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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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How to Address Employment Gaps on Your CV
Are you concerned about what employers will think about the gaps in employment on your CV? Are you unsure about how’s best to address these gaps? Well, there’s no need to worry. You can still ensure that your CV stands out from the crowd and impresses employers even if you’ve been out of work for…
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5 Tips for Creating an Impeccable Graduate CV and Cover Letter
When searching for graduate jobs, you know that your CV is the first chance you have to make a great impression on employers. Your cover letter is an opportunity to expand on this and to explain briefly why you are a good fit for the role. Together, these two documents are crucial in getting you…
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How to Avoid Procrastinating Whilst Working from Home
Working from home has become the new normal for many during the current pandemic. While working from home undoubtedly has many benefits, it can be challenging to get into a new routine where you stay focused and maintain high productivity levels. We’re all prone to a bit of procrastination whether we’re in the office or…
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Conducting Video Interviews: Red Flags That Show a Candidate Isn’t Right for Your Business
Business leaders know that hiring the wrong candidate for their team can be costly and have a negative impact on other employees. That’s why they often turn to recruitment companies like ours who can lend their expertise and help them to find and hire the right people. Recruiters and employers alike are now making video…
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5 Valuable Redundancy Tips for Employers
Making redundancies can be a tough decision for employers and a difficult and upsetting situation for employees. Making redundancies, however, can be essential for the survival and success of your business. Many companies are forced to make redundancies or take the time to assess and restructure their businesses when times are tough. If redundancies are…
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How to Keep Your Sales Team Motivated While Working from Home
Since the initial lockdown back in March, many sales teams have continued to work from home and are planning to do so for the foreseeable future. If this is the case for your sales team, you may be concerned about how to keep them motivated whilst they are working remotely. Salespeople tend to be great…
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6 Crucial Skills for Working Remotely
New guidance released by the government this week is encouraging those that can to work from home in the coming months. Working remotely undoubtedly has its benefits. Workers have more flexibility, save time on their commute and can achieve a better work-life balance. With remote working being here to stay, there’s a specific skill set…
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Tips for Employers: How to Navigate Flexible Working
Thanks to the lasting impact of the pandemic, more people than ever are now working from home or more flexibly than before. For many businesses and employees, this has been a new way of operating and it’s here to stay. While working from home isn’t for everyone, flexible working is something that employers are going…
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How to Improve Your CV When You Can’t Get Work Experience
Finding work experience or a graduate job after university has always been a challenge, but it’s even harder in the middle of a pandemic. Unfortunately, many employers are having to cancel work experience opportunities and are assessing their graduate recruitment strategy as a result of Covid-19. While there are fewer opportunities for new graduates at…