Sunday afternoons don’t feel like the weekend anymore; you’re already thinking about Monday at work. Every morning you wish for longer in bed and dread the alarm, because that means work, and every morning miserable because you can’t stand the thought of going to the office to do a job you hate. It’s written all
Self sabotage… We’ve seen it so often. People getting so close to their goals then putting self imposed barriers in the way as to why it can’t be completed or reached. Lots of what ifs and buts…. People spend their lives trying to be accepted by their peers and society. The job, the car, the
If you feel under appreciated, underpaid, disengaged or disenchanted with your work then you need to change. As corny as it sounds, life is too short to be unhappy and feel that way, day in, day out. Everyone loves a good quitting story, and we have heard a few from candidates who ask us to
You’ve got the best grades; great! So why are Graduates and generation Y finding it so difficult to impress employers? Because today, you need something far more intangible to get ahead… soft skills! What Are Soft Skills? “Soft skills”: the talents that businesses have pinpointed as the modern workplace’s most sought-after qualities. These include intangible
So you’ve recently graduated?! Firstly congratulations. Secondly…so what now? You’ll probably hear a mixed bag from talking to people about your next step. Such as about the lack of available jobs, and that recent graduates are taking jobs that do not require a degree. Or you might hear the other side – the contrasting statistics
Many people become comfortable in a job. Once you get used to the regular financial situation and a familiar routine, it can become easy to live for the here and now and not focus to far into the future. However, at some stage you may start to think about career development, and taking the next
Job searching is hard. Make no bones about it, it really doesn’t matter whether you’re searching for your first job, a change of roles, a new career entirely, you’re a graduate or you’ve been made redundant. A job isn’t and should be just a job. You spend much of your life at work so you
Job hunters over-50 feel they’re being discriminated against with regards to finding a job because of their age. Many people we speak to when recruiting feel they are being overlooked, sometimes because of a lack of online presence on social networking sites, which increases the chance of being spotted by headhunters and recruiters. Another issue
With more University placements than ever before, is the only way to get your foot on the career ladder to have a string of letters after your name? Once upon a time you worked your way up from the bottom, staying loyal to an employer. Since the cost of Higher Education has risen, many people
True job commitment is a quality that most employers appreciate and reward. Your commitment will be the difference between success and failure. We see job commitment much like that of a long marriage. It is never going to be totally plain sailing, but once you iron out some small kinks you can look forward to
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