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	Preparing for Questions Asked at Interview Interviews can be a strenuous exercise at the best of times, and while it is important that you do not appear rehearsed or wooden when being interview it is essential that you sound fluent and authoritative. Thinking about the type of questions that you might be asked and doing some interview practice goes a long way towards this goal. Read this article...

	Dress For Interview Success 'What should I wear?' is a question we often ask ourselves and those around us. And it is never more important than at an interview. Read this article...

	Finding a Job - Managing Stress Despite being unhappy in their jobs, many people are reluctant to actively make changes and pursue a new job. The reason is often because the process of the job search itself can often seem more stressful than staying as they are. This article gives a useful 'top 10' for stress free job search. Read this article...

	Sample Interview Questions Essential pre-interview 'warm up' routines include thinking about what might be asked at the interview and thinking about how you might want to present your experiences, achievements, preferences and unique offering. This list of questions aims to give you some thoughts to get you warmed up and ready to race ... Read this article...

	Choosing Childcare - some checklists Choosing childcare is a personal matter as each set of circumstances is unique. There is not right or wrong answer and what is right for one may not be for another. Taking time to plan and choose the most appropriate childcare will minimuse the worry often felt by parents who return to work. Read this article...

	Starting Your Job Search A structured, action oriented guide to starting your job search Read this article...

	Marketing Yourself This article looks are job hunting from a marketing perspective - marketing yourself ... after all, persuading an employer to trade their money for your skills is a simple business transaction like any other. Read this article...

	Making a success of your first management job There is nothing quite like your first management job. The changes are that you will have been promoted based on your performance in your previous job which will have been totally different. Read this article...

	Working In Birmingham As the United Kingdom's second city and the regional capital of the West Midlands, Birmingham is full of new and exciting opportunities for people seeking jobs and employment. Read this article...

	Finding A Job In Norwich Norwich is the county city of Norfolk in the east of England and is often overlooked as a destination for relocation but Norwich has a lot to offer in terms of employment and lifestyle. Read this article...

	Employment In Milton Keynes Milton Keynes is known nationally as a modern city built for new industry and as such offers plenty of opportunity for people seeking jobs in this area. Read this article...

	Recruitment In Bristol Bristol is one of the top destinations for people relocating in order to find good jobs and a better quality of life. You can also read about Bristol recruiters and recruitment agencies. Read this article...

	Job Hunting In Nottingham Nottingham is probably better known for its history and beautiful surrounding countryside and forests then for its industries; however, Nottingham is a major hub for UK and International corporations and as such offers excellent and varied opportunities for people looking for jobs. Read this article...

	Careers In Sheffield Sheffield is one of the biggest cities in the North of England offering many different Jobs and opportunities for people looking for employment. Read this article...

	Job Search In Belfast Belfast is the capital city of Northern Ireland and holds the devolved government and legislative assembly in Northern Ireland. As the capital, the city of Belfast alone has a population of 267,000 and as such has many different jobs available to workers. Read this article...

	Recruitment and Job Hunting In Cardiff Cardiff is the capital city and cultural centre of Wales and is also home to the Welsh assembly. The city's employment needs far outstrips the city's availability with 40% of workers commuting from elsewhere in South Wales into Cardiff on a daily basis. Read this article...

	Careers and Job Search In Glasgow Although Glasgow is not the capital of Scotland, it is the largest city in Scotland and the third most populated in the UK and, as such, is brimming with career choices from various different sectors. Read this article...

	Employment And Recruitment In Manchester Manchester offers a vast number of career prospects in one of the most vibrant and cosmopolitan cities in the UK. Read this article...

	Why Become A Contractor? There has been a growth of 14% in freelance staff since 1998, putting the current number in the UK at 1.4 million. For some this is a change driven by the economy and the loss of a 'permanent job' but for an increasing number this is about making a choice to join this sector of the employment market. Read this article...

	Job Search And Recruitment In Exeter Exeter is the capital city of Devon with an established and ever flourishing tourist industry, especially now towards the end of the credit crunch when many of us have chosen to holiday in the UK. Read this article...

	Employment And Working In Canterbury Canterbury is one of England's most delightful cities, and you'll find it situated in the beautiful Kent countryside often referred to as the garden of England. Read this article...

