, seen by almost 50% of recruiters as being equally as important as the CV itself &#8211; although most people spend the least amount of time on them.
When someone has hundreds of CVs to plough through, the cover letter sets the tone of the application, and should inspire [...]]]></description>
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