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Five apps to give your productivity a boost

As working life settles into its new patterns following the pandemic, it’s a great time to take another look at your working habits and the tools you use to get things done. Whether you’re looking for help in staying focused while you work from home, or you’re trying to juggle all your growing commitments as […]
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How to build an industry reputation on social media

Social media has changed career networking for ever. In many industries it’s now possible to build a reputation that extends way beyond the people you’ve worked with, creating a personal brand that can bring real opportunities. It’s something that’s likely to become more and more important if trends towards remote working continue and face-to-face networking […]
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So you want to retrain. How can you pay for it?

We’re living through a time of huge change, from technological advances that are creating new industries to the labour market upheavals that followed Brexit. Businesses are reporting record job vacancies, which can mean life-changing opportunities for people with the right skills – or those who are willing to learn. But in the short term, retraining […]
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Online tools to help you focus at work

Are you constantly being distracted from your work by the irresistible urge to check your social media? Or do you struggle with the noise and interruptions that come from working in close quarters in a busy office (or at home)? Perhaps you’re just trying to do too much at once and need help focussing on […]
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How to answer 3 of the toughest interview questions

During a job interview, you may well be asked some tough questions. Whilst specific interview questions vary widely between industries, there are several well-known examples that employers commonly use to learn more about you as a candidate. To ensure you don’t get caught off-guard, here’s our guide on how to answer them… What is your […]
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The changing face of machine learning

Whether it’s offering YouTube recommendations, developing self-driving cars or solving the mysteries of the building blocks of life, uses for machine learning or artificial intelligence are popping up everywhere. So it’s no surprise that LinkedIn has identified it as one of the jobs on the rise for 2022. If it sounds intimidating, you’re not the […]
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How to set career goals

Many businesses have been in survival mode for a couple of years thanks to the extraordinary upheaval of the pandemic. And that’s had an impact on careers, with ‘fire-fighting’ taking priority over long-term planning and development. As the country tries to return to normality though, it’s a good time to take stock and draw up […]
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The changing face of… customs and imports

With the full post-Brexit customs controls coming into force at the start of the year, it meant everything changed for the men and women dealing with goods travelling across the UK border. Now that upheaval has put these roles right at the top of LinkedIn’s Jobs on the Rise for 2022. Getting the new import […]
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How to use LinkedIn to land your dream job

There’s no doubt that LinkedIn is a really powerful way to make connections and move on in your career. The company claims to have around 30 million UK members – meaning most of the workforce is on there – and in surveys about 7 out of 10 employers say they use it. But the huge […]
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Could this ‘freakishly accurate’ test improve your success at work and in your personal life?

16 Personalities is a free online test that claims to be able to accurately place you into one of 16 different personality types, which can then predict how you are likely to behave. The overall aim is to provide you with insights to help you with personal growth and relationships. The personality type descriptions can […]
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The trends shaping the next ten years of your career

After a couple of years in which the pandemic has turned working life upside-down, we’ve all learned from experience how world events can change careers – for better or worse. So it’s only natural to wonder how trends taking shape on the horizon might affect the jobs we do in the next decade. We don’t […]
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Workplace problems: How to deal with a difficult boss

You may have heard the saying… People don’t quit their jobs, they quit their bosses. Generally, workers really don’t want to work for a boss who doesn’t support them, or for one whose behaviour is poor and ineffectual. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a world where every manager is good one. However, we do live in […]
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