Joining the armed forces is a big decision that requires careful consideration, but can be an excellent career move for those looking for a meaningful and rewarding job with ample
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If you’re like most people, you’ve got a million great ideas but struggle to turn them into reality. It’s easy to get stuck in the dreaming stage, but if you
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As business owners, we’re always looking for ways to save money. With the rising costs of energy, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to do so. One way that businesses can save
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We could all use a bit more cash in our pocket, right? There are some things you can do TODAY that will set you on course for reducing your outgoings
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As we get deeper and deeper into the Digital Age, more businesses are moving towards remote employees. Not only does it allow more flexibility for workers, but it also allows
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Career Planning is an activity that should not stop once you are done with your high school or college. In fact, it should be a constant process in your life
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You go to a family gathering or a friends’ reunion and you get asked, “What are your plans for higher education?” or “What have you thought about your career?” Such
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Finding the career of your choice can be quite a challenge. There are so many options and so many opinions influencing your decision that it is almost impossible to be
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We have already discussed how you can identify your personal strengths, weaknesses and opportunities in other blog posts (links to respective blog posts). In this blog, we will try to
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You are sitting on your workstation, wondering if your skills are getting dated. You try to update your resume and are hit by the hard truth: “You haven’t learnt anything
This post is part 4 of 9 in the series Job Hunting
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How Do You Network?
Posted in: Freelancer, Professional, LeaderNetworking is an important part of professional life – it’s how you build useful relationships, extend your influence, and gain information outside of your line. So how do you do
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What Soft Skills Training and Development do Freelancers need?
Posted in: Freelancer, Other Stuff Tags: Freelancer, professional freelancerThe big benefits of being freelance is that you generally decide what work you take on, and when you take it on, and there are considerable financial benefits in the
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NFRs: The mysterious requirements of a business
Posted in: Freelancer, Professional Tags: information technology requirements, nfrNon-Functional Requirements (NFRs) are often the ‘unsaid’ requirements of a new product or system. NFRs should describe an important business context. Organizations who express new requirements of an IT system or
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How to Articulate Better
Posted in: Leader, Graduate, Freelancer, Professional Tags: language, articulationDeveloping and improving your public speaking skills is a sure fire way of improving your personal confidence. On a similar vein, research and experience tells me that people who can
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Are you restricting your own Success?
Posted in: Leader, Freelancer, ProfessionalI doubt many of us can answer this question Yes or No outright, but the answer maybe lurking there if you consider how frustrated you might be about not achieving
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How to Tune Into Language as a Technical Leader
Posted in: Freelancer, Professional, LeaderTechnical professions require precision in language. We can’t express computer program code in slang, as much as we can’t express an insurance illustration without being exact. So in our profession,
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The ‘art’ of Opening and Closing meetings
Posted in: Freelancer, Professional, Leader Tags: meetingsIf as you’ve felt that your meetings haven’t had the right spark of energy, or actually resulted in anything but a room full of hot air, then read on.
This post is part 9 of 20 in the series Make Meetings Work

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