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Workplace Benefits In 2017: What’s On Offer, And What Makes A Useful Benefit
When you’re job searching, how often do you look at the list of benefits a company can offer you, as opposed to the requirements you’re asked to meet? All too often, we forget that employee benefits should be important incentives, helping to make our lives easier or...
5 Questions You Can Expect at an Interview for a Teaching Job
School teachers are in high demand these days, especially with so many jobs for science teachers opening up in the recent years. It is a noble profession and, in the UK, the earning potential is excellent. However, everyone must go through a few hurdles first to...
How to manage a gap in your earnings
However much you might want to avoid it, there may be occasions when a gap emerges in your earnings. What exactly do I mean? I'm referring to a disparity between what you spend and what you earn. Should the former outweigh the latter, you are obviously on the road to...
4 helpful hacks for doing business abroad
Doing business across borders was once the preserve of large multinationals with thousands of staff. But thanks to the ubiquity of web access and the wonders of modern tech, small entrepreneurs can now set their sights on international markets. So if you’ve developed...
6 Time Thieves That Are Holding You Back At Work
Do you regularly leave work with a sense of niggling dissatisfaction that you haven’t got everything done that you’d hoped to do? You’re not alone. Social media, your phone, even colleagues chatting to you over the water cooler - these are all ‘time thieves’ that...
8 Ways You Can Improve Your Business Writing
At work, you'll communicate more via the written word than any other method. It can be a lot more convenient and easier for you, but it does have its downsides. You can and will be judged by how you write. Here's 8 ways you can improve your business writing skills,...
Back To School For Your Career – Is It Worth It?
These days, going back to school or college is becoming an increasingly popular trend among adults. No matter how old you may be, it seems there is no limit to people signing up to an educational organization in order to try and get more qualifications. There are...
Climbing Careers Without Qualifications
In the modern world, a lot of employers look for candidates with specific qualifications for most of their roles. As more and more people have degrees, their value becomes much less, and employers want something better. This leaves those without a certificate under...
4 Ways to Get the Recognition You Deserve
This article is part of the "Career Development and Self-Promotion Tips" series.Ask employers what they value in their staff, and they will reel off traits such as “high achieving” and “hard working”. But when it comes to actually valuing such qualities, employers...
Cooking Up A Career In High End Catering
If it's been your lifelong dream to get a Michelin star, be as well regarded as Michel Roux Jr, or work in some of the tops restaurants like Chez Bruce in London, then a career in high-end catering is certainly for you. But just how can you get into this varied and...
