Keeping your CV updated with information about your education and career is something you should do whenever you begin a new course, job or role. Maintaining your resume is crucial because it is the first point of contact between you and a potential new employer. Consider this your[...]
If you’ve come this far in your job hunt, you know that the stellar resume you’ve created has made an impact on your prospective employer. You’ve passed the first test, and now you have to ace that job interview. Although interviews are usually face-to-face, due to the current situation,[...]
Want to do well in your next job interview? Well, preparation is key. Here’s a list of some of the most common job interview questions and answers that you can expect the interviewer to ask you, and some questions that you can ask in an interview. You shouldn’t memorise every answer, but we do[...]
At the moment we are in what is popularly referred to as a candidate driven market. Strong candidates find themselves in a position where they are being considered for multiple opportunities, securing interviews quickly with several prospective employers. Unemployment in Malta is currently[...]
Research states that deception is used in 14% of emails, 37% of phone calls and 27% of face-to-face interactions (Porter and ten Brinke, 2010). This poses a challenge for those whose work success depends on the sincerity of others, especially since there is no sure way guaranteed to pinpoint[...]
‘I’, ‘you’, ‘we’ – they seem like nothing more than filler words; a necessity when we speak. In actual fact, words such as these can reveal certain aspects of your personality without you even realising. Research by social psychologist James Pennebaker found that an individual’s use of[...]