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Channel 4 primetime hit series ‘Undercover Boss’ is looking for dynamic business leaders to go undercover in their own organisations. We are looking for companies run by female CEO’s or MD’s who are prepared to go undercover and experience working incognito alongside their frontline staff for a few days. The outcome is that the boss [...]

Please  take part in Financial New’s Annual Women in Finance Survey, which asks women how they feel their gender impacts them in the workplace? It is here It has simple tick box answers so it will not take longer than 5 minutes to fill out. All responses are anonymous. The survey results analysis will be [...]

I’ve heard that the government has decided to make changes to unfair dismissal laws. Do these changes affect me? The qualifying period for claiming unfair dismissal increased from one year to two years on 6 April 2012. This was part of the government’s aim of streamlining the employment tribunal system by reducing the number of [...]

With so much speculation about the job market in London 2012 and the hopes for a huge increase in open vacancies for the Olympics and beyond, WeAreTheCity are keen to pave the way in seeking the best balanced talent for all roles in London and the UK.  ‘Most organisations want a balanced workforce to increase [...]

LinkedIn Job Searching Mistakes to Avoid LinkedIn is a great tool that can aid your job search and help you reach your target employer. It’s great for networking and has a strong jobs section where you can apply directly for jobs and where you can find out more about various different companies. It is becoming [...]

Known as the world’s favourite micro-blogging site, Twitter is a social media platform where users ‘tweet’ status updates of 140 characters or less. With 200 million registered accounts, Twitter is the “go-to” place for early adopters, professionals, sports stars, managers, directors, celebrities and organizations wanting to give out—and get—instant news, views and information. Some people [...]

By Nisa Chitakasem, creator of the 135 Networking Career Tips eBook and founder of career consultancy, Position Ignition. A lot of us consider networking to only be a way of finding a new job or attracting external interest to our current employer. We don’t really consider how powerful networking can also be actually within the [...]

By Nisa Chitakasem, Founder of Career Consultancy, Position Ignition and author of Up Your Game, Up Your Pay! eBook. Whatever your current salary is, it may or may not reflect the value you’re currently contributing to your employer organisation. The truth is a lot of us don’t even know if our salary is aligned with [...]

Change is inevitable! It is one of life’s constants –be it in our personal, professional or business journey. What is even more important in influencing our progress and progression in life is not so much how often change takes place, but our response to change –as an optimistic, pessimist or pragmatist. It is our response [...]

Everywhere one looks these days companies are downsizing, reorganising and implementing other cost saving measures in face of predictions of further economic uncertainty. For many employees this often translates into looking threats or real restructures, job losses, and extra workload for those that survived. It is little wonder that many choose to keep their heads [...]

We asked the experts about CV tips WATC have been working with leading recruiters, Harvey Nash in order to provide you with the best tips and ideas to get your CV to the top of the pile. Read on, take note and get that CV up to date. The Basics What is a CV? Not [...]

We ask the experts about interview tips! We spoke to Marilyn D’Sa, Managing Director and Owner of OTC Financial recruiters for some top tips on interviews. Marilyn is a specialist in financial I.T. recruitment for the City of London with over twenty years experience. Be on time Know exactly where the interview will take place [...]

We asked the experts about Head Hunting Getting on the radar To be on a headhunter’s radar, you need to be in the places that headhunters look. And headhunters, or more accurately their researchers (the highly skilled people whose job it is to identify potential candidates for the headhunter) look in a number of places: [...]

Use every possible opportunity to get quoted in the press. If you are not currently a ‘go to’ person for your company’s liaising with the press, make a case for that to change. You might be surprised how lacking your company is in volunteers If this is not possible consider contacting journalists directly. This is [...]

We asked experts – tips from 20 top Hiring Managers. WATC asked 21 leading Hiring Managers from different sectors within the City to provide their views on CVs, interviews and a list of those all important do’s and dont’s to help you land that job. What do you look for when skimming a CV? Achievements, [...]

Provide Evidence – Tell the truth. Work out what qualifications, experience, and skills are required for the job and think of what you have done that matches those attributes. Be specific, focused, and factual and give full explicit details and provide evidence for any claims you make. Writing Style Make sure the spelling is correct. [...]

