Real Positions

After years of seeing it all in job interviews, here is an article from a senior manager about what separates a good candidate from a great one. Very insightful and such basic stuff!! Real Positions recommends you read this if you’re off to an interview. http://www.inc.com/matthew-swyers/5-things-i-look-for-in-a-jgreat-job-interview.html

Whether your answer is simple or complex, the question can strike fear in even the most confident candidate. But, it doesn’t have to be as painful as you might think! Here’s how to craft an expert answer to a tough question. Real Positions recommends you read this if you’re off to an interview. http://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2012/01/09/the-secret-to-answering-why-did-you-leave-your-last-job/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

Longer 6 Month guarantee Full refund if person doesn’t work out in first month $500 off next placement if person leaves within 15 months. We are so confident that the people we place with our clients stay for a long time, and this has been proven many times, we are giving you a SIX (6) month replacement guarantee. What’s the [...]

With all the information available on the internet, which I’m sure includes ‘how to write a good resume or CV’ (whatever you wish to call them), why is it that the standard of resumes and cover letters is so poor. Granted some do a great job but others are total rubbish! Do these people really expect to get [...]

The Federal Government is offering employer incentives to many businesses, including real estate offices, to hire a trainee. The benefits to employers are: Reduced wages for new trainees under the National Training Wage Employer incentives ranging from $4000 – $5500 (eligibility criteria applies) Significantly discounted training fees for traineeships and Existing workers can also qualify [...]

A response to a consumer complaint by fashion retailer Gasp has gone viral after the company says that customers “shouldn’t waste their staff’s time” that their clothing is deliberately designed to “not appeal to a broad customer base” and “priced such that they remain inaccessible to the undesirable.” Email correspondence between a customer who complained [...]

Another entrant in online real estate! The Real Estate Institute of Queensland (REIQ) has recently launched its own residential and commercial property listing website, which features property listings of its members. With the REIWA (Real Estate Institute of Western Australia) already operating a similar service for its members, how long will it be for all the [...]

We attended the MSIT National Fashion Industry Forum today & it was even better than last year’s event. Peter Morrissey was the key speaker & how spellbinding it was to listen to him tell his life story and impart his knowledge of the fashion industry, learnt of 30 years.  There was never a dull moment listening to [...]

Technology is changing so rapidly, that you could be excused for not being on top of it. You’d nearly have to be an IT person to know fully what’s going on. It’s like every month there’s something new on the scene. Have you heard of an m-site? Well now, you have to ensure that your website is turned into [...]

If you missed the two episodes of the SBS Documentary ‘Seduction in the City – The Birth of Shopping’, you missed an extremely interesting program. Not only did the advent of Department Stores play a part in creating careers for women, the women’s suffragette movement and the mixing of upper, middle and working classes but it was, due to [...]