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Practical advice for graduates starting out, professionals on the move, and businesses looking to hire well. Written by the Bridgewater team.
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Mastering Time Management in Your First Graduate Job
Starting your first graduate job is a huge milestone – congratulations! It marks the beginning of your professional journey and brings with it exciting challenges, new responsibilities, and a steep learning curve. One of the…
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Can You Improve Your LinkedIn Profile?
The vast majority of professionals now have a presence on LinkedIn and those that don’t could be missing out on an extremely valuable tool. LinkedIn is useful for a number of purposes: Building your professional network Enhancing your professional image Maintaining contact with your connections Networking with colleagues Searching for new opportunities Making you…
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Why Job Seekers Need to be More Visible on Social Media
Job seekers are often reminded about how damaging their social media can be. When you apply for a job employers and recruiters will look you up, but what will they find when they do? We have seen plenty of photos of candidates falling out of clubs and looking a little worse for wear. It does…
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Why Emotional Intelligence is a Key Leadership Skill
Having a high degree of emotional intelligence is an important skill for any leader. The ability to understand and manage the emotions of those around us, as well as our own, can have a huge impact on how we work with others and how others respond to us. In this respect, having a high level…
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How to Improve Your Communication Skills
Being able to communicate effectively is critical to your career. Almost every job requires you to communicate with others and build working relationships that can have a huge impact on your success at work. If you can improve your communication skills and develop a strong communicative skill set, then you will propel your career forward…
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Our Top Work-Life Balance Tips
Achieving a work-life balance is pretty high up on a lot of people’s list of priorities. What is the point in working really hard every day if we don’t like what we do, have the time to enjoy ourselves and can’t make the most of the lifestyle that we work for? If you are happy…
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CV Format – How to Score with Your Job Application
The experience and skills that you display on your CV are what make a recruiter or hiring manager decide whether to reject your application or take it further. However, the person viewing your CV may not even see everything you have to offer if your CV format is not clear and well-structured. Recruiters and hiring…
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How Recruitment Companies Can Help You Find a Job
The majority of employers do not have in-house HR teams that can manage the company’s recruitment because hiring new staff is a BIG job in itself! Instead, they pass their vacancies on to recruitment companies who will advertise and help find candidates on the employer’s behalf. Recruitment companies, therefore, have a lot of good opportunities…