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7 Tips to Writing Resumes for Jobs in Education

An education field offers you with a lot of opportunities, whereby, you can prove your potential, and serve the most interesting area you desire for. It can be administration, examination, teaching, assistance, or associated support functions. So, while applying for such jobs, you need to display your good academic records and research abilities, to prove…

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Why Not Use Unconventional Wisdom to Halt Competition?

“Sometimes I have believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” – Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass I like this quote because it is full of promise and unconventional wisdom. You might ask why bother with what might be impossible. Wouldn’t it be easier to go after what is possible, known and familiar?…

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Where To Find UK Tech and Start Up Jobs [INFOGRAPHIC]

London Tech City is booming again as the job fair for graduate technology Ninjas, Gurus and even the occasional Jedi is back this weekend with the latest Silicon Milkroundabout. The event will see 100s of the UK’s top start-ups offering more than 800 jobs to the UK’s brightest and best Tech and Engineering graduates. Big…

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How Grads Can Use Social Media for Job Search

Graduate jobs have always been difficult to obtain, but now that employers plan to increase internships hires by 8.5% in 2012, things will get even more difficult and competitive. There will be more applicants for the positions and now more than ever is the time to find a way to stand out in a crowd.…

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5 Less Than Obvious Ways to Network with People

There is a lot to be said for hard work. With hard work, you can make an impression on your boss, finish projects ahead of schedule, sell more, buy more, produce more, and gain the respect of your peers, among a host of other things. Unfortunately, success in the world — or at least financial…

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The Do’s and Don’ts of Professional Networking

The ability to network is not an innate, God-given quality. It is simply the process of developing mutually gratifying/advantageous relationships with like-minded people and businesses and, more importantly, can be learned, honed, and developed. Networking is a marketing tool; crucial to the success of you and your business that can take a variety of different…

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How Graduates Can Make the Most of LinkedIn and Twitter

“77% of recruiters suggest that they would run an online search for the candidate” “Only 29% students use social networking sites to promote themselves” The UK economy is set to go into a double dip recession (BBC, 2012), as the market shrinks by 0.2%. Although this is set to be revised at least twice, this…

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Top 7 Ways to Improve Your Resume While Employed

It’s a competitive job market out there. When you apply for a job, no matter how qualified you are for the new position, it’s absolutely imperative that your resume stands out from the crowd. After all, it’s your resume that will get you noticed out of a stack of resumes on a future employer’s desk.…

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The Most Common AND Uncommon Interview Questions

Here are your essential parts and pieces to impressing your future employer, thanks to this infographic from our pals at HighestPayingCareers.org. Do you have any others? Let us know in the comments below! Takeaways: 65% of bosses say the dress could be the deciding factor between two similar candidates The average interview is approximately 40…