Month: May 2021

It’s a hard task modern recruiters are faced with. No longer do you sit and wait for candidates to come to you – instead today’s recruitment is all about driving candidates towards your vacancies.  Naturally, there is still a necessity for job adverts, but the way in which recruiters have to think about these ads and the way they construct them is changing. With that in mind, we thought we’d give you some tips to make sure your ads start showing up in searches. It’s important to look at your job adverts as part of a wider content strategy – ensuring they work in tandem with your site content and the way that your site map is put together. Having a straightforward hierarchy with ads which incorporate plenty of internal…

You only need to show approximately the last 10 years of work experience on your CV, so if there are any gaps prior to that then it won’t matter. However, you will of course need to explain any recent gaps. A short gap of a few weeks or even a couple of months could easily be explained by stating that you were looking for another job – which is the most common reason for an employment gap. If however the gap was longer, there are still great ways of explaining this to a potential employer without putting them off. Here are a few fantastic tips to help you understand how to fill an employment gap on your CV... Be proactive Any period between employment should always be a proactive one,…