Top Stories We have just launched a careers forum for you to talk to each other about your careers. We have experts in several sectors on hand to give you tailored advice about your career - whether you want advice on your CV or you are having trouble deciding what your next step should be.Log in and start a discussion. We also want to know what it's really like to work where you do - you can post anonymously.http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/careerstalk Read Full Story

Top Stories Watching the Apprentice last week (can't believe it's finished - have 3 months passed already!) I, like most people, was squirming during a number of the interviews. Not least when, winner Lee was asked to perform his impression of a reverse terradactyl (not sure really what that is). I mean why would you put that this was something you did on an application? Why? Worse than doing it though was the interviewer asking him to perform it just to see whether he would or not... Read Full Story

Top Stories The best thing on television at the moment, by far, is The Apprentice. We love it because it's about work - and I want more like it. I want to know what everyone else spends their days doing. I want to know what else is out there and actually I want to know how people got where they are. To this end we have launched a competition to find the best short film which shows you in your role. You can take your video on your phone or on a digital or a video camera. The only restri... Read Full Story

Top Stories With all the talk of tightening the purse strings and the doom and gloom of the predicted economy, I wonder whether all of those collecting their first pay packet this month will have the luxury of blowing it all on frippery?So much of our adult lives is spent being cautious - preparing for a downturn, keeping an eye out for disaster and actually in debt (the average adult now owes £33,000) - that it should be compulsory for a first pay to be indulged. I spent £150 of my first ... Read Full Story

Top Stories Looking after the content on a jobs site is a constant battle of restraint. Every day I am tempted by job ads and every day I face a daydream of a different life, a different location, a different salary ...This is a particularly onerous on days when the weather is at odds with the time of year ie; snow in spring. There's a particularly tempting job being advertised at the moment in Italy. It's for a community editor. They don't specify the actual location but just ... Read Full Story

Top Stories How many times have you come out of an interview wishing you had asked more pertinent questions? It is surely one of the hardest parts of an interview - the any questions section at the end. It is so hard to remember that the interview is your chance to make sure the company and the job is what you are looking for just as much as it is about them choosing you. Some of the questions I wish I have been able to ask (and ones I will try to ask in my next interview) are:What was it ... Read Full Story

Top Stories Hurrah! The Apprentice has started again. "I would be quite happy to cut people out of my life to succeed" - one of the first statements... quickly followed by "I am the best sales person in Europe", ha, ha, ha! Where on earth do they get this self-belief? Have these people never seen the series? Do they not know these hyperbolic statements will come back to haunt them?Well the first person to get kicked out is barrister Nick. Quite unbelievable that he is a... Read Full Story

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3 July AS Hello again, it’s Jay. I hope you are getting closer to escaping your current situation. I hate being somewhere when you’d rather not. Thanks for the info about the flight - I will definitely not get pissed now … it sounds awful. It is looking like the idea of coming out in the next month is now on the back burner but I still intend to come out there soon – when I don’t know – it will probably be a phone call out of the blue saying I’ll be t... Read Full Story

23 JuneHi, …well you’re not a complete stranger – you come with high recommendations - that’s enough. At the moment I am trying to get the hell out of Darwin. I am trying to get a job in either Sydney or Melbourne. My plans are that I will be in Darwin until mid-August and then either Sydney or Melbourne, depending. Hopefully it will be Sydney as I have a very good friend there. So you can come when you like really – I’ll just tell you where I am. It’... Read Full Story