It's not them, it's you.

Interest rates are going up again. Retail companies are nervous, mortgage holders are apprehensive, but if we're being truthful, it also suggests that the economy is recovering. And the media hype around economic improvement reverberates through the psyches of business owners, employers, international traders and political commentators - meaning that if we are heading into better times, then hiring confidence will grow and company teams will again start to resemble their size pre-hiberation.

So it's time a bit of tough love now.

A few months ago it was our priority during the darkest recession-like months to educate our clients and the job seeker market at large that it was not their fault that they were not able to find work, that they were not alone in being made redundant and that many, many other talented people were facing the same crises. We provide comfort and encouragement when it is needed most, and we will always do this.

However, with the economy starting to claw its way back to a healthy, balanced state, we need to acknowledge that the employment market will be showing a bit of muscle. While this means more job vacancies (great!), it also means that your reasons for unemployment cannot continue to be limited to the "the market" indefinitely.

This is a slow process, of course. But as the current out-of-work demographic starts to be reabsorbed into the workforce, it is critical that a) if you find yourself still out of work weeks and months on, then b) you identify exactly why that is, so that you do not get left behind.

A key factor will be your resume. Our clients are getting the jobs and interviews they want right now because their resumes are super-professional. The resume maketh the interview, so please - please - please get yours seen to by a resume doctor such as ourselves!