Career Help Blog

Signature Staff regularly posts helpful resources for career development, offering practical advice, tips, techniques, current employment market updates and overall professional success.

Background checking

Having been in recruitment over a decade, I know all too well the importance of background checking. Let's face it, the CV is a major selling point for the candidate and is written to portrait him/her in the best possible light, but is it all...

Interview preparation – Emotional Mastery

Lets face it failing to prepare for an interview is a crucial and unforgiving mistake. The paraphernalia available on this subject is phenomenal however most it covers the processes of the preparation but not many touch on the how to prepare...

10 Tips to Manage Criticism

Author: Edward Khoo Oh sure, you think you nailed that site architecture and that home page reads like pure poetry, right? After all, you wrote it. But that's the problem. You wrote it. You designed the graphics. You created the keyword list...

Top 7 Tips for Writing Your Post-Interview Letter

You feel relieved, and even quite confident. Your job interview went well. As you replay it mentally, you cannot think of much you would change. Your extensive preparation enabled you to answer the interviewer's questions with poise and...

What does your body language say about you?

Your heart is pounding. Sweat build on your forehead. Your mind is racing... It's a job interview. While it's no secret that job interviews can be pretty nerve-racking, a lot of job seekers spend a significant amount of time worrying about what...