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How To Show An Awareness Of Worldly Issues In Your Job Interview
Showing an awareness of worldly issues in an interview can really enhance your chances of scoring the perfect job. Politics and other polarising subjects are often off the table in the workplace, so you shouldn’t expect to announce your affiliations. However, if...
How Have People Been Spending Their Extra Free Time During Lockdown?
This year has been an interesting one, to say the least. From working from home and trying out a staycation, to spending more time on video chats than you thought possible - we’ve all had to make some adjustments. All this extra time at home has led to the population...
The Top 10 UK Towns For Remote Working
Since remote working has become the norm for many people due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it is starting to change the way people think about where they live. When the need to commute to an office is no longer a factor, a world of opportunity starts to open up. If you...
Unemployed? Here are 5 Resume-Writing Services to Help Land a New Job
This article is part of the "Resume tips" series. With the current pandemic, companies have been forced to terminate contracts with many of their employees. This has significantly added to the list of unemployed individuals countrywide as well as globally. Whether you...
The Soft Skills You Need For Your Next Career
If you are looking for your next career, you’ll no doubt be wondering what type of skills you will need and how you can go about developing them. ‘Soft skills’ or ‘employability skills’ are something which are universal across a wide range of sectors. If you have...
How to be a Superstar While Working From Home
Many of us won’t go back to the office until spring next year at the earliest. You’re stuck working from home but does it mean your career needs to be stuck as well? Here are some tips to keep advancing professionally even when you’re working remotely. Do a great job...
How to avoid job search decision fatigue
This article is part of the "Job search tips" series.From deciding what you're going to wear to what you want to eat for lunch to what to-do items you're going to prioritize at home or work, your daily life is full of decision making. Although most decisions are...
Pros and Cons of Remote Interviews
This article is part of the "Interview tips" series. With the rise of remote positions in recent years, not to mention current social distancing concerns, remote interviews are becoming increasingly common. If you are running a business in 2020, chances are you will...
Is Career Holding You Back? 5 Ways To Get Out Of A Rut
Sometimes you can feel like your career is holding you back. No matter what you do, you can’t get to where you want to go in life. Just earning money isn’t enough. You want to feel like you’re doing something valuable. You need to feel that it’s valuable. In this...
Can You Make a Good Impression Online?
We’ve all heard those horror stories of teenage, naive posts coming back to haunt a person later on in their professional lives. A “cool” picture of holding a can of beer underage becomes grounds for firing when you enter corporate life. With the permanent nature of...
