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Top 5 Things to Remember in an Interview

You worked hard on your resume and job application, and now you are called in for an in-person job interview. You are one step closer to your dream job. It’s time to understand how to succeed in the job interview, so that you can actually land the job. Here are the most important things you…

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Employer Branding

What Are the Top Workplace Time-Wasters?

Time flies when you’re wasting time! And wasting time at work means the working day flies by too, leaving work unfinished or to a poor standard. A whopping 89% of workers have said they have wasted time at work in one way or another, either by surfing the net or simply socialising with their colleagues. But…

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Talent Acquisition Timebound

How to Spot the Naughty Elves (Candidates) in Recruitment

I’m sorry if it sounds like this blog is written by someone who doesn’t like Christmas. Actually, I love this time of year; all the sparkly lights, “good will to all wo/men”, a chance to be generous, kind, to share the Christmas spirit especially if it is a large G+T version…. I spend a lot…

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Workplace

5 Signs You’re Not Happy at Work

Are you happy at work? Do you know the signs that show you’re unhappy? How do you become happier at work? Here are the top 5 signs to look for and how to improve your job happiness level. 1) It’s on your mind when you walk, eat and sleep: The symptom: After you go home from work…

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5 Steps to Stop Wasting Time

Whether applying for a job or managing one’s career, there are constant pressures in the work environment toward unproductive and wasteful time-use. When analyzed closely, a great deal of one’s day is spent on activities that do not contribute to the overall goal of either the individual or their company. The problem is that while other resources are…

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How to Make a Great First Impression at the Interview

It takes just seven seconds for someone to evaluate you when they first meet you. In this short amount of time the other person will form an opinion about you based on your appearance, body language, demeanour, mannerisms and how you are dressed. These first impressions are very hard to reverse or undo and that…

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Employer Branding Talent Acquisition

How Do Leaders Spend Their Days?

Influential leaders – what do you think they spend their day doing? Cmoe gathered findings from leaders in Adobe, Google, Kellogg’s, AT&T and more to find out. Between waking at 6.15am (is that earlier than you?) and sleeping at 11.40pm – what do they do through out the day? Find out in the infographic below!…

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Employer Branding

How Much Time Do You Waste at Work?

Have you ever felt like you’re wasting your time at work? You’re not the only one. Work meetings, people running late, the interwebs… Sources of distraction are aplenty and can highly damage your productivity. At the very top of this infographic, our friends at ELF Productivity state that only 60% of time at work is spent productively! So where…

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Employer Branding

9 Ways to Create a Fun Company Culture

Between pool tables, kegerators, and indoor putting greens, today’s most envious offices look more like adult playgrounds than places of business. Hip young companies like Google and Red Bull have shifted away from the gray, fluorescent-lit workplaces of old, adding a dose of fun to the office that results in more creative and committed employees.…