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HR Directors Spend a Month Recruiting for Open Positions

Are you an HR director? Do you spend way too much time recruiting for positions that should have been filled last month? Relax, you’re not alone. New research from Robert Half UK highlights the lengthy recruitment process some HR directors go through. HR directors are spending a month (let’s call it February at 27.59 days) on…

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4 Pre-Interview Poses to Boost Your Confidence

Confidence, confidence, confidence! It’s one of the most widely used words when it comes you job interviews and presentations. When you’re in its bubble, you’re ready to take on the world; your walk has swagger and your smile has charm, it’s a wonderful feeling! However, like any emotional state, it can change within an instant…

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What Career Advice Should You Listen to?

There’s a lot of career advice floating about online and sometimes it’s hard to know what to actually listen to. Weeding out tips from those who have a hidden agenda is a great place to start! To help keep you motivated and find some job-related clarity, we asked 10 career coaches and recruitment experts to pass…

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What’s in a Desk?

As far as inanimate objects go, desks are a crucial part of corporate life. We sit shackled to them all day, minus a few meetings, lunch and bathroom breaks. When it comes to workers’ welfare, it would be remiss of business leaders not to include work stations in the wider strategy of getting the most from people. Take Swiss banking giant UBS, one…

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Mild or Chronic? Causes & Cures For Mondayitis

Friday rolls around and you’re the happiest person on the planet. Monday follows suit and you couldn’t be sadder. Sound familiar? According to the Wiktionary, Mondayitis is: “the tired and apathetic feeling experienced by persons returning to work on a Monday after the weekend” Sounds about right, doesn’t it? It’s totally normal to dread returning…