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How to Quit Your Job.

How to Quit Your Job.

Have you been offered a new job and now have to make the difficult decision to leave your old one? Are you finding it hard to find the right way to let your boss down when you decide it’s time to leave? We’ve all been in this position once or twice in our lives, it’s a tough situation to be in, especially if you’ve been in your current job for a long time. Maybe you haven’t been offered a new job but just feel that it’s time for a change? Sometimes, a job just isn’t the right fit for you and that can cause an ongoing struggle between wanting to keep your job because it pays well or is good for your career and being unhappy in a job you don’t enjoy. If this is the case, this article is for you. Today we’re going to look at quitting and the process you should go...

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Top 5 Mistakes in Job Interviews and How to Avoid Them

Top 5 Mistakes in Job Interviews and How to Avoid Them

Have you ever had a bad interview? Found yourself thinking ‘why did I do that?’ after you left? We’ve all been there. You finally got yourself an interview only to completely blow it at the last moment. Today, we’re going to talk about the top 3 biggest mistakes people make in interviews and how you can avoid them.   1.‘Why did you leave your previous job?’ One of the biggest mistakes people make in interviews is overreacting to this question. If someone asks you why you left your previous job remain calm and explain very simply the reason you no longer work there. Over-explaining can lead to making you look irrational or like you are trying to hide something. It’s okay to say ‘they didn’t pay me enough’ or ‘the role wasn’t right for me’! You don’t need to...

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5 Ways to Avoid Stress at Work

5 Ways to Avoid Stress at Work

Are you feeling stressed at work? In a constant state of feeling like you need a day off or some solution to your stress before you burn out? We all find ourselves feeling stressed sometimes. However, if stress is interfering with your productivity and working life, it’s important to identify the cause of the stress and find a solution. Today we’re going to talk about some top tips for reducing stress and making working life easier.   Full and proper rest. It’s important that you rest during your time away from work. Sometimes when you’re busy it can be hard to find time to get 8 hours of sleep a night but it’s important to make sure you’re properly rested in order to keep your stress levels low. Equally, it’s important to make sure you utilise your time off...

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How to Attract Talent for a Role.

How to Attract Talent for a Role.

When you’re working in recruitment, it can be hard to find top quality talent for your roles. Many people think recruitment is as simple as putting together a job description and waiting for the applications to roll in. However, though you might receive some applications, you’re likely to find that many of them are not up to the standard of the role you are recruiting for. Maybe your client has a lot of very specific requirements for candidates such as a specific qualification or amount of experience and every application falls just shy of that quota. It can be incredibly frustrating to find the right candidate but there are a few things you can do to help increase your chances of finding that perfect employee.   Find the right balance for your job...

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Why J.K Rowling Never Gave Up – and You Shouldn’t, Either.

Why J.K Rowling Never Gave Up – and You Shouldn’t, Either.

We’ve all heard of the Harry Potter franchise, a series of books about a young wizard that goes to wizarding school that captured the imaginations of some 400 million children worldwide. The series were a huge hit and were created into films, games and merchandise that still sell in large numbers today. However, did you know that the brain behind the books, J.K Rowling, was actually rejected by numerous publishers before Potter finally hit the shelves in the early 90’s? In March, after receiving a request from a fan, Rowling decided to tweet some snaps of rejection letters she had received from publishers Constable & Robinson and Crème De La Crime, encouraging budding authors to keep going in the face of rejection. Rowling began her career writing in a flat...

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