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
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We have already discussed how you can identify your personal strengths in this other blog (link to Identifying Your Personal Strengths blog post). However, it is equally important to be
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You are at an interview at the place that you really like. The interview is going great, but then the interviewer asks you this question: “List down your greatest personal
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This is the second blog on the basics of job-hunting. The first blog took you through how to look for a new job and possibly a career shift. All of
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It is that time of the year when a lot of us will be going through annual evaluations at our workplaces. There will possibly be some increments and some disappointments.
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The Coronavirus pandemic is bigger than anybody expected. Although the UK has quite a small number of cases, the rest of Europe is struggling to cope and shutting its borders
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Why Your Job Applications Are Getting Ignored
Posted in: All Featured ArticlesRejection is unfortunately an unavoidable part of any job search. With many companies always looking for different qualities, it is simply not possible for you to be the ideal candidate
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What to do when you have burnt bridges with ex-colleagues
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, Freelancer, Graduate, Leader, ProfessionalWhat should you do when the damage is done?
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As a High-Performer, You’ve Gotta Cope With Defeat
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Freelancer, Graduate, Leader, Professional Tags: defeat, failure, high performance, project failureIt’s foolish to think that the great people of our day, and yesterday, did not experience defeat.
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What To Do When You Have Messed Up At Work
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, Graduate, Professional Tags: boss, failure, manager, mistakeIf we didn’t make mistakes, we wouldn’t be human. Still, when we mess up at work we often find ourselves in a sticky, embarrassing situation. So here are some tips
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5 Major Gaffes I’ve Made as an IT Manager
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, Leader, Professional Tags: change management, naivety, new managerI can look back on my career now and laugh at some of the things I did, and in some cases I cringe like crazy to the point my toes
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Ask Yourself the RIGHT Question
Posted in: Freelancer, Graduate, Leader, Professional Tags: personalityIf disaster or disappointment strikes, it’s normal to ask ourselves why. Why did I fail? Why didn’t I get the job? But these questions aren’t the RIGHT questions to ask.
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5 Ways To Deal With Criticism and Critics
Posted in: Best Of, Graduate, Professional Tags: criticism, critics, negative energyThe more you put yourself out there, the more you open yourself up critics and criticism. Here is how to cope with negativity.
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Mistakes I Made as a Freelance Web Developer and How To Avoid Them
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, Freelancer Tags: Freelancer, professional freelancer, web developerIf I had a few cents for every mistake and/or error I made during my time as a freelancer, then quite frankly, I wouldn’t be developing websites.
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Laid Off/Made Redundant? Here’s what to do with your finances
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, Professional Tags: laid off, redundancy, redundant, severenceThis is one of the worst things to happen – or so it feels at the time.
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How to Recover from Upsetting Your Boss – Like a Pro
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, Graduate, Professional Tags: mistakeYou made a gaffe and your boss is upset with you. Don’t panic. Here’s how to fix it.
This post is part 10 of 18 in the series Coping with Defeat

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