Job Hunt Tip: If you’re laid off or your contract expires, apply for unemployment benefits as soon as possible.

Job Hunt Tip: Don’t include so much information that it makes your CV looks cluttered. Avoid long paragraphs with very little white space.

Job Hunt Tip: Portray yourself positively and with confidence in an interview, but never come across as cocky or arrogant.

Job Hunt Tip: Always conduct yourself as if you are determined to get the job, and make the interviewers realise why they need you in their organisation.

Job Hunt Tip: Be friendly, but be careful not to share too much or get too comfortable in an interview.

Job Hunt Tip: Talk about the company in the cover letter, and tell them what impresses you about the company and why you want to work for them.

Job Hunt Tip: Set up email alerts on job-hunting websites so that you can stay up to date with the latest relevant posts.

Job Hunt Tip: Prepare yourself to hear ‘no’. Don’t be discouraged by rejection. Nobody receives a job offer for every job application.

Job Hunt Tip: Send your CV and application in on a Monday. Research has shown that Mondays give the best chance of being hired.

Job Hunt Tip: If you know someone in a company at which you’d like to work for, that angle has the greatest chance of getting your foot into the door.