WATC spoke to David Richardson, Senior Consultant at Ikas International about the current job market and how the economic downturn has affected recruitment. How has the economic down turn affected recruitment in the City/Wharf ? Clearly the economy has a very direct affect on the city job market however the full implications of the credit [...]

Want to be a project manager? When even the most junior project management positions advertised require qualifications and experience it can be difficult to get your foot in the door. Here are some tips to maximise your chances of that first break.Experience is the Catch-22 of project management recruitment. Prospective employers want to see that [...]

The world of business is very challenging these days. Companies are being put under extreme pressure to satisfy shareholders, employees are been squeezed to the maximum in terms of performance. It is easy to just put your head down and “just get on with it”. Throw experience into the mix, and we pick up very [...]

Have you been made redundant or find yourself on gardening leave and need to kick start your networking? Have you worked extremely hard and performed well in your job over many years at the expense of your personal networking? My quick guidelines below will get you started but there are two points you need to [...]

If you have been made redundant, it can be a very challenging and often demoralising experience. It can knock your confidence and it can be difficult to bounce back but it is possible. We’ve put together a few thoughts to help you make this come back: Take Some Time Out Losing your job is a [...]

With the world ‘getting smaller’ through increased social fluidity, the increasing affordability and accessibility of international travel and the evolution of the Internet as a social tool, networking is becoming a more common and sophisticated job search and professional development strategy. Networking is certainly a useful and effective tool for the job seeker, but only [...]

Nowadays social media is becoming a key element to one’s job search campaign.Making sure that you are making use of social media effectively to harness it’s potential and benefit to you can really help you move forwards in your job search. There are a few key things to be aware of and to keep track [...]

Do you ever feel like you have lots of contact names from networking, your current job, and life in general, but you don’t know how to use them properly? It can be difficult to think of ways to approach contacts, or to even know what you want to approach them for. The chief thing for [...]

Why do Mums Rock?  For the answer to that we need to go right back to the beginning of time. From the start, man was the hunter for no other reason than he was bigger and stronger than woman. Meat was at one time the only thing that homosapiens ate, but then people began to [...]

For any online application, we must assume that you are going to have between 20 and 40 seconds of the reader’s attention from the moment they start reading your email, click through to your attached CV and get to the bottom of your CV. The email cover letter, therefore, needs to be short and punchy. [...]

By Nisa Chitakasem, co-founder of Career Consultancy Position Ignition With organisations increasingly advertising their job vacancies online, the process of applying online is becoming a job search skill in itself. Here are some tips for getting it right: Have a clear idea of what you seek. The more clear you are on this, the more [...]

Many women over 40 seeking a new job may understandably have some doubts about the chances of success. Will I be hired if they work out my age? What do I have to offer that someone younger doesn’t? What careers are there for women my age? However, we can actually use our maturity and experience [...]

If you took a career break for children and are now preparing to return, you may be anticipating a transition that will be tough going. It can be challenging, whether you’re returning to your previous place of work, embarking upon a whole new career, or anything in between. Whatever your situation, your experiences as a [...]

Some would say that if you get to travel around the world in your job, it’s a luxury and a perk.  Friends of mine often comment about me flying business class, drinking champagne in airport lounges and lording it up in fancy hotels – based on that naive description its hardly sounds the most painful [...]

We asked Henry Doswell, Solicitor at ThomasMansfield Employment Law Specialists to provide our members with a summary of employment law in respect to Age Discrimination. Age Discrimination – Know Your Rights With age discrimination back in the public eye following television presenter, Selina Scott’s claim against Channel Five for reneging on an agreement because she [...]

We asked leading Employment Law solicitors  ThomasMansfield to provide our members with a summary of employment law for temps/agency workers. Agency workers (often referred to as “temps”) are hired from employment businesses (known as agencies) who supply them on assignments to work for a company. The worker will be under a contract with the agency. [...]

We asked the experts about Power Words for CV’s   Power words give positive influence to those who read them and demonstrates directness which is why we need them in our CVs.  We have chosen a few of these words and have included them in our CVs to replace similar words and phrases.  Whether it [...]