Is there an Upside to Self-Perception?
Hardly a week goes by, without some psychologist uncovering more evidence that – and there’s no point soft-soaping this – you don’t know what you’re doing. More specifically: you don’t know why you do...
View ArticleHow to beat the Holiday Job Search blues.
Job search during the holiday season can add an additional level of stress and to an already stressful time of year. But there is an upside to interviewing during the holidays. How to beat the Holiday...
View ArticleThere’s nothing more debilitating than being rejected.
Remember those skating songs for couples only and the homecoming dance? I just dreaded going across the dance floor and taking the chance she would say no. While many of us are years past that type of...
View ArticleLong-term employment seems to be a thing of the past.
Part-time or temporary project work is on the up, as is the demand for specific skills. So how can jobseekers respond to this and stay on top of the recruitment game? Long-term employment seems to be a...
View ArticleWhen you assume your current preferences won’t alter, you’ll make bad decisions.
Happy just the way you are? We have some bad news for you… If we’re to believe a recent study from psychologists at Harvard and Virginia universities, though, most of us are Londoners deep down. We...
View ArticleUsing Volunteering to Boost your Career!
How Volunteering Can Kick Start Your Career- Oxjam’s Nick Bryer shares his advice on using volunteering to boost your career. After graduating with a degree in English, Cat Clark worked in a series of...
View ArticleHow to write a resume when you lack direct work experience.
Do not let a lack of work experience put you off applying for a job where you otherwise meet most of the requirements. It’s important to adapt your resume if you lack work experience for a particular...
View ArticleWaiting to hear back about a job application?
Waiting to hear if your job application has been successful is an anxious time. When can you chase a potential employer, and how can you boost your chances of success? You find a great job...
View ArticleFortune, may favour the brave or the prepared. But luck doesn’t.
‘Luck is that aspect of events that you can’t influence. If you can influence it, then it’s not luck’ Few of us like to dwell on the role that luck plays in life. Think too much about luck in the...
View ArticleWhat careers really need to look like today.
Why do we have career expectations for people that require them to be peaking at 35 when we will all be working into our 70s? The idea that good leadership means sacrificing personal priorities in...
View ArticleBreaking your long-term unemployment drought starts with you, not the economy...
Sending hundreds of resumes is no solution. Networking is key to ending long-term unemployment. More and more companies are hiring today than two years ago, but we have groups of unemployed continuing...
View ArticleThere’s actually something self-centred about being highly allergic to...
If there’s anyone in the modern workplace more annoying than an obnoxious self-promoter, it’s surely the self-promoter who’s apologetic about it: “I don’t usually send emails like this, but…” Beyond...
View ArticleReduce the risk of judgments and bias working against you in a job interview
How to overcome interviewer bias? Interviews are not always objective and fair, so here are some strategies for reducing the risk of an interviewer’s snap judgments working against you. First...
View ArticleIs the job you’re doing, or applying for, mostly busywork?
Is the job you’re doing or applying for, mostly busywork and one that the world would be perfectly fine without? It has often been observed that the future didn’t turn out as predicted. Thanks to...
View ArticleTo be a successful leader in the workplace, do you have to be autocratic and...
Who you are determines how you lead? To be a successful leader, do you have to be scary? For a long time, being autocratic was seen as an obligatory characteristic for leaders, and it’s a business...
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