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How to Negotiate a Salary Increase

A lot of us think about negotiating a salary increase, but not many of us muster up the courage to do so. In most situations it’s a stressful and difficult topic for people to approach their manager with. However, if you find yourself in the situation where you are negotiating a new salary, you must…

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Employer Branding

Who is Most Likely to Change Jobs at Your Company?

As the economy and job market heats up, the last thing you want is key people leaving your company. To help us identify who might be thinking along the lines of So long, farewell, Auf wiedersehen, goodbye, here’s a handy guide from our friends at CareerBuilder. 8 most likely to jump ship: Career-less, 52% of workers feel like…

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Workplace

How to Keep Up with Changing Resume Trends

The old regular resume is a thing of the past. As we move forward into the future, we notice new trends in how resumes are put together and presented. This is because competition for jobs increases and it becomes harder to make yourself stand out in a large crowd of people. This infographic by DAVITT provides us…

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The Worst Interview Blunders on Twitter

Everyone’s got an embarrassing interview tale to tell and hearing about other people’s job interview blunders is guaranteed to make us feel ever so slightly better about our own awkward interview experiences. Luckily for us, the Twittersphere is full of people’s contributions to funny and downright unfortunate interview anecdotes and scenarios. We have selected some of…

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Workplace

Interviewing? 4 Questions to Ask… and 4 to Avoid!

Most people prepare for a job interview by preparing answers to the questions that are most likely to come up. This is a great strategy, but it’s one of several strategies that you can use to deliver a better impression in your next interview. One of the best ways to stand out from the crowd…

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Talent Acquisition

Bird In The Hand Recruiting: Do It!

You’ve probably heard the phrase before: A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. It means it is better to have a definite than hold out for the possibility of something better that may never come. It is time to start incorporating this methodology into your recruiting operations. The more the merrier:…

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Workplace

Should You Use a Resume or LinkedIn?

When setting up your LinkedIn profile, you will note that the prompts will guide you to fill the same information as you are required to do in your resume. Info like educational background, companies you have worked for and the positions that you held previously in your career are some of the details that you…

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Employer Branding

What Office Design Keeps People Happy?

This year, the office cubicle turns 50 years old! Love it or loathe it, it can’t be denied that cubicles revolutionized the design of offices all over the world. With an eternal struggle between privacy and interaction at the workplace, it looks as though office design has gone full circle since the emergence of the…

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Talent Acquisition

How to Find the Best Temporary Staff

Finding a temporary employee to join your team can always be a struggle. You may worry that they won’t take their role as seriously as a full-time worker or perhaps they’ll leave before their contract ends if something more permanent comes along. Seeking out temporary staff who are committed, passionate and capable of hitting the…