So, this is really the main purpose of the CV, to ‘grab attention’ – not in fact to get across every last detail of your working career or life as is often portrayed. There’s much debate and many an article on the length, the look, the format and form so I’m sharing some of my

Skills shortage – it’s a point that’s being mentioned a lot more, it’s also something that everyone across a very broad spectrum from hiring managers, to businesses would attest to happening a lot more these day. The result thereof is a proliferation of counter offers, salaries being offered sky-rocketing in order to entice or retain

Every student leaves University with stars in their eyes; you can’t wait to start in the perfect job and make a lot of money. This was no different in my case, I studied hard and I was ready to walk into an advertising agency, work from 8 to 5 and earn a pretty penny to

And that’s a wrap. Another Bookmarks has been and gone, the hangovers have cleared and a week has passed to digest and reflect on the results, and event itself. My team and I attended the event for the first time and we were seriously amped to be involved  – with added excitement with Recruit Digital being

So, by now if you are in the ‘Creative’ Industry, which is by no means a small industry – due to its many avenues – you have an online portfolio/website, or at least you should. This is important, more important than the elaborate and often embellished CV. A place to house and showcase your work. A

Candidates ,specifically Account/Project Managers frequently approach me saying they want to move client side and vice-versa. Although the cultural differences of these diverse workplaces need to be acknowledged, the ultimate goal is to establish yourself in a role that is rewarding, relevant and will ultimately make you happy. Marketing is just marketing, isn’t it? Agency or client’s

The Cape Town Stadium, by association, is a place that lots of us have indelible memories of. Be it that the World Cup was hosted here, the countless international acts that have played here (the Parlotones are excluded), and the odd game of rugby too. So, it seemed rather fitting that Wordcamp 2013 would take

Yesterday saw the 2013 Bookmarks shortlist announcements, with Liquorice HQ in Cape Town providing the venue, Nikki Cockcroft offering a short speech and Bailey Schneider from 2OceansVibeRadio announcing the much anticipated finalists. As a sponsor of this years awards the Recruit Digital team was there to witness the shortlist and we’re hugely proud of all

This year The Bookmarks enters its 6th successive year and is pegged to be even bigger, and better than previous years. It boast more entries, stiffer competition, international judges, more awards and they’ve even drafted in Gareth Cliff to MC the awards evening – which should be fun. Thanks to the DMMA for starting the initiative

So recruiters, in general, get a pretty hard time, and there’s always a beating drum in the media signalling the end of the recruitment sector.. we’ve been tossed on to the pile along with travel agents – the notion being that the uprising of the web, social media and networking sites such as LinkedIn will