This post is sponsored by Adecco Group. You can download their 2015 Work Trends Study here. As things go in life, practice makes perfect, and this is also true when it comes to social media and using it for your next job search. At least, this is what we have seen in the results of the 2015 Adecco Work…
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4 Top Tips for Handling Job Rejection
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How Tech Affects Employee Productivity
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6 Ways to Deal with a Lousy Boss
Throughout your career, chances are that you’re going to have to contend with a difficult colleague. Though it can be a bit tiresome working alongside someone at a similar level of seniority as you who rattles your cage a bit, there are usually ways that you can resolve these issues without any significant impact on…
Anyone remember the board game the Game of Life? As you make your way around the board which is essentially a timeline of your life, you are required to make big decisions about the direction you would like to take and in turn reach a series of different milestones in both your personal life and…
Are you feeling drained? Do you get tired easily? Are you getting irritated by everything and anything at work? You may need some time off. Every so often, as humans, we work ourselves too hard and become burnt out – and the best thing to do is take a break, relax, and refresh ourselves. Here…
Being unemployed and on the job hunt can be pretty rubbish. It’s stressful, your bank balance is running low and frankly you become pretty sick of the sight of the inside of your house. So the last thing that somebody who is out of work wants to hear are patronising comments and do-gooders sharing their two…