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Researching Skills: Why They’re Important in Every Career
How you use your researching skills at work does depend on your role, but there’s one thing for sure, you need them! Your research at work could involve anything from checking out the competition to improving your working practices. Mostly, conducting research requires you to take a step back from your day-to-day tasks to see…
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Sales Tips: 5 Ways to Seal the Deal
Some people are born salespeople, others learn the ropes on the job. Whether or not you were born with the gift, every sales professional has their own technique when it comes to going in for the sell. “How do you make sure you get that sale?” It’s the golden question for salespeople, and we’re certain…
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Building Client Relationships: 5 Ways to Keep Your Clients Happy
If your company depends on customers or clients, the key to being successful is making sure that you can grow and maintain your client base. This isn’t something that will happen on its own, it takes an investment of time and effort on your part. The best business comes from repeat customers; they trust you…
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Paving the Way to Leadership: Develop your Skills
Do you feel you have what it takes to be a manager? Have you found it difficult to make the move into leadership? You’re not alone, many ambitious professionals looking to progress to management roles find themselves held back by the fact that such jobs require candidates with a certain level of experience. However, there…
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Connecting on LinkedIn: The Unwritten Rules
We all know that LinkedIn is the go-to site for managing and growing our professional networks. With more than 390 million members, there’s plenty of professionals to be found, but what’s important is that you connect with these people in the right way. You could be growing your network to find new prospects, opportunities, potential…
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Managing Your Time to Get the Best Results
How often do you find yourself worrying because you don’t think you have enough time to get everything done? Have you ever used lack of time as an excuse? If you haven’t said it, you’ve definitely thought it! In a recent global survey (Accenture), 80% of respondents stated that they often felt there weren’t enough…
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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 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…