Career Advice

Returning after a career break?

Are you thinking of returning to work after a career break? Many of us will take a career break at some point in our lives to accommodate travel, family, study or well-being.  In some careers, such as teaching, career breaks can be structured and your role will be there on your return.  But for most people a career break means

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Job Application Tips

When applying for a job, always remember that the employer can only see whatever information you present to them.  So even if you are the most efficient person in the world, if your job application has errors, is badly written or doesn’t address key job requirements, you are selling yourself short. Below are some job application tips to remember when

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Tips for hiring part-time employees

Tips for hiring part-time employees It is widely acknowledged that great people make great organisations.   Now, as we approach full employment there are more and more employers looking to fill vacant positions.  What can you do to make your search more successful?   Here are some useful tips when hiring part-time staff: Never stop searching Hiring great employees is key

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Work/Life Balance

Work/Life Balance There are so many articles written on work/life balance, it is clearly a big issue for a lot of people today.  I imagine to some degree there is a generic set of recommendations that applies to all of us.  But it is also something very individual as we really need to look at where the stress in our

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