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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 Behavioural Interviews: Techniques for Assessing Cultural Fit
Recruiting the right talent has always been crucial to the success of any business. While technical skills and experience are essential, they are not always the best predictors of whether a candidate will thrive within…
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3 Things Companies Should Showcase to Attract Talent
For companies who want to add new talent to their team this year, it’s important to be upfront about certain things that job seekers are looking for. While certain factors like employer branding should be a constant focus for growing businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the priorities of many job seekers. Being clear about the…
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6 Great Questions to Ask in an Interview
You are preparing for a job interview: You’ve researched the company, thought about the kinds of questions you might be asked and envisioned the great answers that you’re going to give. But while concentrating on what questions will be asked of you, it is all too easy to forget to prepare some questions that you…
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Emergency Lighting: An Area of Opportunity for Electrical Wholesalers
For all public, commercial and high occupancy residential buildings, emergency lighting is a legal requirement. Because of this, emergency lighting products can continuously generate sales and revenue for wholesalers all year round. So, what types of products are available and how should they be installed? When there’s a mains power breakdown and darkness falls suddenly,…
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What Your Body Language Says About You
When at work or attending interviews, we always think carefully and consciously about what we are saying. However, what many people don’t realise is that the majority of our daily communication is non-verbal. In fact, in many instances, your subconscious body language is doing much of the talking, making an impression on others and betraying…
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How to Develop Graduate Talent to Become Top Performers
Whatever industry you operate in, attracting and developing good graduate talent should be a priority for your business. Millennials and Generation Z already make up more than a third of the global workforce and over the next decade, that figure is set to rise to 58%. Hiring and developing top graduate talent now is a…
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What All Graduates Should be Looking for in their First Career Opportunity
Making it to the end of university and achieving your degree is a great feeling and something to celebrate. However, deciding what comes next is a new challenge that many graduates find daunting. As you enter the real world of work, there are hundreds of different industries, locations and graduate opportunities to choose from. No…
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How to Discreetly Job Search While Employed
Looking for a new job without jeopardising your current one is a tricky situation that many job seekers find themselves in. In order to make a smooth transition from one position to the next, it is most ideal for you to be in a job whilst seeking other employment. The good news is that searching…
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How Wholesalers Can Enhance Home Office Environments
Even as we ease out of what we hope will be our last lockdown, it’s clear that working from home is the new normal for many. While at the start of the pandemic, workers were commandeering a corner of the kitchen table and trying to adapt to the new work from home regime, many have…
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What to Do About Graduating With a 2.2 Degree
It’s widely considered by graduates that a 2.2 classification means that your entire university degree has been a massive waste of time and money. Receiving the 2.2 “grade of doom” can feel like all the doors to great graduate careers are closing in your face. But this really isn’t the case and if you’re in…