Are you looking for a better way to represent your career and life experiences? You can easily show them off with photos, videos and samples of work, however, you don’t need to build a website to have an online portfolio – LinkedIn is your answer!
INSEAD’s new Global Talent Competitiveness Index shows high-income countries leading in fostering knowledge and vocational talent pools. Low-income countries are struggling in both areas. Talent is the V8 engine of competitiveness and innovation for today’s globally connected mobile economy. Those that have mastered the development of skills inside their countries and lowered the barriers to…
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What Does Your Job Say About YOU?
What does your job say about you? How are your people skills or fitness? This infographic by Oneshift takes a few jobs and gives them ratings – is your position in there? Office assistants need an eye for detail, but colleagues may see them as unable to make big decisions in life. Labourers bear the…
When Apple launched the iPhone 4 in 2011 it made headlines by selling over 4 million units in its first weekend of sale. Fast forward two years, and the latest 5S and 5C handsets sold over 9 million within three days. Apple doubled their sales in two years, and we’re just talking about iPhones. Compare…
Do you find it hard to operate in the morning and night? Make it easier for yourself by following the steps in this infographic by OPEN Forum. Takeaways: Make a Night Before list. Set out your clothes – what are you going to wear tomorrow? Forgive yourself Do something for yourself – exercise, for example.…
Employees think performance reviews at work are irrelevant and a waste of time – what are your thoughts? Find out more in this infographic from Globoforce. Takeaways: 53% of employees said performance reviews don’t motivate them to work harder. Employees prefer to get feedback asap. 63% of employees felt their review wasn’t a true indicator…
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Making Women Happy in the Workplace
Women’s wants in a job have changed. New Accenture research for International Women’s Day finds shifting definitions for “what it means to have it all” for the majority of today’s professional women. This infographic by Accenture explains all. Takeaways: Women are more interested in flexibility than money. A better work-life balance is preferred by women…
One of my favourite sites, Happy Place, posted 35 (other) things you absolutely MUST agree upon before getting married based on a Hufftington Post article. I decided this was a great list but it needed another scenario. Therefore, I came up with 35 things you must decide on before being hired – imagine this being asked…
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How to Recruit Pink Unicorns
In an effort to build the best company possible, recruiters are constantly looking for that perfect candidate — known as a Pink Unicorn. But as you might imagine, this rare breed can be tricky to catch. Here, we look at how to entice — and hang on to— this sought-after prize. What exactly is a…