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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Freelancers: How to Protect Your Business from the Worst
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, FreelancerAs freelancers, our business is our livelihood. We don’t have the ‘safety blanket’ of the corporate environment. But have you protected it?
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Freelancers, Could You Benefit From The Bartering Economy?
Posted in: FreelancerCould the ‘bartering economy’ help your freelance business? Thousands of businesses think so. It could save you shed loads of money and build new business relationships too.
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Update on ‘Become a Smart and Effective Freelancer’
Posted in: FreelancerDang It! The Become a Smart and Effective Freelancer course was due for launch on July 1st… But time ran out for me this month! It’s been a hectic mêlée
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How To Leave a Permanent Job to Become a Freelancer
Posted in: ProfessionalLeaving the safety and stability of a permanent job is a daunting task. Thousands (like You?) don’t chase their dream of being their own boss every day because they just
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10 Big Reasons Why Freelancers Must Use Elance and Rentacoder (or Other Freelance Marketplaces)
Posted in: FreelancerFreelance Marketplaces, like Elance and Rentacoder, have grown very popular with freelancers and their clients because they are a ‘platform solution’ to many freelancer business problems. For a small(ish) fee, freelancers
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As a Freelancer, You’re At A Disadvantage
Posted in: FreelancerAs a freelancer, you are likely to be in a disadvantaged position as far as personal development and feedback goes. Why? Well permanent employees, as a rule, are nurtured by
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How To Use Your Connections to Increase Your Productivity and Overall Success
Posted in: FreelancerBeing a freelance web developer, I rely very heavily on my personal and business connections and relationships, and odds are that you do too. Having a lot of connections and/or
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Mistakes I Made as a Freelance Web Developer and How To Avoid Them
Posted in: All Featured Articles, Best Of, FreelancerIf 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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Freelancers Tend to Have Their Head In The Sand (and Nine Free Course places available!)
Posted in: All Featured Articles, FreelancerThe majority of freelancers in IT have their head in the sand, as far as their personal performance goes. IT leaders from across several industries have commented to me that
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What Soft Skills Training and Development do Freelancers need?
Posted in: Freelancer, Other StuffThe 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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