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6 Ways to Streamline Your Job Hunt

Job hunting is often described as a full-time job in itself; so it’s no surprise that it can sometimes become challenging and stressful – especially when you are not achieving the results you want. We often make changes to process and work-methods to become more efficient in our days jobs; so the same approach can…

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5 Tools for Creating an Infographic Resume

It is natural for people to be attracted to aesthetically pleasing images and visuals. In fact, according to Salesforce, 90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual. Taking this into account, people would rather process information and data visually through imagery and video. This is why there is a magic to the art of…

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Starting a New Job? Be Sure to Close the Job Search Loop

You sent off your cover letters and resumé and completed the required online applications. You conducted informational interviews and talked to people in your career field who connected you to other professionals in the field. You interviewed, worked through case studies, presented your recommendations, participated in more interviews and finally, after all your hard work,…

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4 Things You Should NEVER Do in an Interview

Looking for a job can often become demeaning, stressful, and hopeless. Sometimes it takes time for your luck to shine and your hard work to bring results. This does not mean you should stop believing in yourself or that you will never get a job. There will be a time when you will actually realize…

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How Can We Achieve Gender Equality in the Workplace?

Forty-five years on from the introduction of the Equal Pay Act in 1975, you would have thought that gender discrimination in the workplace would be a thing of the distant past. Although women are in the strongest position they’ve ever been in terms of career progression and opportunities, it would appear that we are not…