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By Debbie Holden 23 Jan 2020 5 min read

How salesy should your automotive CV be?

Knowing how hard to sell yourself in your CV is an age old challenge Matt Craven Personal Branding Expert and Founder of The CV Interview Advisors tackles this subject from an automotive sector perspe...

By Debbie Holden 02 Jan 2020 7 min read

Tips you forgot about for your 2020 job search

Ready to take on a new opportunity in We know we provide you plenty of advice on your job search but before you dive in to looking for new jobs this January like of automotive professionals told us th...

By Debbie Holden 02 Dec 2019 0 min read

20 top CV tips for 2020

January is a busy time in recruitment With the new year many workers take a moment to consider whether or not it s time for a new move in their career In fact at the end of we ran a survey to find out...

By Debbie Holden 20 Nov 2019 7 min read

The Wheel Specialist – working in franchising

Ginny is the founder of The Wheel Specialist and has also worked within the powder coating and metal finishing sector Today Ginny gives us an insight into franchising and how it works and how she deve...

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By Debbie Holden 14 Nov 2019 6 min read

Average salary in the automotive industry

A recent average salary review has shown that a number of salaries in the automotive industry have risen since the bigger changes being seen for those working as vehicle assemblers mobile machine driv...

By Debbie Holden 13 Nov 2019 6 min read

New Year, new career?

As fast approaches is your new year s resolution to look for a new job In a recent survey we ran with over jobseekers told us they will be looking for a new job in told us they will be looking for a n...

By Debbie Holden 02 Nov 2019 7 min read

Interview tips: ‘What can you bring to this role?’

You are very likely to be asked the question Tell us what you can bring to this role at interviews for most automotive jobs This is a classic job interview question that many people simply forget to p...

By Debbie Holden 17 Oct 2019 5 min read

Should I cancel my job interview?

After weeks perhaps months of searching for a job the interviews are finally beginning to roll in If you ve got more than one you might feel pretty amazing right now At some point before the interview...

By Debbie Holden 15 Oct 2019 6 min read

How to prepare for psychometric employment tests

Automotive recruiters in the UK are turning to psychometric employment tests more and more when assessing the skills intelligence and personality of potential candidates The results collated from thes...

By Debbie Holden 07 Oct 2019 6 min read

Why you don’t need to add references to your CV

For years people have been including references unnecessarily to their CV taking up vital space and wasting time worrying about who to ask to be a reference or checking that their contact details are...

By Debbie Holden 30 Sep 2019 7 min read

How is employment in the automotive industry changing?

Ahead of our annual report which will be delivered in January we wanted to share some of the key statistics we ve seen this year and in related to employment in the UK automotive industry We will also...