Why work experience and endurance is key, not just at the age of 21 Progressing a career in the legal sector requires endurance, commitment, and money. To become a solicitor, training can take three years if you’re a law graduate, four years if you’re a non-law graduate, and six years if you’re not a graduate....Read More

Research shows that women are less confident than men when it comes to asking for a pay rise. There are lots of articles, and even books, that aim to build your confidence and give you tips on how to get that extra moula you so rightly deserve. Here are a few of my personal hints....Read More

Top 10 tips for creating a better work environment Creating a good environment goes a long way in making certain the company achieves its goals. In addition, the employees as well as team leaders are also able to fulfill their personal goals and desires. The following are some ways of creating a good and conducive...Read More

Procrastination is among the most crippling behavioural and psychological traits there is. Are you among those people blocked, stopped, or sidelined by this? Perhaps many people are in constant battle with trying to get solutions on how to stop procrastinating so that they can change their operation modes. Procrastinating is affecting everyone ranging from people...Read More

Hard work and loyalty will never harm your reputation within an organisation but even the most diligent and loyal of employees aren’t guaranteed to get promoted. There are many potential barriers on the road to promotion but if you identify these obstacles and develop a strategy to overcome them, you greatly improve your chances of...Read More

A lot of us consider networking to only be a way of finding a new job or attracting external interest to our current employer. We don’t really consider how powerful networking can also be actually within the workplace. We all want to have influence at work, although the degree to which each of us wants...Read More

The world of business is very challenging these days. Companies are being put under extreme pressure to satisfy shareholders, employees are been squeezed to the maximum in terms of performance. It is easy to just put your head down and “just get on with it”. Throw experience into the mix, and we pick up very...Read More

Tara Daynes – HR and Employment Law Consultant and Trainer 1) Don’t make your CV a collection of previous job descriptions! Focus not just on what you’ve done, but also on how successfully you did it, so that your CV stands out from others with a similar career path – because having experience doesn’t always...Read More

Have you been made redundant or find yourself on gardening leave and need to kick start your networking? Have you worked extremely hard and performed well in your job over many years at the expense of your personal networking? My quick guidelines below will get you started but there are two points you need to...Read More

We asked the experts about Head Hunting Getting on the radar To be on a headhunter’s radar, you need to be in the places that headhunters look. And headhunters, or more accurately their researchers (the highly skilled people whose job it is to identify potential candidates for the headhunter) look in a number of places:...Read More