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PowerPoint pitfalls

Create a powerful PowerPoint presentation by avoiding these five mistakes.

Answer unexpected interview questions

Remain calm and collected when curious questions are asked...

Phone interview questions

As with ‘normal’ interviews, question preparation is key to success. We take the hassle out of preparing with our advice on phone interview answers.

Interview answers about you

As part of our in-depth look into interview questions and answers, we take a look at the questions and answers you can expect about you as a person.

Interview question: answers to why you want this job

I really want this job! But why? We show you how to explain in that all-important job interview.

Job interview weaknesses question

It’s the question you hope the interviewer will forget about, and even though you know it’s bound to crop up, you still never quite know how to answer it: “What are your weaknesses?” We give you some handy templates.

Answers to interview questions: work experience

We take a look at the interview questions you can expect about your work experience and knowledge.

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Did you know....

We had 7,274 jobs in Yorkshire last month.
The ideal cover letter is between 250 and 300 words long.
We had 7,714 accountancy jobs last month.
UK workers spend an average of five years in a job.
The average cost of living for a family of four is £19,240.
British employees work an average of 31.9 hours per week.
We had 20,490 sales jobs last month.
Our three biggest sectors for jobs are sales, engineering / manufacturing and IT.
Recruiters spend an average of 8 seconds looking at a CV.
The ideal CV is no more than 2 pages long.
We had 8,730 jobs in the West Midlands last month.
Recruiters search our CV database 280,000 times every month.
The average commuting time for workers in the UK is 45 minutes.
The average cost of living for a single person is £13,400.