An internship application letter (or cover letter) is different in a number of aspects from a cover letter for a full-time position at a bank. First and foremost, a banking internship cover letter should be short and to the point whereas a ‘full-blown’ cover letter should use up the whole page. I recommend the banking ...
What is the single most important piece of career advice you have ever received?
My clients often ask me, ‘What is the most important piece of career advice you have ever received?’ and I always find it very hard to pinpoint one particular example, as I have had so many useful nuggets of advice that have helped to shape my career path to date. However, I remember clearly one of ...
Update on what was happening in the world of Career Coaching Ventures in October
Dear all, November is upon is and this means the autumn recruitment cycle is gradually coming to an end for a lot of companies. But there is still time to get onto the job ladder before Christmas so it is still worth putting in the effort to identify one of the many open and ‘hidden’ job ...
Going back to work part-time after maternity leave: overcoming the challenges
Going back to work after maternity leave has always been full of challenges for women (and their partners and children!). Not only can it be hard to ‘re-acclimatise’ to the company and work itself after a spell at home with your baby but in addition, a lot of mothers struggle with feelings of guilt about ...
How to prepare for situational judgement tests? An interview with Ellen Bard
Today we are talking to Ellen Bard - a Chartered Occupational Psychologist who has been working in Talent Management Consultancy for 13 years. She currently lives, works and travels in SE Asia, and runs a popular blog about management development, ManageDevelopInspire.com. In your experience, how effective are psychometric ability tests at predicting the future performance of ...
Three networking mistakes to avoid
Have you been trying to network to get a job for a while but have not seen the results you expected? Perhaps you have started doubting yourself and whether you are approaching job networking (this is the phrase I use to describe networking with an end goal of securing a job/internship) in the right way. We ...
Interview questions and questions about interviews…
Recently I was invited to participate in the Guardian Careers Twitter ‘panel’ on interviews and assessment centres where I advised candidates on how to tackle certain challenging interview questions. If interested, you can access the discussion on Twitter at #jobinaweek. In this article, I would like to outline suggested answers to some difficults questions that arose ...
Our October Newsletter is out now!
Dear all, The time has come for another monthly installment of news from Career Coaching Ventures. Not surprisingly, September saw a pick up in recruitment across industries and companies, including banking, consultancies, marketing companies and many other small and large businesses. A number of you sat numerical and verbal numeracy tests over the past few weeks, while ...
Three steps to an effective content marketing strategy
Effective marketing has never been more important for both small and large companies. The economic downturn has put businesses and entrepreneurs under greater pressure with tough competition for a share of an economic pie that is still smaller than it was in late 2007. Content marketing is a particularly important part of many companies’ strategies, though ...
Five things to remember to succeed at psychometric tests
All of us dread numerical, verbal and logical reasoning psychometric tests but they are becoming more popular with large companies, especially in the areas of banking and management consulting. In fact, even before a bank sets up a time to have a quick phone chat with you, you will need to have successfully passed three ...
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