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Timebound Workplace

Was Your LinkedIn Profile One of the Most Viewed in 2012?

Have you got the email yet? I haven’t but I have got 20 odd emails from confused people wondering if this email from LinkedIn is a big phishing scam or just a great marketing ploy. First of all, the email is legit as far as we know. If this were a phishing campaign we would…

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4 Ways to Survive an Internal Interview

So many people are under the impression that if they want to move up the ladder at work they need to push up their sales’ levels and impress the boss. However, it is performance and attitude that is a key to job survival – but even this is sometimes at risk. Some people have had the…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

How Changing Jobs Can Damage Your Employment Future [INFOGRAPHIC]

Job hopping is more damaging to your future employment prospects than age or unemployment. This infographic (courtesy of Bullhorn) explains why. Takeaways: 39% of recruiters said that job hopping is the main obstacle for an unemployed candidate to get a new position. 70% of respondents said that people in their 30s were the easiest to…

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Workplace

How Social Media Can Get Or Lose You A Job [INFOGRAPHIC]

This infographic (courtesy of Smarterer) outlines how a social profile can help you land OR lose you a job. Have you ever got a job through social media? Let us know in the comments below! Takeaways: 73% of companies have found a new hire through a social network. 78% of recruiters react negatively to potential employees…

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What is Your Myers Briggs Social Media Type?

Have you ever taken the Myers Briggs test? It is an assessment based on Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types that looks at what kind of characters people have and is broken down into four categories: extraversion or introversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, and judging or perceiving. These assessments are extremely accurate if…