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What a Totally Honest First Day at Work Might Sound Like

Bagging yourself a new job can bring on a mix of emotions, from excitement and nerves, to downright terror. You never know quite what to expect from your first day and chances are you will have thoughts running through your head at a hundred miles per hour. What are your new colleagues going to be like?…

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How Your Online Presence Can Influence Your Job Search

Most of us have an online presence on some level or another, but have you ever thought about how the content you choose to post online could effect your career? More and more HR professionals are turning to the internet to seek out information about candidates, including social media profiles, personal websites and blogs. Depending on…

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Employer Branding

The 7 Office Personalities Everyone Will Recognise

If you work in an office, you’ll understand that having a variety of characters and personalities around means your work is more creative and collaborative. It keeps things interesting and often means you get to see things from multiple perspectives. However, there a select group of personalities whose reputations precede them. They include the office…

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Employer Branding

How to Encourage Creativity at Work

We need managers to foster creativity and innovation at work because it is closely linked with productivity and economic growth. Many firms recognise the value of creativity and the imperative to produce ’new and improved’ products, processes, and services is critical. To improve their competitive edge organisations need to build a high level of innovative…

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5 Reasons Why You Didn’t Get the Job

You crafted a great cover letter, made sure everything in your resume was in order, and landed an interview. Everything seemed to go smoothyl during the interview and you came out feeling confident. You may have even decided to put your job search effort on hold because you were pretty sure that you would get this job. A…