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Category Archive: Job Seeking Advice

I’ve Left Service: Where Can I Go From Here?

Leaving the military can be daunting. You’re leaving behind certainty. Secure in your unit, certain of your mission and confident in your role, you’re suddenly entering a civilian world where you’re unsure of where you’ll fit in, what you can contribute and how you can earn a living. The good news is there are actually […]

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30 July 2021

How Ex-Mil Recruitment Ltd. supports candidates

After spending years in the military and looking for your first civilian job, it can be very difficult to know where to start. The good news though is that many people in the military are trained in a vast array of useful skills to a high standard. For someone who’s only used these skills in […]

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11 June 2021

Checking references: A guide for employers

Checking references is a critical part of the recruitment process as it provides some proof to what your candidate has told you during the application and interview process. Timing After the first interview is the optimum time to check references.  By this time you will have reduced the number of people you want to see […]

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30 April 2021

Time to Spring Clean your Profile

With the sun shining and the temperatures rising, now is the traditional time to clean and organise for the coming year, including your job searching profile. The job market is picking up as budgets are approved for the new financial year and the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions should lead to even more possibilities for a […]

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31 March 2021

What are Soft Skills and how can you include them on your CV?

To get to the stage of interviewing, you want to make sure your CV catches attention. You have more skills than you realize and there are some that you may be overlooking – want to know what they are? Read on!   Think about the qualities that make someone great to work with. A few […]

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27 January 2021

What to expect from the jobs market in 2021

It’s fair to say that 2020 has not been a great year for jobseekers – or anyone, really – but things could soon improve, according to a recent survey. This year may have seen a large number of employees either furloughed or made redundant but looking ahead, many companies are planning to expand in specific […]

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20 November 2020

Standing out from the crowd in a competitive jobs market

It’s no secret and no surprise that the jobs market is fiercely competitive at the minute and may get even tougher in the coming months. With more people applying for every single vacancy, how do you make yourself stand out from the crowd every step of the way? We’ve pulled together some top tips for […]

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29 September 2020

JC’s Virtual Interview Tips

In today’s job seeking marketplace, Zoom/Virtual interviews are now very popular for initial rounds of interviews and to be honest it can be a very unnerving experience, especially if you have never done it before. Here are some very quick and simple rules when being asked to have a “virtual” interview Dress to impress: make […]

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10 August 2020

Creating your ideal cover letter

This may feel like a very strange and uncertain time to be looking for work but something you can do while in lockdown is to improve your chances of the job you want. Please do take the time to review and update your CV. The first thing that many potential employers see is the covering […]

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30 April 2020

Recruitment: What to expect during the Covid-19 crisis

The current outbreak of COVID-19 is changing the way recruitment agencies and jobseekers work together, and many of these changes may turn out to be permanent.  You may have noticed that the number of vacancies has reduced while companies work out how to adapt or what the future may look like. However, we do expect […]

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27 March 2020
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