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Healthcare Careers: Medical Research and DevelopmentThe second in a series of guides about health and social care careers. Read our previous article: An overview of the health and social care industry. If you want to save lives and help people, you don’t have to be on the front lines of patient care to make a difference. It’s not just doctors, […]READ MORE
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The pros and cons of being a freelancerCould you use your skills to enter the world of self-employment? Whether you can write, build, design, teach, or you’re an accountant, marketer, project manager, web developer, or one of many more freelance professions, being a freelancer means you can work on your own terms. Freelancing can allow the flexibility to work when you want, […]READ MORE
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LinkedIn Masterclass: What we can learn from these famous LinkedIn profilesThese famously successful people all have one thing in common – they curate their public personas in order to appear a certain way to the world. If you want to improve your job prospects, grow your reputation within your industry, or stand-out to potential employers, colleagues and business partners, you could learn a thing or […]READ MORE
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Advances in automation technology are changing the workplaceTechnology is advancing exponentially and this is causing dramatic changes in every aspect of our lives, including the workplace. Here we take a look at some of the main developments, and how they could affect your job now or in the not too distant future. Automation includes the use of robotics in industries like manufacturing, […]READ MORE
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5 tips to instantly boost your confidenceWhether you’re about to sit an exam, interview for a job or give an important presentation at work, confidence is key to success. In our recent alumni survey, you asked us for guidance on feeling more confident, so here is our best advice. Self-confidence shouldn’t be confused with arrogance. It’s not the belief that you […]READ MORE
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Gergo Petrovics: “My teachers at Christ the King were a true inspiration to me,” says Real Estate ApprenticeGergo Petrovics is two years into an apprenticeship in Real Estate, something he never saw himself doing when he started his A Levels at Christ the King. “I came over to England from Hungary in 2010 with very little English, therefore my GCSEs weren’t great,” Gergo admitted when he spoke to our Alumni team at […]READ MORE
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Tips on being a career mentor“A career mentor is someone who agrees to share their skills, knowledge, expertise, and professional contacts with you,” say Idealistcareers.com. “People with mentors earn higher salaries, are promoted more frequently, and report higher job satisfaction than those without mentors.” The benefits to the mentee are therefore very clear. But how does the mentor benefit from the arrangement? Admore […]READ MORE
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How to get your first work experienceGetting your first working experience is a challenge for new jobseekers in almost every industry. How do you get a job without previous experience and how do you get experience without a job? Having work experience is even a prerequisite for getting internships these days, as competition for graduate opportunities continues to rise It’s a frustrating Catch 22 for those […]READ MORE
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Cutting edge jobs that didn’t exist 10 years agoNew technology means new jobs. We explore some of the job roles that have come into existence over the last decade. App Developer “The iPhone arrived in 2007 and the Android shortly after, and now nearly half the world’s adults have a smartphone,” say the World Economic Forum. There are now over 2.2million apps available through […]READ MORE
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6 things you need to know about your digital footprintDid you know that everything you do online leaves a trail of data behind that employers can access? As we spend more and more of our lives online, if you’re on the hunt for a new job, you need to be considering what conclusions your digital footprint is leading potential employers to make about you. […]READ MORE
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4 proactive ways to climb the career ladderIf you want to advance your career, you can’t just sit there and wait for that promotion to be handed to you. Being proactive about your career not only gives you the tools you need to move your career in the right direction, such as skills and contacts, but it demonstrates to the people that […]READ MORE
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Archibald Foster: Former student returns to college to talk about how life at CTK changed his perspective, radio production with Represent and Radar, and learning to flyArchibald graduated from Christ the King Sixth Form College with more than just A levels under his belt. Recently he returned to his former college to talk about how he got more from his time at college than he bargained for: “My life before I started at CTK was a bit difficult,” admitted Archie, “I […]READ MORE