Tag Archives: hidden job market

    Branding is a term associated with marketing. Few university students realise that they have to engage in marketing their skills when they apply for a job. To do this in a professional way you need to engage in establishing a personal brand of your own. The brand you develop will tell potential employers a great deal about your ... Read More »

Personal Branding for University Students- Griffith University Leading the way for Job Search Success! Over the last couple of weeks we have been working with the Student Leaders program at Griffith University. These students are the top 50 students who have applied for and been selected for advanced education in preparing them for the real business world. Joanne Fairclough has ... Read More »

Brisbane's annual Re-Invent Your Career Expo was held on the 23rd and 24th of April 2013 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. With dramatic changes to the QLD job market landscape after the large rounds of redundacies in QLD government and other industries, there was a broad range of people at the expo with a large variety of exhibitors Read More »

This month I spoke at the Australian Marketing Institute’s Breakfast on the topic of “The Rise and Rise of Personal Brand” with Craig Sneesby, perhaps Brisbane’s best known Executive Recruiter at U&U Recruitment and Kerryn Fewster, best known in C-Suite circles for her Executive Coaching expertise with Change 2020. I also recently received notification that I have one of the ... Read More »

Up to about 80% of all new jobs that are on offer are never even advertised. Were you aware of this? It is a staggering statistic and something that prevents many job hunters from finding the ideal job in the end. What if you knew how to gain access to these "hidden" jobs? Would it help you with your job seeking? Have a look at the following tips and see what happens when you make full use of them. Read More »

  Executive Job Search: 3 Jobseeking Ways to Find a Job Faster Got a difficult problem in your job search? Say, a lack of networking contacts? Or trouble answering interview questions? Good news: You take solve your job search problems today, simply by writing them down. Read on to learn a 3-step method that shows you how. Got a difficult ... Read More »

    Have you ever had that feeling when you look at your Linkedin profile and think “I know something’s not right but I don’t know what it is”. You look at other people’s profiles and wonder how did they get theirs to look so good?   Your Linkedin profile is totally different to your resume. The purpose of your ... Read More »

We often hear about a “hidden job market” but what is it and how does it work? Most clients I see get quite frustrated that they don’t seem to be able to access it and wonder why all jobs aren’t advertised. The short answer is networks; it’s not what you know but who you know. By not having the correct ... Read More »