RETURNING TO WORK
Whether you’ve taken some time off to start a family, travel or look after a loved one, returning to the workforce after a break from you career can be daunting. However, if you prepare in advance the transition should be a breeze.
HOW TO NEGOTIATE A PAY RISE
Do you feel overworked and underpaid? Well, you certainly aren’t alone. But before you start looking for work elsewhere; perhaps it’s worth asking for a pay raise?
MAKE A CLEAN BREAK – TOP TIPS FOR RESIGNING
The way you resign from your job can have a large impact on your future career – bungle it and you could be left with a bad reference. But, if you follow the proper etiquette, the impression you leave will stand you in good stead for years to come.
Contemplating a career change?
Jennie McLoughlin from Lifecoach Directory offers some tips on finding the all important reason to make a career shift. Lifecoach Directory has a wealth of information on making big life decisions and a network of qualified UK life coaches ready to help you achieve your career goals.
Top tips for succeeding at interviews
Interview success is a skill that can be learnt, here are our top interview tips for success:
Working in hospitality and catering
Hospitality is a widely used term that includes roles in hotels, cruise ships, airlines, restaurants, leisure centres and conference facilities. If you’re customer focused, the possibilities are endless if you can work well in a team, manage pressure and think on your feet.
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Top 10 CV Tips
Creating the perfect CV can be a challenge. Not only are you are relying on two pages to convey your personality, skills and experience but in today’s economy you’re up against more competition than ever.
Acing your Job Interview
A successful interview, like a good CV is an opportunity to sell your skills. This is your chance to differentiate yourself from other candidates on the shortlist. Think about how your experience fits with the employer’s expectations and how you will demonstrate your responsibilities, accountabilities and successes. Prepare answers for likely interview questions, especially the
How to Deal with Tough Interview Questions
When you’re going for that all important interview it can be daunting to think about what tough questions you may get asked. Here are a couple of thoughts and scenarios to think through before your interview:
How to make your job work for you
For many students, finance is a primary challenge of the university or college experience, and an increasing number are responding to shortfalls with part-time work during term time or holidays. Extra money is the main incentive, taming overdrafts and boosting daily living budgets, while in extreme cases it may even make the difference between being
Working through disability
Higher education institutions do their best to help and encourage students with disabilities, as Richard Sypula discovered
Don’t drink too much
Binge drinking has become a big part of student life, but what are the adverse side effects of heavy alcohol consumption?
Focus on sciences
A science degree doesn’t mean spending your career, or even your course, stuck in a lab, as one student found out
Interviews: A two-way process
Being called up for interview may seem daunting, but they are a useful way of discovering more about the course you want to do – and how it is taught
My Biggest Mistake: John Rawlings
I trusted too much, too soon
Your employment questions answered
Q. Since our company underwent a 16-month restructuring programme, the whole dynamic of our department has changed. There have been several redundancies and promotions and as a result trust among us is at an all-time low. We feel like the survivors of war. Everyone seems to be out for themselves alone.
Careers In Web Design
With almost every business and organisation in the country having its own website, there is an ongoing need for designers who can create well-constructed and effective websites to provide information. Many companies now trade over the internet; mail order companies, in particular, create large, sophisticated sites that complement their printed catalogues.
Careers In Insurance
A career in insurance offers well qualified professionals an interesting and varied life in secure and well-paid circumstances. Because there are now so many different areas of our lives that can be insured, there are plenty of opportunities to gain experience as you work your way up in the business. The insurance industry is a
Careers In Marketing
A career in marketing can offer you lots of possibilities for variety and interest. Any reasonably sized company or organisation today relies on marketing communications to get their message out to customers and it is one of the strongest sectors of the UK economy.