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7 Actionable Tips to Improve Your CV
This article is part of the "Resume tips" series.The world of employment is extremely competitive and what can set you apart from the rest of the crowd is a CV that screams “I am the right person for your role!”. Of course, to be successful when competing against...
How to Prepare for Verbal and Numerical Psychometric Tests
With psychometric reasoning tests now an accepted part of many recruitment processes, most candidates can expect to have to complete a Verbal or Numerical Reasoning test at some point during their careers. However, if you have never needed to do this before, or if you...
Occupation Revelations: Would You Move Abroad to Further Your Career?
Are you in a bit of a rut in terms of your career? Maybe you're keen to advance, or perhaps a change of scenery is what's needed to re-motivate you and inspire you. If so, how about moving abroad to work? Lots of countries have skills gaps for skills that you might...
Product Design Portfolio Essentials
If you want to have successful career in product design, then before you even start thinking about looking for jobs and making applications, you need to ensure that you have a stellar portfolio in place to show off what you really can do. When you’re applying for...
Top CEOs’ Gurus Give Surprising Leadership Advice
Those multi-billion dollar CEOs you read about don’t make it on their own. They are advised in both work and life on how to succeed at such high levels. Rest-assured that they are receiving advice that is more unique than ‘work hard’, ‘be a good communicator’, or...
Skills of the Future: 10 Skills You’ll Need to Thrive in 2020
Acquiring skills for the job and career that you want takes time. You learned some of these skills while you were a kid, and some just recently. But what’s consistent with these is the effort you put in learning them. There will be moments that some of these skills...
Want a Career in Sales? Here’s How to Make it Happen
If you're just starting out or you're thinking of a career change, a career in sales could be what you're looking for. It allows you to meet new people all the time, learn on the job, and progress steadily. If you have the right basic skills and plenty of persistence,...
4 Things That Could Be Holding Your Career Back
If you’re tired of working in the same old place, doing the same old thing, and it seems that no matter what you do you just can’t get any further ahead, you might actually find that you’re holding yourself back. There are some things that really can stop you from...
8 Common Writing Errors That Make You Look Unprofessional (Infographic)
Whichever field you choose for your career, and whatever job you take up, writing would be involved in one form or the other. You may be a doctor, a marketing professional, a professor, an IT person, or an accountant you will have some kind of writing to do. You may...
The Art of Focusing: 5 Ways to Permanently Beat Procrastination
Procrastination is the bane of everyone that is attempting to be productive. Whether you’re a student looking to get a good job or an office employee that doesn’t want to work overtime tonight, here are a couple of ways to permanently beat your procrastination. 1....
