Employability Skills
It’s a tough market out there at the moment. Writing your CV and selling your self at interview are challenges. However it’s important to think about what employers are looking for. Job readiness skills are clustered intothree skill sets: basic academic skills, higher order thinking skills, personal qualities. Employability skills are those basic skills necessary for getting, [...]
Starting Your New Job [First impressions count]
It’s not only the first day in a new role at work but also the first 100 days that are significant for you, your colleagues and the company you are going to work for. AND It’s not just your first impression, and the impression you make but also your performance during those initial days that [...]
40 Tips on how to work successfully with your partner
Working with your partner is not necessarily an easy thing to do. Before you start you need to set out some ground rules to make things clear about how you will work together. Even the most suited and happiest of couples can disagree over finances, working practices and family because men and women work in [...]
The most rewarding job in the world
And a job for life? Would you apply for a role that had no real prospects, limited financial rewards and was a lifelong commitment full of daily challenges? In addition, you’d be on call 24/7 and need excellent planning, prioritising and organisational skills, the ability to work flexibly and communicate, negotiate and probably resolve conflict [...]
Job Interview questions (and how to answer them)
Prepare for questions you might be asked. Preparation is the key to your success here Continuing the interview theme, the following is a list of questions you may be asked at an interview. Some suggestions are given which you can to use to prepare your own answer. Thorough preparation will give you the confidence to [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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