	Job Hunting And Careers In Leeds Leeds is officially the fastest growing city in the whole of the UK. Since it's past, when, during the industrial revolution, it was the acclaimed centre for the woollen trade, it is now the busiest city outside of London for many economic activities. Read this article...

	Finding A Job And Working In Cambridge The city of Cambridge, nestling amongst the fens of East Anglia, is more than just a university town. Yes, it is home to one of the most famous universities in the world, and, as you would expect, education plays a very large part in the job market sector in Cambridge. Read this article...

	Job Search And Recruitment In Durham The university city of Durham is in the North East of England just thirteen miles outside of Sunderland. Traditionally known as an industrial region, the Northeast was famous for heavy engineering including ship building. Durham city was known in particular for steel and coal mining. Read this article...

	Job Hunting And Recruitment In Leicester Leicester is the most populated city in the East Midlands with over 285,000 inhabitants in the city proper, and over 441,000 in the greater Leicester Urban area. Today there is a large ethnic minority percentage. It is one of the oldest cities in the UK, tracing its roots back for over 2000 years. Read this article...

	Careers And Employment In Oxford When anyone thinks of Oxford, (the city of dreaming spires), the association that comes to mind is of the University, one of the best known seats of learning in the entire world. Because of this, the other aspects of this cosmopolitan city often get overlooked. Read this article...

	Careers And Working In Bath The beautiful University City of Bath is steeped in culture and history and provides a great backdrop as a place to both live and work. Read this article...

	Working And Employment In Newcastle Upon Tyne The city of Newcastle has had a chequered past, and of necessity is now one of the most successfully reinvented cities in the whole of the UK. Read this article...

	Finding A Job And Working In York The city of York is a superb place to live and work. Situated in the county of North Yorkshire on the rivers Ouse and Foss, York is a fabulous example of a walled city (much of which is still intact) and is steeped in political history and rich in heritage. Read this article...

	Employment In Aberdeen Most of us have to work to live, but it makes it a much nicer thing to do if you live in a beautiful area with plentiful and varying work around you as well as being in a vibrant employment marketplace. Read this article...

	Recruitment And Employment In Dundee We all have to go to work to earn a crust (well most of us do anyway), but it makes life so much easier, and more pleasant too, to be in nice surroundings and with plenty of employment variety to choose from. Read this article...

	Careers And Job Hunting In Newport If you are a resident of South Wales, near Cardiff, Newport in Gwent will be your largest local employment market. The city of Newport stands on the banks of the river Usk. Once an important Roman settlement, Newport has a historic and cultural history of which it can be justly proud. Read this article...

	Recruitment And Job Search In Edinburgh Some of us love our work and for those that do Edinburgh is a great place to be. Some of us tolerate our work but then Edinburgh is still a great place to be because working in a pleasant environment always makes the task more bearable and Edinburgh is surely a superb environment to be in. Read this article...

	Employment And Working In Swansea The city of Swansea in the Welsh county of the same name is the second largest city in Wales and a major centre of business and industry responsible for employing over 105,000 workers in the various sectors of its economy. Read this article...

	Finding A Job In Coventry Despite its well recorded unattractiveness you may be surprise to find that Coventry has a steeped and varied medieval history and popular industries involved in its past are the motor industry, the watch making industry and the cloth trade involving silk ribbon weaving, tailoring and its wool industry. Read this article...

	Job Hunting In Inverness Inverness is a well known city central to the Scottish Highlands and being the capital there is a distinct buzz and vibrancy around this modern city. From Inverness you can easily discover the surrounding area's by day (or weekend!) such as Loch Ness and the Highland lochs. Read this article...

	Recruitment And Finding A Job In Liverpool Liverpool, the most recognised place in Merseyside, has already seen growth in employment in industries such as hospitality, retail, sales, finance and construction with the creation of much more employment than has been seen in its history. Read this article...

	Working In Sunderland Once famed for its sea port, coal mining, its ship building industry, and the heavy industry that grew to support it - has now reinvented itself following the steady decline of the heavy industry sector and is now home to other industries. Read this article...

	Employment And Recruitment In Plymouth The city of Plymouth is both a great place to live as well as being a great place to work. Situated between the estuaries of the rivers Plym and Tamar, Plymouth is also the gateway into Cornwall, and is a city rich in historic heritage and culture. Read this article...

	Recruitment In Warwickshire Warwickshire, William Shakespeare's county, is a beautiful place, and Stafford on Avon, with its river, historical buildings and the Shakespearian theatre plus the rich cultural heritage are the major tourist attractions. Read this article...

