What Does An Effective Leader Look Like?
It’s tough being an effective leader. It looks a lot easier from the outside than it does once you’re sitting in the leadership chair. We expect our leaders to make the right decisions, foresee much of the future, be calm in the face of adversity, never lose their temper, continually motivate staff, appease disgruntled customers […]
Tips on How to Be Found Easily on LinkedIn!
Recruitment Consultants often search the LinkedIn database for candidates that have specific qualifications and/or key words in their LinkedIn Profile. After searching these recruiters are given “search results” that include a Profile view for each candidate and as a job seeker, you ideally want to consistently show up in search results for candidates with your set […]
2016 – New Year – New Career!
The first few days of 2016 are already over and you can feel yourself dreading the daily grind of your job – infact you can barely deal with the fact that you have to go back. The other painful thing is that you won’t get a paid again until some far off date at the […]
The Best Ways To Improve Your Personal Branding in 2016!
Personal branding is pretty much how you market both yourself and your career online and offline to possible employers. Essentially you are the product, and your brand is the way that you are seen and perceived in a business sense. Apparently over 62% of hiring managers use Google to find out additional information about candidates. […]
How To Handle “Meet The Team” Interviews!
In this day and age it often gets to the point in the interview process when you have had a great meeting with the Hiring Manager and are invited to a “meet the team”-style interview where you will get exposure to the people you’ll be working with if you decide to join the company. These […]
The 12 Days of Job Hunting – Christmas 2015
The countdown to Christmas is on but don’t rest on your laurels. If you make a plan to get ahead of the game with some festive job preparation it will make things easier in the New Year So, how can you spend the last few days of 2015 making sure that 2016 is your year […]
Your Career Ambitions for 2016!
Have you even thought about what you want to achieve in your career in 2016? If you being to think about this in January it takes away a whole month of planning and worse still you will set goals with too much of a sense of urgency and will probably not give it enough thought! […]
Using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn in your job search in Australia
Social media is becoming more and more of a vital tool in helping you job search. You really need to ensure that you are benefiting from the most popular social networking tools! Not only jobseekers but employers have begun to recognize the benefits of utilizing social media to find suitable candidates. Amongst other social media […]
Why Training Is An Important Part Of Your Career Path
Maybe you are just beginning your career path or you are looking at making your next move up the ladder, whichever pathway you are on studying can be a great way for you to enhance your chances of securing your dream job. Michael Spiropoulos shares his tips on how training or studying can give your […]
Finalist in the State Business Chamber’s 2015 Business Awards, for ‘Excellence in Innovation’
The Recruitment Alternative is thrilled with its place as a Finalist in the NSW Business Chamber’s Business Awards for ‘Excellence in Innovation’. The ‘Excellence in Innovation’ category recognises businesses that have made significant contributions to their industry through the introduction or improvement of an idea, method, technology, process or application. Not only were we recognised […]
How to be an Amazing Receptionist!
Receptionists carry out a variety of tasks within the office environment. Primarily they are normally responsible for greeting visitors and answering telephones, but they do many other things as well. The exact responsibilities within a receptionist job will vary depending on the type of business they are working within. Receptionists are, of course, the first […]
EA to Wherever you want….
Begin your career at a Junior Administration Level and see where it takes you… We all wish and dream of landing an amazing, high-paying job right out of school – not necessarily answering phones or scheduling meetings all day. But a lot of us start our careers at a junior administration – level, whether it’s as […]
