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Oluwatobi Coker: My life as a Junior DoctorOluwatobi is a Junior Doctor training to be a GP with the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. As a former student of Christ the King Sixth Form College, she agreed to speak to us about her experiences of college and how they helped to shape her future. “From a young age, I enjoyed science and […]READ MORE
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5 highest paid jobs in the UK and how we can help you get thereThe Office for National Statistics has released the highest paying jobs of 2016 in the UK. Here’s what they are and how courses at Christ the King can help you on your way to achieving them. If you’re lucky enough to already be dong one of these jobs, we’d love to hear in the comments […]READ MORE
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How do internet celebrities make money?Internet celebrities (also known as influencers) like PewDiePie, Kayla Itsines and Zoella reportedly make millions through their popularity on social media platforms like Instagram and YouTube. How they make money In a word: advertising. Instagram has over 600million active monthly users, with 59% of these being between 18-29. Almost 5 billion videos are watched on […]READ MORE
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Careers in the Arts – an interview with a leading arts recruiterSophie Macpherson Ltd is a headhunting and recruitment firm based in London, serving prestigious arts world businesses and cultural organisations across the globe, such as White Cube, Sotheby’s, Science Ltd (Damien Hirst’s studio) and Pelham Communications. We spoke to Sophie Macpherson and her team about what it takes to make it in the arts world […]READ MORE
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We asked our alumni for their best productivity tips for work or studyEver wondered how our most successful alumni get things done? There’s lots of productivity advice out there, but we thought we’d ask some of our former learners for their tried and tested methods for achieving a lot in not-a-lot of time. If you’re struggling to fit all of your tasks into your day, you really […]READ MORE
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Which social media platforms should your business use?The second in a series of articles about social media for business Coming up later: How to build a social media community for your business |How to create a social media campaign for your business | Common social media mistakes businesses make | A guide to Facebook Ads for businesses We’ve already discussed the pros […]READ MORE
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Best brain-training appsWant better focus, improved memory and faster thought-processing? Who wouldn’t? Your brain actually reaches its peak performance between the ages of 16 and 15 years, before your cognitive function starts to decline, but you can halt and even reverse this decline through working out your brain just like you would your body through exercise. Our […]READ MORE
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Jobs you can do from anywhere in the worldFancy working from home? Or perhaps from a chic café in Paris? Or a hammock on a desert island? Providing your desert island has a good Wi-Fi connection, this could be possible. Remote working is on the rise. In 2016, nearly 4.2million people in the UK worked from home. Thanks to advances in technology, the […]READ MORE
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Pros and cons of using social media for marketing your businessThe first in a series of articles about social media for business Coming up later: Which social media platforms should your business use? | How to build a social media community for your business |How to create a social media campaign for your business | Common social media mistakes businesses make | A guide to […]READ MORE
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Could you start a health and wellness business?Whether it be a healthier diet, a new type of exercise, improving your mental health, or examining your quality of life, it’s hard to escape the growing trend for self-betterment. Chances are, you will have tried some of the wellbeing trends that have popped up over the last few years – Paleo delivery services, standing […]READ MORE
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How to get a job in advertisingThe rewards of working in an advertising agency can be huge. The ‘work hard/play hard’ mentality of the advertising world can be attractive enough on its own, but there’s also great pay and the opportunity to advance quickly (if you work hard and prove yourself), and the ability to learn from the best minds in […]READ MORE
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5 common misconceptions about millennialsThe phrase ‘snowflake generation’ has been thrown around a lot of late. It’s a derogatory term to describe the millennial generation (technically anyone born between 1980 and 1994) as entitled, self-centred and lazy. The term has been used recently in the media in the wake of Brexit and the Trump Campaign, as a way to […]READ MORE