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Throughout your professional life, there will come a time when you have to leave a job. It can be a mix of emotions – you may be sad to leave a place you’ve been for years, or you could be excited about a new experience and opportunity – however, it’s always crucial that you leave…
Your written vocabulary is obviously extremely important in the process of writing your CV, but you must pay particular attention to the verbs you include. Verbs are used to describe actions and are commonly known as “doing words”, so they are crucial if you want to describe how your input impacts your employers. Verbs quite…
LinkedIn – the world’s biggest professional network – continues to grow, and has truly become a force to be reckoned with. Every day, millions of us login to see how our friends are getting on in their jobs, read status updates and, sometimes, apply for jobs ourselves. Every user who signs up to LinkedIn creates…
Finding a job can be a full time job in itself. It is time-consuming and often hard work. Here are a few tips on where to use your energy and time and how to increase your probability of success. 1. Know what you want Spend some focussed time working out exactly what you want to…
If the thought of discussing your salary with your boss sends shivers down your spine, you’re not alone. It can be up there with the most awkward / tense of all conversations. Still, it shouldn’t deter you from addressing things if you feel like you’re seriously being underpaid and undervalued. We called in our expert…
I have talked about passion before in my articles and it is always interesting to receive the feedback from all of you on what you feel ‘passion’ really is. The reality, however, is that passion can be a dirty word. It can be misused and misinterpreted, sending shivers down your spine each time you hear…
Do you ever feel underqualified for your job? Like, you’re sitting in a meeting with a client who is waffling on about this and that and you deserve an Oscar because you feel so unbelievably out of your depth, but they don’t know that. It’s an out-of-body experience where you find yourself questioning everything you know and all…
If you haven’t attended an interview for a little while, things have changed while you were away. It’s now the equivalent of going out on a blind date and expecting that gorgeous person from the ad, but finding a multi-headed hydra answering the door to you. As you’re lured into the room, you have no…
As you look through job listings, you’ll start to see the same format popping up again and again. If you’re just starting your search for your first job, you may be unsure about how to use the information in these job descriptions. To help you out, here are some tips for reading and responding to…
