Welcome to Emerald Frog’s job hunting guide. Or, “How To Market Yourself Successfully”!

The UK is in the midst of a difficult recession and unemployment is at its highest level in 12 years. So, what can you do to ensure that you stand from the crowd and have the best possible chance of landing a job amongst such fierce competition?

Updated regularly with advice on creative job hunting strategies  (80% of all jobs are not advertised), interview techniques, CV writing tips,  and current news and trends in the employment market you can find all sorts of valuable information. Whether you are a school leaver, graduate, been made redundant or simply want a change of career this site can help.

Who is Emerald Frog?

My name is Jo and I have over 12 years’ experience within the recruitment industry, direct sales, marketing and people management.  I have seen good CVs, bad CVs, great interviews and terrible interviews and know that it’s not always easy to “blow your own trumpet” as it doesn’t always come naturally. But job hunters need to have the confidence to get ahead of the competition and showcase their skills (without being arrogant). This, and with a bit of clever self marketing, will ensure you are not sitting about waiting on calls from recruitment agencies but landing  a job yourself.

Hopefully this site will help you to do just that.

Please feel free to leave any comments in the blog and good luck with the job hunting!