Further to our earlier blog titled The Brilliant CV which outlined the basic requirements for a great CV, there are a couple of further useful observations which are worth sharing with all prospective candidates. Despite various arguments within the recruitment community that the CV is on the way out, it is still of utmost importance and although it can be embellished with great tools such as…

The announcement on the 19th October 2011 that 950 jobs are to go at Aviva along with the distinct possibility that another 300 jobs will be outsourced in the near future, is the culmination of rumours that have been circulating for the past few months. It obviously made the 6 o’clock evening news with an outside broadcast interview with an employee and a union man from outside company headquarters in central Dublin.…

With the IMF again in town as happens every quarter these day, you are prompted to reflect on how things are going in this great little country of ours. It was heartening to see Manuel Barosso congratulating the Irish on our great strides towards fiscal equalization - with another €4bn+ cutbacks in the Christmas budget, we should be on track for the IMF target of the current deficit running at 8.7% on Gross Domestic Product. (GDP). What this translates to in ordinary man's language is a…