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Top 7 Clichés That Should Be Nowhere Near Your Resume

When proofreading your resume, what do you look out for? Naturally you’ll be on the hunt for misspelled homophones, and of course you’ll endeavour to eliminate any errant punctuation marks. You’ll almost certainly make sure that the formatting of the document is standardised, and if you’ve got any sense you’ll double check those vital contact…

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How to Improve Your Twitter Profile for Your Career

With time seeming at an ever-higher premium, it can be hard to find time to improve your career prospects whilst studying or working full-time. With Twitter, however, you can do it in only 140-characters. Follow potential employers: If you’re thinking about a career change or looking for a graduate job at a specific company, make…

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10 Ways to Reach Your Goals with the Power of Perspective

Sometimes quick fixes can lead to long-term failure, whilst short-term failures can build long-term success. Your failures and successes are often due to your personal mindset. By changing your perspective, you can begin to understand situations better and start to transform your life. There are hundreds of stories on business-focused people that have gained achievement…

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5 Ways to Separate Yourself as a Job Seeker

I was going through my LinkedIn Applications folder the other day and saw all of the applications sitting there. They were all for the same job so maybe seeing the same line of words repeated 50+ times in that folder made me think of it, but as a job seeker you need to separate yourself…

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How to Outsmart Your Interviewer with Body Language

Before I understood these body language tricks, waiting for a job interview wasn’t exactly relaxing. I felt butterflies in my stomach, checked my watch every few minutes and reviewed answers to potential interview questions in my mind until I was invited into the room.  In short, I was grossly anxious, feeling like Shy Ronnie: Then…