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How To Get Promoted In Three Steps Critical steps to move up in your career and how to get promoted by being noticed. “Am I delivering results?” The best predictor of future performance is past results. If you apply for a loan at a bank, they will check your credit history. When others lent you money, […]

Think You’re Ready For A Change? The Right (And Wrong) Reasons To Leave A Job Americans are more optimistic about the employment landscape than ever before, with 65% saying that now is a prime time to find a job but is it the right time you leave a job. But a tight labor market isn’t necessarily […]

Is Self Employment for you- what do you want from work ? What do we want from work? Millions of people are now reinventing their working lives and becoming self employed. Ruth Barnes presents the first in a new series exploring the changing world of work and self employment. There are now five million self-employed […]

3 hurdles that stop people from applying for jobs (and how to jump over them) Applying for jobs can be difficult, we all know that. Generally, we apply for new jobs because we want to improve our situations, whether financially or emotionally, but often certain barriers get in the way. A study conducted by SEEK […]

As LinkedIn becomes more of a reliable vehicle for finding influencers, prospects, partners and new talent, your LinkedIn profile is more important than ever. Here are nine steps to ensure your profile is polished for 2019: 1. Mind your profile picture and background picture. Use a high-quality, professional headshot—preferably 400 by 400 pixels—and make the picture […]

Should you include a photograph on your CV? Should I include a photo of myself on my CV? I’m applying for a position in the UK. Is it professional to include my photo in my CV?  Answer: While it was once standard practice to include a CV picture, employers in the UK no longer expect […]

How to get your Get Your CV Read By Humans Shutterstock Back in the day, human resources was humane. It’s hard to believe that there used to be real-life, actual people who read CV’s, responded to the submissions and spoke with job seekers. Yes, I know this sounds crazy, but it’s true. I’ll blow your […]

Why you should consider retraining as a pilot Boeing says Asia needs 240,000 pilots over next two decades If you need a job, you may want to consider retraining as a pilot and moving to China. Boeing forecasts that the Asia Pacific will need the greatest number of pilots, technicians and cabin crew over the next […]

The 10 Worst Mistakes Career Changers Can Make Someday you might find yourself sitting at your desk wondering what life would be like if you’ve chosen a different career path. In today’s world, it doesn’t even need to be a distant dream – career change is possible and many people take the steps to change […]

Why it’s never too late to change careers Media captionWatch: Bolt trains for first time with A-League club Usain Bolt vowed to “prove people wrong” as the champion sprinter trained for the first time with Australian football club Central Coast Mariners. As the eight-time Olympic champion trades his running shoes for football boots, we spoke […]