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Just for fun, this week's podcast outlines what Santa might write on his CV.  You may also enjoy our recent infographic: Santa’s (s)elf-help guide to creating a CV that is poles apart. The next podcast will be published on 31 December 2014.  Merry Christmas!  

How should you ideally present your own business on your CV?  It really depends on the target you have in mind.  Before putting pen to paper or finger to keyboard, consider what it is that your target audience will most want to see.  This week's podcast outlines a few potential areas of focus you may have as a business owner writing your CV, along with some tips to help you optimise your CV presentation. You may also be interested to read my blog on the subject. Enjoy!  

How to present temporary or contract work on your CV to bolster your confidence, employability, and get your CV on to the recruiter’s ‘yes’ pile.  By highlighting three of the issues I’ve heard my customers raise about featuring temporary work on their CV, I can show you how to turn concerns around and use your experience gained through temporary roles to your advantage.

Are you a long-serving employee seeking a new job outside of your current company? Listen to these nine CV tips to present yourself as a dynamic and desirable candidate, rather than one who is seen as insipid and institutionalised. Read the original blog at http://www.giraffecvs.co.uk/institutionalised/.

Are you considering featuring projects on your CV?  If so, you may be wondering: How much should I really say about my project work?  What kind of detail should I ideally include?  Is it ok to share this kind of information?  And what should I do if I can't state specifics?  This week The CV Confidence Coach talks through these issues and gives some top tips on making the most of tangible project examples on your CV.

Having outlined what NOT to do with your LinkedIn photo, this week The CV Confidence Coach talks about her new LinkedIn photo and shares top tips from John Starns Photography  on how to achieve the best result. 

  Wouldn’t it be lovely if it wasn’t just you, on your lonesome, looking out for your career and its progression?  Imagine if you had a highly trained crack team, pumped and ready to fast track your career onwards and upwards through the stratosphere.  Shall I let you into a secret?  You do.    The people you need to move your career on and up are actually very present all around you.  They are ready and waiting for your call.  All you need to do is activate them, and act as the guiding point to help them move together to achieve your goals.    So who are they?  Join CV Confidence Coach, Lis McGuire, as she takes a look!

With Halloween fast approaching, The CV Confidence Coach talks you through 10 scarily bad LinkedIn profile images that are the stuff of nightmares.  Listen in to find out the images you should avoid at all costs, and check them out here in Lis' rogues' gallery: http://www.giraffecvs.co.uk/linkedin-profile-pictures/

  When was the last time you looked at your CV with fresh eyes? Is it looking a little tired and thrown together? Does it need a little ‘zhoosh’ to make it flow and draw the recruiter’s gaze to all the right places?   Yes? Then try these seven simple formatting hacks from The CV Confidence Coach.  

The CV Confidence Coach talks through seven card shark strategies to help you ace your CV.   

This week, The CV Confidence Coach discusses the most common five reasons people shy away from featuring their LinkedIn profile on their CV, and advises on how to overcome the issues behind them.

If you struggle with quantifying achievements on your CV, then this podcast episode is ideal for you!  Many people realise that they really should quantify their achievements, but have no idea how to go about it.    Help is here.  Follow these simple steps to add some substance to your CV today.

Being a jobseeker seeking a coveted role in your ideal company could be likened to being a One Direction (1D) fan or, indeed, any fan.  With this in mind, in this week's podcast, The CV Confident Coach chats about the four lessons that jobseekers can learn from a 1D fan. 

A job search without a clear goal can be the equivalent of a day trip without a map.  Listen to this podcast to discover why it's important to define clear goals in your job search and career as a whole.

This week, The CV Confidence Coach discusses the wide range of creative CV options available to present your professional skills and credentials in an eye-catching way.  She also discusses her personal take on whether a creative CV is a good idea.  Show links are noted below. Giraffe CVs on Pinterest: Examples of infographic, design, and creative CVs are featured on Giraffe CVs' Pinterest board at http://www.pinterest.com/GiraffeCVs/infographicdesigncreative-cvs/ Examples of unusual CVs are featured on Pinterest at: http://www.pinterest.com/GiraffeCVs/unusual-cvs/ Lis' own creative CV is available at: http://www.giraffecvs.co.uk/prezume/    

When should you quickly update your CV and when should you simply tear it up and start again?  This week, The CV Confidence Coach discusses when a quick update will suffice and when a more comprehensive rewrite of your CV is needed.

Returning to the podcast's core topic of writing your CV, this week The CV Confidence Coach talks about what is for many the most dreaded part of their CV, the CV profile.  Lis McGuire talks about why you need a CV profile, what makes a bad CV profile and how to make sure yours is the best it can be.

Being asked to apply for your own job can feel like a real kick in the teeth.   The CV Confidence Coach outlines a five-step plan to help you to turn the situation around. Follow the steps to create the mindset you need to submit a powerful application that positions you at your best.

In this week's podcast, The CV Confidence Coach talks about the benefits of tracking your job search, and discusses what elements are useful to track.  The podcast also covers some high and low tech tools you can use to track your job search.  More information on the topic can be found at http://www.giraffecvs.co.uk/track-your-job-search/

Do you have a LinkedIn profile?  If so, are you leveraging the power of LinkedIn recommendations?  This kind of social proof can truly work wonders for your career prospects, but you may be wondering how to get started.  In this podcast, the CV Confidence Coach gives answers to the the 5Ws of LinkedIn recommendations: Why do you need LinkedIn recommendations? Who should you ask for LinkedIn recommendations? When should you and shouldn’t you ask for LinkedIn recommendations? Where should you display LinkedIn recommendations? What should you say when requesting a LinkedIn recommendation?