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How do you get that perfect job?
Let's get it straight - there isn't an answer that applies to everyone. It depends...

Jobs for the Boys: Men and their Work
What is it really like to be a television producer or a master brewer? Is life as a ship's pilot exciting and carefree or lonely and cold? Does a helicopter pilot have a better life than a glass blower? Can a flat packed furniture fetish earn you your keep?

Earning a Crust
What is it really like to be an architect or a chimney sweep? Is working as a life model sexy and glamorous or cold and boring? How does an embalmer cope with preserving her own relatives? And do chartered accountants secretly have it sussed?

UK Unemployment
Latest UK Labour Market Statistics including unemployment figures

10 worst areas in the UK for unemployment
Some of the worst unemployment rates are to be found in areas within prosperous cities and regions, particularly London.

Small firms lose staff to large companies
The belief that small companies poach trained staff from large businesses is a myth.

Cultural fit and web-based recruiting
A culture fit tool has the potential to make job seekers more savvy while also providing a smaller, "better fitting" applicant pool for organizations.

Jobsworth
A Job Centre in Bolton demanded that "friendly" be removed from a job ad on the basis that it discriminates against the unfriendly - "enthusiastic" and "motivated" have also been victims of similar bans.

Looking good, sounding right: style counselling in the new economy
Society is becoming more and more style-obsessed and this is reflected by a growing trend among UK companies to opt for staff who reflect their company image.

Any jobs going for astronauts?
Superhero, trapeze artist, goddess, astronaut and slave are just some of jobs people have looked for online, according to an analysis of 6 million career searches made on Fish4jobs.

Costs of staff turnover
An annual survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) finds that the cost and rate of staff turnover is at record levels.

Job advertising
Newspapers remain the most popular method of advertising jobs - and that includes posts in IT departments where you might think the Internet would be the favoured source.

Career opportunities are the ones that never knock
The notion of a job for life was a creation of the last century which never really made it in to this one, says John Scott.

Articles on JobSkills.info

• Reaching for The Brass Ring
• What to do if you're afraid of being fired
• Yesterday's Hero
• Seven Habits of Highly Successful Job Seekers
• The Not-So-Effective Cover Letter
• Interviewing Like a Pro in Five Easy Steps
• Art of the Interview
• The Behavioral Style Interview
• Now, Do You Have Any Questions?
• Self-Assessment
• Determining Your Skills
• Researching Jobs
• Finding a Job
• Curriculum Vitae
• Difficult Questions
• Executive Resumes
• Functional vs. Chronological
• Power Verbs
• 12 Steps to Resume Writing
• Standard Interview Questions
• Types of Interview