	Careers In Staffordshire Staffordshire is one of the most beautiful and interesting counties in the UK. If you are lucky enough to live in this region of the country you are blessed with inhabiting an area of outstanding natural beauty that also has some great employment opportunities. Read this article...

	Job Searching In Cumbria Think of Cumbria and you will almost inevitably conjure up visions of a landscape of outstanding natural beauty, the Lake District, and a tourist's dream destination. You would be absolutely right of course; but perhaps it might shock you to know that Cumbria is also an area of excellent employment opportunity. Read this article...

	Recruitment And Careers In Shropshire England is a beautiful country, full of wonderful counties each with their own special flavour, but none offer more beauty and historical site potential seeing than the lovely county of Shropshire. Read this article...

	Job Hunting And Employment In Cheshire Cheshire is not only one of England's loveliest counties, it is also an excellent place to live and work from an employment point of view. The unemployment rate is consistently beneath the average for the rest of the country, and the average wage is consistently higher than the national average. Read this article...

	Finding A Job And Recruitment In Lancashire Lancashire is one of the great historic counties of England, famous amongst other things for the War of Roses, when the Red Rose of Lancashire battled the White Rose of Yorkshire for supremacy. Today, Lancashire is a bustling county full of both history and modern industry. Read this article...

	Job Hunting In Brighton And Hove The city of Brighton & Hove is more than just a tourist destination on the south coast. It is a vibrant and lively community where approximately one quarter of a million people live and work. Read this article...

	Employment And Job Hunting In Medway The borough that we know today as Medway lies within the county of Kent, The Garden of England, and was officially formed in 1998 when the former city of Rochester Upon Medway joined forces with Gillingham Borough Council. Read this article...

	Working And Finding A Job On The Isle Of Wight The Isle of Wight is probably thought of by many of us, as that quaint little island retreat that we holidayed in with our parents when we were children. However, the Isle of Wight is a lively community in its own right, offering a great place to both live and work for those lucky enough to inhabit the island. Read this article...

	Job Search And Employment In Berkshire The county of Berkshire, often referred to as Royal Berkshire is one of the so called Home Counties surrounding London, owing its tag of Royal to the location of Windsor Palace within its boundaries. Read this article...

	Employment In Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire is one of the most beautiful of England's counties and is home to the Chiltern Hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty. The county town of Buckinghamshire is Aylesbury, with Milton Keynes and High Wycombe fulfilling the roles of the largest towns in the county. Read this article...

	Recruitment In Greater London London is one of the great capital cities of the world; steeped in history and with a rich heritage, it contains some of the most significant historic sites of the world including The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, and The Houses of Parliament. Read this article...

	Career Opportunities In The East Of England The East of England is wonderfully diverse region of the country, full of natural beauty with areas such as the Norfolk Broads, and wonderfully historic with cities such as Cambridge and Colchester, steeped in heritage and home to some stunning historic architecture. Read this article...

	Job Searching In The East Midlands The East Midlands is an area of both outstanding natural beauty and also great diversity, offering its inhabitants not only a great place to live, but a great place to work too. Read this article...

	Finding A Job In The City Of London The City of London is actually a very small place, not to be confused with London as a whole, or what we know today as Greater London. The city itself is the inner sanctum which traces its roots back to Roman times, and it is the heart of one of the world's premier financial institutions. Read this article...

	Looking For Work In The North East Job seekers living in the North East can count themselves very fortunate to dwell in an area of stunning natural beauty, but that is also emerging as one of the UK's top, innovative regions. Read this article...

	Jobs And Careers In The South East The South East of England is the second richest region (per capita) of the UK, behind London. Encompassing Kent, East Sussex, Surrey, parts of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire and Hampshire, the rolling hills provide a beautifully stunning backdrop to the region. Read this article...

	Employment And Work In The South West The South West is the most sought after place to live in the UK, according to a recent poll in the Financial Times. Devon and Cornwall are renowned for holiday making, and they have some of the most dramatic and beautiful coastlines anywhere in the UK, and even the world. Read this article...

	Jobs In The North West The North West of England is not only a region of unsurpassed natural beauty, but it is also one of the UK's most important economic sectors, and boasts an economy that is larger than that of 15 EU countries. Read this article...

