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Dec 07, 2023
How Google Alerts Offer Critical Business Intelligence for Job Search
We share four examples of the valuable information that can be gleaned from Google alerts, and how it can be used to your advantage when conducting a job search.
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Dec 07, 2023
How to Emphasise Soft Skills in Your Personal Branding
Those who have strong soft skills are usually great listeners, persuaders, and collaborators. They make the workplace easier for others.
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Dec 07, 2023
Covid career progression
This is the logical place to start and does set the platform for the restof your career to develop. It’s a question to consider very carefully.Consider which area of law you have enjoyed the most and why? Where are youparticularly strong technically? How would you develop a career in thatparticular sector? Is your training contract set up in such that has a biastowards non-contentious or contentious work? Perhaps most importantly, whicharea could you talk through most knowledgeably and enthusiastically. Thereisn’t anything wrong with considering multiple areas but think abouthow this might dilute your applications.
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Dec 07, 2023
Considering a Different Job or New Career Path? Start by Identifying Your Transferable Skills
Here's what you need to do to identify and make the most of your transferable skills to allow you to apply your talents, abilities and experience in a new role and/or new field.
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Dec 07, 2023
5 Ways to Reduce the Need for Redundancies
What to think about when considering how redundancies could have been reduced or avoided
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Dec 07, 2023
Women in Leadership
With Mothers’ Day and International Women’s Day, March has been a big celebration for the hardworking women in our lives, whether they are our own mothers or strong successful women we admire.
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Dec 07, 2023
Tips on preparing for an interview
Make your interview the best 60 minutes of the interviewer’s day!
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Dec 07, 2023
Why the Value of Outplacement is Always Higher than Cash
If your organisation is debating between offering cash or career transition support to impacted employees, here are some important things you should know before making a final decision.
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Dec 07, 2023
How to Present Yourself as a Senior Leader
“Where do you see yourself in five years?” We’ve all heard this question, but it’s one to seriously consider when looking to move to a senior leadership role.
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Dec 07, 2023
How to Launch a Successful Executive Portfolio Career
After more than nine years as the Vice President of Global Markets, Policy, for General Motors and a long career on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Lee Godown was not interested in retirement. He wanted to step back, figure out what was most important to him and then decide what he was going to do next.
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Dec 07, 2023
6 Reasons Why Leadership Has Become More Demanding
We look at the reasons why, even during economic uncertainty, more organisations are investing in leadership development
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Dec 07, 2023
Five Steps to Maximise Networking Connections and Move Your Career Forward
Boost your profile and build your professional network in ways that will help you land your next job. These key best practices will give you tremendous advantage over a sea of other job applicants.