Career Development

Develop your career strategically through planning, skill-building, mentoring, and navigating growth opportunities within your chosen field.

Applying for Internal Vacancies

Gaining a new position with your current employer can be a great way to achieve a career change without losing the benefits you’ve built up during your emp...

Being Heard in Work Meetings

While meetings can be a tiresome interference to your busy day, they can also be a good place to have your thoughts and ideas heard. By doing this you can le...

Building Soft Skills in a Workplace

As well as education and experience employers are now keen for their staff to have well developed soft skills. These skills, such as team work and communicat...

Career Mistakes to Avoid

There are some things that most of us just shouldn’t do in life – speedos, white bikinis, tequila shots and dating married men to name a few! Make sure t...

Dealing with Career Setbacks

At some point in your career you will have to deal with setbacks. Whether it is small things like the printer breaking, or more serious setbacks like missing...

Discussing Your Career Options With HR

Although it is imperative that you are professional and discreet, talking to your human resources (HR) manager about potential internal vacancies can be a te...

Dress to Impress at Work

So much of what we communicate to others has nothing to do with what we say. It is about the way we look, our body language and persona. Even if you are not...

Gaining Awards and Recognition at Work

As you progress through your career and look for the next promotion or new job, you need to make yourself stand out from the crowd. One way of doing this is...

Going Beyond Your Job Description

We all know there is no such thing as a free lunch. In these recessionary times, the jobs that may previously have been considered a cushy number are now a h...

How to Be Your Own PR

Anyone who is famous or very well known in their industry will have a public relations (PR) team working overtime to perfect their image. The PR people will...

How to Get Noticed for Internal Opportunities

Just because all the talk is of economic doom and gloom, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t plenty of opportunities out there. If you’re dedicated, high...

How to Recover from a Career Mistake

If you’ve fallen into a career mistake, it can feel like your career is over. It is natural to feel this way but it is possible to recover from your mistak...

Making a Good First Impression

First impressions count for a lot and you only have a few seconds to impress someone. Most of their impression will be formed before you even speak, so you n...

Show Your Potential to Decision Makers

There’s no point in performing well in the workplace if someone else is going to take the credit for your hard work, especially in a difficult economic cli...

Understanding the New Online Economy

There are so many ways to make money online that the idea of shelling out for a lease on a retail shop or office space can often be perfectly unnecessary. Un...

Utilising Out-of-Hours Opportunities

Although you may not wish to feel like you’re ‘at work’ 24/7, it certainly pays to be alert at all times when it’s possible that you may come into co...