Judging by the awful examples we receive on a daily basis, not very! Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, inconsistent font sizes and continuity errors and all this in the profile description. I should just bin them when they arrive like this, but can’t help thinking that maybe with some tweaking I...

The credit crunch is finally upon us and the group taking a mighty hard hit is this year’s batch of graduates, eager to join the workforce and prove their worth. Compared to the past few years it’s a much more competitive market. But the fact is that companies are definitely still hiring – there are...

Do you have CV fear? Facing a blank word document and feeling inadequate? Then read on and start writing. It’s time to show the world just how great you are. Your CV determines whether you get to interview whenever you apply for any job or internship. So you’ll probably want a pretty good one. Where...

Hi Natalie Thanks for sharing your experiences too. Sadly I think there are lots of similar ones out there. The important thing to remember when you are in a situation in which you are not feeling supported and out of your depth is that sometimes the grass is greener! Making the decision to move on in...

Hi Jessica, After reading through your posting on your experience as a graduate finding work , then falling into roles and organisations that failed to bring out the best in you got me thinking about my own experience. I was fortunate enough to secure my first job while I was still at university. I did...

Name of weekly column: Purple Patch Name of this week's contributor: Jessica Cain , business development manager, learnpurple While there are many successful and fulfilled recruiters around working in well run and professional companies, I found this was one career that wasn¹t for me and that things...