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Practical guidance on writing a CV, applying for jobs, handling interviews and building a career.

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Interviews

Should You Send a Thank-You Email After an Interview?

Short answer: yes, and within a day. It rarely wins you the job on its own, but it costs five minutes and occasionally decides a close call.

2 min
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CV & Resume

Five Phrases to Delete From Your CV Today

Five phrases that appear on almost every CV, what each one costs you, and what to write instead. A five-minute edit that changes how your CV reads.

2 min
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Career Advice

The Hidden Job Market: How Roles Get Filled Before They're Advertised

By the time a job is advertised, it has usually existed for weeks and someone is often already in mind. Here is what happens in those weeks, and how people reach roles before the queue forms.

10 min
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Applying

What Job Adverts Really Mean: A Line-by-Line Decoder

Job adverts have their own dialect. Learning to read it saves you from applying for the wrong roles, and tells you what to ask before you accept the right ones.

10 min
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Applying

References: Who to Ask, What They're Really Asked, and What They Can Say

Most candidates pick referees in a rush at the final stage, having never asked what happens on that call. It is the one part of hiring conducted entirely without you in the room.

10 min
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Career Advice

How to Job Hunt While You're Still Employed

Looking for work while you have a job is the strongest position to search from, and the easiest one to damage through carelessness. Here is how to run a discreet search without risking the job you still have.

9 min

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