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You may be the perfect candidate for a job, but if you don’t perform well in the interview, you don’t get a second chance. Thorough preparation is the key to success.

While your résumé may list your academic and professional achievements, employers are just as interested in who you are as a person and are increasingly turning to Twitter and Facebook, in [...]

Returning to work after the holidays can be unsettling to say the least. That's why it's a good time to take stock of your career and give it some TLC if necessary. Some honest thinking and a [...]

Are you returning to work after a break, looking for your first job, or perhaps just updating your résumé (CV) and not sure what to include or how it should look?

If you're applying for a position in government, council, the public sector, a university, a school or a not-for-profit organisation, you will more than likely be asked to address key selection [...]

These days, recruiters no longer simply place job ads and wait for the applications to come in. They're also constantly looking at online profiles to see if there's anyone else out there that [...]

Considering that searching and applying for jobs is a demanding and time-consuming process, it's not surprising that many applicants hesitate to include a cover letter in their applications [...]

Résumé trends may come and go, but some things never change: a clear, well-written description of your skills and experience is still the key ingredient. Add a clean, modern design and some [...]

Congratulations! You've made it to the next interview round!  But now is not the time to sit back and think the job is almost in the bag. While the second interview presents another chance to [...]

Everyone knows that employing a new staff member is one of the biggest financial investments that businesses ever make. In addition to their salary, there are the add-on costs of management, [...]

So you’ve combed through the résumés, shortlisted potential candidates and set up the interviews. Now for the real challenge: conducting the interviews and judging the candidates' suitability in [...]

Working with The Proven Group has provided us with the discipline to identify our ‘must-have’ requirements and the confidence that these will be met. The process is always efficient, fuss-free [...]