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Job Search in Hong Kong
The Best Ways to Showcase Your Leadership and Management Skills During Your Interview
It’s the little things that matter in the big interviews. We explore the 5 best ways to showcase your leadership and management skills when it really counts
Job Search in Hong Kong
What to include in your job application
You have seen the job you want and you are keen to make a good first impression with your application to secure an interview. So what are the key points you should cover? A good place to start is to write a great cover letter talking about what you would bring to the company, role and opportunity. Link your skills and work experience to why you are suitable for the job by including a few achievements from your last two roles that show how you added value to the organisations.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Outsource your CV
As recruiters, we review hundreds of CVs and cover letters every week. Some of them need work to effectively sell the…
Career Coaching & Guidance
Sell your success
Job candidates are regularly advised to “sell themselves” at interviews, but what does this mean in…
Career Coaching & Guidance
Why all the hoops?
Anyone who has applied for a job over the past few years will have noticed an increase in the number of interviews they have to attend. The general consensus from a number of surveys is that the average length of the interview process has risen from 13 days in 2009 to 23 days in 2013.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Provide feedback
Following an unsuccessful interview, one of the most frustrating, and unfortunately all-too-common, occurrences is that of not receiving any feedback. The importance of post-interview feedback should not be underestimated.
Career Coaching & Guidance
Learn from failure
Knowing why you weren’t chosen is vital for future interviews, writes Nick Wheatley.