How to Improve your Time Management Skills
We’ve all found ourselves feeling strapped for time at one point or another and it can often happen when we’re at work. Got an essay deadline to meet next week that you haven’t started yet? Taken on one too many clients and now can’t find the time to get all your work done? Managing your time can be difficult, so how can you improve so that you can be better for next time? This article will discuss a few ways you can hone your time management skills and meet your deadlines. Take a moment to accept that you are one person and cannot do everything. One of the biggest issues for people who find it hard to meet deadlines can be taking on too much work. Every once in a while, remind yourself that you can only do so much. You might need to ask someone for help...
Top 10 Degree Subjects for Employability.
If you’re a young person trying to decide which degree you should take at University, one question is likely to come up over and over again – which one will be best for your future career prospects? In 2015 the Telegraph released a list of the top 10 degree subjects for graduate prospects. Today we’re going to discuss these subjects and their successes in employability to help you decide which one is best for you. Alternatively, if you’re already a graduate, you might want to just see if your subject made the list. Social Studies. With just under half of its graduates finding employment within 6 months, Social Studies might come as an unexpected surprise to some for making this list. While it’s true that scientific and business related...
5 Easy Steps to Make Your CV More Impressive.
So your old C.V hasn’t been getting you as many interviews as you’d like lately and you’re wondering ‘why not?’. Or maybe, you’re just looking to spruce it up and improve it because it’s been a while. Either way, there’s plenty of ways you can improve your CV and get more interviews, more callbacks from agencies and more interest from employers in general. This article will explore 5 ways you can make your CV a bit more impressive. 1. Proofreading Of course, you would have proofread your CV when you wrote it but it never hurts to look back over it again. It can be so easy to miss an incorrect punctuation mark or slight spelling error or even disjointed sentence from when you were halfway through writing a point and then changed your mind. Spelling and...
How to be a ‘Morning Person’
If you’re working full time, chances are you have to wake up some or most mornings for work. Some people consider themselves to be ‘morning people’ – people who are able to wake up happy and ready for the day. These people are the envy of the office at 9 am, the kind of people you wish you could be. So how can you become a morning person? In this article, we’ll discuss a few ways you can make mornings more pleasant and put yourself in a better mood for the rest of the day. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It’s a commonly used phrase that could not be more right. Breakfast is a meal that is not only nutritionally important but can also boost your mood and energy for the day, making your morning a little...
5 Ways to Stop Yourself Procrastinating.
Procrastinating is a part of work life. We all do it, whether we’re self employed or working full time, we find ourselves at one time or another putting off work that we need to do. So how do you stop yourself being up against the wall with all your deadlines because you felt like procrastinating? This article will discuss 5 ways you can focus your mind and get back to work when you just don’t feel like it. 1. Organise your work. It can be easy to procrastinate if you don’t have your work organised in such a way that you can see exactly how much you have left to do. Out of sight, out of mind. Always keep your work organised in a way that forces you to recognise it. This could be through the use of post-its, lists, or maybe you just want a...
5 Things You Should Always Keep in Your Desk Drawer
Your desk drawer at work is your personal space. If you don’t have your own office, it might be the only place at work you can consider your ‘private space’. Unlike your desk, the things in your drawer can be closed and locked away. It’s the one area at work where you can keep both your work documents and your own personal things. However, there are some things you should make sure you always keep in your desk drawer in case of emergencies. We’re going to talk about 5 of those things and why they’re important today. 1. Deodorant/Body spray. Sometimes when you’re at work on a hot day you might have to run around doing some errands. This can lead to sweat, which leads to body odour. Obviously, this can be very...