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New Year, New Job
A new year is always a chance for a new start in many ways, and your job is an integral part of this too. A new year is always symbolic, offering the chance for a fresh beginning, but it’s also a genuinely good time to search for new career opportunities. This time of year is often when businesses will be coming out of a recruitment freeze, or when their HR departments will be assessing which departments need more support. This means that new opportunities are likely to arise. Register with recruitment consultants and keep an eye on online job boards if you’re seeking new opportunities. Check these daily, and check…
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Finding Fulfilment from your Job
Finding fulfilment in work isn’t just about having a decent salary and a comfortable life (though of course these factors will contribute, too). It is about finding something to do at work that ignites your passion and makes you excited to wake up in the morning. In the modern job market, people are looking for more fulfilment, as we are working longer hours and need to be able to commit 100% to our jobs. When you are doing work that you care about and that you believe in, you will be able to produce better results. This will in turn lead you into better paid work, because you are doing…
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What do you Want from your Career?
What do you want from your career? This is something that is so fundamental, and yet, so infrequently talked about in modern-day society. You might find that you need to think deeply about what it is that you want – and if you do, chances are this means you haven’t found it just yet. Finding a career that will suit you is not easy. You will need a certain amount of money to maintain your way of life – and just generally to live and to pay the bills. You will also need to feel a certain amount of fulfilment from your career, so you will need it to be…
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Choosing a Job Based on Salary
There are lots of reasons why you might decide to apply to a job, and salary will usually be up there with the top reasons. It’s the reason why most of us work, and it’s the top motivating factor in applying for jobs in lots of cases. If you want to earn a higher salary, the obvious step to take is to hunt for a new job. It’s often easier than waiting for a promotion to arise in your current workplace. Remember to look for other factors that matter to you as well. For example, you will have certain aspects of your work that you enjoy more than others. If…
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Recruiting for New Positions in the New Year
A new year is an excellent time to recruit. Lots of people will have been waiting until Christmas was over to begin their job search, so this can be a very strong time for good candidates on the job market. You will usually get lots of responses to job ads at this time, meaning you will have more candidates to choose from. Engage a recruitment consultant to help you with the process. They can do as much or as little as you like in the way of helping, placing job adverts for you, or helping you to sort through applications and finding suitable people who may be interested in the…
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Selling a Job to a Candidate
Most business owners who employ staff will be able to relate to this situation: you have found the ideal candidate and you want to make sure they are going to want to work for your company. You want to make them a job offer. How can you make sure they are a keen on the position as possible? Here are some tips to help you sell your role to a candidate: Tell them about some of the previous successes in the role. Don’t just focus on money – tell them about what is involved on a day to day basis, so they can begin to imagine themselves in the role.…
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What Should you get Out of Recruitment?
Businesses use recruitment services for various reasons. All these reasons are perfectly valid, and it will just depend on what you specifically want to get out of those recruitment services that you use. If you are thinking about starting up with a new recruitment agency, think about what you want to achieve, so you can make sure the service is meeting those aims for you. These are some of the most common things you should expect to get out of a recruitment agency: Time saving. You won’t have to post job adverts or look actively for candidates – an agency can do this for you. You should notice you save…
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How to Achieve Interview Success
We’ve previously explored how to search for a new career within a green industry. Once you’ve managed to hone your CV and apply for jobs, you’ll need to know how to be successful at interview. Here are some tips to make sure you come across as well in person as you do on paper: First of all, let your enthusiasm show. People who work in the green sector tend to be very passionate about what they do, and really want to make a difference. If your own enthusiasm comes across, employers will believe in your desire to take on their role. Research the company, and ask questions about it. Employers…