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  • Your 5-Minute Guide to Writing an Amazing LinkedIn Recommendation

     Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  I am a huge fan of LinkedIn, and regularly provide recommendations for my LinkedIn network.  It is a small way of giving back to colleagues, and my network system.  For individiuals who are new to LinkedIn a recommendation can transform their profile and hopefully help them develop their careers, or…

  • 45 Incredible Summer Internships You Can Apply For Now

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  If only I was young enough to apply to some of these amazing summer internships.    https://www.themuse.com/advice/45-incredible-summer-internships-you-can-apply-for-now

  • The Ultimate Guide to Researching a Company Pre-Interview

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  This advice will help at application stage as well.  By investing time to familiarise yourself with the company, will help you understand how to build your supporting evidence to support your application and interview.  It will also help you understand how similar your personal and company values are.  https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-ultimate-guide-to-researching-a-company-preinterview

  • How to Write an Interview Thank-You Note: An Email Template

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  I always believe that a thank you email following on from an interview, is an ideal way of making sure that you maintain the hiring managers interest in you whilst they are going through the selection process and decision making.  Plus it can prove to be a great example of demonstrating your  professionalism. https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-to-write-an-interview-thankyou-note-an-email-template

  • How to build your personal brand

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  Once you understand what your personal brand is, application writing and interviews become so much easier to manage.  http://careers.theguardian.com/build-personal-brand

  • Rejection Letters: You Only Need One Yes

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  For anyone going through the highs and lows of the recruitment and selection process, take 5 minutes of ‘you’ time to read this article.  Most of us will relate to this, and I am hoping that your inner career fire is still burning brightly and that you stay focussed on your career search.   …

  • Instagram replacing CVs in creative industry

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  This will not be a selection process for all in the Creative sector, but I can see how it will be a useful way of identifying and measuring a candidates creatitivty, and a visual way of showcasing your personality, which could be much more effective that a short statement within…

  • The Non-Boring Way to Show Off Your Soft Skills in Your Job Search

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  As I am always telling my students, providing supporting evidence is so important, and the only way to convince a hiring manager of your suitability be it in an application form, CV, cover letter or in-person at an interview or assessment centre.  Prior to an interview, start building your factual…

  • How M&Ms Can Make You Better at Your Job

     Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  & the lesson to be learnt here is to always take the time to read the small print of a business proposal/brief or contract.  https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-mms-can-make-you-better-at-your-job

  • Lessons from my career change: five ways to make your move sustainable

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  This is an ispiring read, and goes to show that no matter what challenges we may face in life, good things are around the corner, with some positive planning, a new career path can be created, and this will guarantee a happy work/life balance.   http://careers.theguardian.com/careers-blog/lessons-career-change-five-ways-sustainable