Modest Brits undersell themselves, says Gumtree research

UK jobseekers are too reserved to effectively sell themselves while job hunting, shows research from jobs board Gumtree.com.
Fri, 22 Jun 2012
UK jobseekers are too reserved to effectively sell themselves while job hunting, shows research from jobs board Gumtree.com.

It found that 92% of UK jobseekers aren’t confident about talking about themselves in an interview, with 27% saying they sell themselves ‘very poorly’ because they find it hard to talk about their skills abilities....

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