There are a lot of ways to do all the things you have to do (and love to do) in college, while also polishing up that resume that has been gathering dust over the past 4-6 years. However, we’re not talking about the stuff everyone knows about – internships, student leadership and getting good grades.…
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Employee experience can seriously impact your bottom line. The Employer Brand Index gives you insight into what talent really thinks about your company.
If you’re applying for a job, you want your resume to be the best it can be – otherwise you have no chance. You can’t be lazy with it or you will never get your dream job. Here are the do’s and don’ts of writing a rockin’ resume by our friends at CollegeAtlas.org. Any other you…
LinkedIn is the modern resume – if you don’t have a good profile, you’re doing it wrong. How can you represent your unique career path on your LinkedIn profile? Find out below! Takeaways: When telling a career story, don’t be afraid to use humour and personality. Have you been out of work for a while? Show…
Conducting adequate keyword research during your job hunt is key to ensuring your resume is read by employers. According to ERE, each job opening receives an average of 250 resumes with recruiters spending on average only 6 seconds reviewing each application. The majority of applications are screened by a digital Applicant Tracking System (ATS) that scan resumes…
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Do You Know Your Myers-Briggs Type?
Hey you, what’s your type? Knowing your Myers-Briggs Type can help you identify the typical strengths and weaknesses in your natural personality. Working on the know weaknesses for your MBTI type can turn your life around personally and professionally. Check out the stats and descriptions below to see how common your personality type is, its…
Employee engagement – do you know it fully? Here are ten SHOCKING statistics about employee engagement, presented by OfficeVibe. Takeaways: First off, the bad news: 70% of US workers aren’t engaged at work. Highly engaged employees are 87% less likely to leave their company compared to less-engaged employees. 89% of employers think their people leave…
According to the American Psychological Association, nearly a third of American workers believe they are underpaid and suffer heightened amounts of stress due to what they perceive to be an inadequate salary. As more jobs become available and the hiring economy slowly improves, this provides many U.S. workers with the ability to look elsewhere for…
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11 Ways to Deal with a Difficult Boss
I love my job, I enjoy working with my colleagues, and I love everything about my work but there’s one thing that’s giving me a terrible headache almost everyday – dealing with my difficult boss. I believe I am not the only person who experiences this – most working professionals have encountered the same and you…
Search through millions of job board postings and classified ads? Check. Update your resume? Check. Fill out the online application? Check. Hit ‘submit’ and send your resume out into cyber space? Check. Hear back from your dream job? Nope. What happened?! We can only go through the above sequence so many times before we totally lose…