CityAM – Attracting attention in your job hunt is a subtle science
Thursday 12th April 2012, 12:06am Initial interest needs time and space to bloom and flourish Tom Welsh WHAT value is there in seeking attention? The practice has a bad reputation, known as part of the power-play of ill-disciplined little children. But in a competitive job market, where even the best must struggle to win over recruiters or potential employers, some argue that there’s virtue in trying to be noticed in the early stages of an application. OfficeTeam, a subsidiary of Robert Half, a recruitment firm, recently released figures revealing that 54 per cent of job seekers would chase up unanswered applications within [...]