	Careers In Yorkshire The stunning county of Yorkshire is the largest of England's counties and one of the most diverse, and naturally beautiful. From the magnificent dinosaur coastline, with its white chalk cliffs, Yorkshire has a wealth of gorgeous scenery, and is deeply steeped in history and heritage. Read this article...

	Job Hunting In Wales The principality of Wales holds a unique position in the UK. It is a region of outstanding natural beauty, but one that also combines a great heritage, from its Celtic roots to its industrial pedigree and history of coal mining, and steel making. Read this article...

	Working In Scotland Scotland the brave; bonnie Scotland; the Highlands, and the Lochs. Whenever we think of Scotland it conjures up all of these name tags in a rich tapestry of imagery and it is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful regions of the UK. Read this article...

	Recruitment In Northern Ireland The province of Northern Ireland is place full of surprises for the uninitiated. A region of green rolling hills and a coastline of dramatic splendour, with magnificent sandy beaches. Read this article...

	Job Search In Dublin This part of Ireland was not populated until much later than other parts of Europe when the Celts arrived in Northern Ireland around 500BC. The Celts worked extremely hard once they had settled, and formed roads that were far better when compared to Roman standards. Read this article...

	Employment In Cornwall When visiting Cornwall, it is evident still from its stunning scenery that the area in the South West has a very rich and long history built mainly from its traditional mining past. Read this article...

	Careers In Devon Devon and the South West is steeped in working history, and even today the West Country bases lots of its tourism and attractions on its agricultural past, with plenty of B&B's set on traditional style farmland and working farms. Read this article...

	Work And Careers In Londonderry Londonderry or Derry is placed in Northern Ireland. Being the fourth largest city in the whole of Ireland, it's a largely populated walled city that sits on the Western bank of the River Foyle and borders County Donegal. Read this article...

	Recruitment And Employment In Wakefield Just a short distance from surrounding well known areas of Leeds, Sheffield and Barnsley there is lots of history surrounding the area of Wakefield in West Yorkshire built from Vikings, Anglo Saxons, and Romans. Read this article...

	Job Search And Recruitment In Swindon With a population of around 130,000 people, Swindon is the largest town with an industrial employment sector set within the county of Wiltshire. Not a typical tourist area, the main reason people may visit Swindon are for the festivals that take place throughout the year. Read this article...

	Jobs In Reading Reading is set in a beautiful location in Berkshire. It is blessed with being a large buzzing town that is also set around countryside, and it well placed for London and Oxford. Read this article...

For Recruiters

	Setting up your own recruitment business This article explores some of the key steps involved in setting up your own recruitment business Read this article...

	Top Tips For Writing A Press Release Want to boost your profile in the media then you need a press release. This article passes on some of HireScores.com's top-secret tips for writing a press release. Read this article...

	Mental Toughness The following article looks at how preference rather than demands make us flexible and adaptable - key qualities that underpin mental toughness Read this article...

	In-House Training - Getting to 99 Percent Attendance Drop out rates and overall attendance rates is the bane of the in-house trainer. It is a constant theme amongst HR professionals. Yet it can be done - indeed I have done it. Read this article...

	Social Networking And Recruitment There is much debate these days about the validity and ethics of using social networking sites as part of your recruitment process. The fact that there is debate is interesting in itself. Read this article...

For Employers

	Interview Structure As an interviewer your job is to find out everything you can about the candidate. Your best chance of doing this in an effective, efficient, and legally compliant way is to adopt a structured approach to interview structure. Read this article...

	Interviewing using Behavioural Questioning Techniques Interviewing is the most time consuming aspect of recruitment. Yet, worryingly, it also can be one the least effective ways to judge suitability and performance. This article gives insights on how to benefit from interviewing best practice through the use of behavioural questioning techniques. Read this article...

	Interview and Selection Wash Ups Undertaking a professional interview is only the first step in the selection and attraction of talent. A critical next step is the ability to evaluate the information collected during interview and the other elements of the selection process and make the best decision based on this data. Read this article...

	Evaluating your recruitment process Recruiting the right staff is both challenging and costly - you therefore need to get the most from your efforts Read this article...

	Finding the people you need to be successful How to find people with the skills your need at a price you can afford is one of the main challenges of a small company. This article provides some answers. Read this article...

	Exit interviews The primary purpose to the employer of an exit interview is to understand the reasons for the individual having resigned and also to learn from them Read this article...

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