The interview is the pivotal part of hiring a new member of staff, helping you to decide whether a person is going to be right for your organisation. This means you have to use to interview to decide whether they will be a good fit and to work out whether you will want this particular … [Read more…]
One of the main challenges employers face is turnover. Employees leave all the time, moving onto new opportunities. It is very much a job market where this is expected – people tend not to stay in jobs for more than a couple of years, which is a new trend amongst younger people, in general. If … [Read more…]
Progressing at work isn’t just about the quality of the work you produce. It is also largely about your attitude and the way in which you conduct yourself at work. If you have the right attitude and make your intentions clear, you are much more likely to gain success in the workplace. When you talk … [Read more…]
Everybody has a different definition of a good job and a good company. There are some companies, though, that are generally acknowledged to be good to work for. They tend to be known for looking after their staff and offering them a great career. Here are some ways to tell if you are applying to … [Read more…]
If you have just graduated and are looking for your first job in the field, be prepared for sharks who want to hire you to cover for holiday, or to solve a problem within their company using your fresh thinking. If you have found one of these companies they will lie about the starting wage … [Read more…]
If your looking to start your career in software engineering and want to work for a great company, then Travis Perkins offer a well structure graduate program that will open up new doors for you and your career. Usually the starting salary is around £25,000 PA, and you will be among the best and brightest of … [Read more…]
When you graduate University you may find that you can’t get work because you don’t have any commercial experience in the field that your going into, and your degree is just not enough to open the doors for you. On the inverse you may find that your degree is enough to get you through the … [Read more…]
If you are a recent graduate with various skills, abilities and experiences from University and some Freelance based work, you should ideally have an account on LinkedIn. If you have an account on Linked in already then you should do all you can to showcase what your good at and what you are looking for in … [Read more…]
Another useful took for graduates is the use of social media to further their career. If you as a graduate have tried the usual avenues to look for work but have had a series of bad interviews, or started in a job with a company that was not right for you it might be worth … [Read more…]
There a number of site out there that offer recruitment opportunities for graduates, and they each have their own specific collections of jobs for a particular field such as, IT, Health Care, Teaching, etc… Some of those sites have a tendency to spur up the same listed jobs also hosted on other sites such as totaljobs, reed, … [Read more…]