A common misconception in today’s job market is the equation of job satisfaction to remuneration and anyone that has worked with the stereotypical boss from hell will tell you that is so not true, in fact, most of those employees will tell you they’d gladly take less to work at a job where they […]
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Career Planning Tips to help you succeed
Planning your career is not an activity that should be done once -in secondary school or university- and then left as you embark on your career. Rather, it’s an activity that is best done on a regular basis. According to a recent survey, an average worker is expected to shift careers multiple times in a […]
Negotiating a remuneration package with your boss ?
This write-up will focus on new-hires into a company or organization negotiating a pay package with their prospective bosses. Before you even begin salary negotiations with a prospective employer, you need to find out how much the job is worth – and how much your skills and experience are worth to the employer. Take the […]
Stand Out in that Interview!
To be irreplaceable, one must always be different; the sentiment of this quote is one that you have to embody at your next job interview. Interviewers typically invite hordes of people to interviews for any position, it is therefore imperative that you make sure that you stand out in some way (preferably for good reasons) […]
Ways to avoid stalling your job search
It’s a jungle out there in the wild, wild world of job search in today’s world. With so much competition and so few jobs to be had, the last thing you want to do is sabotage your job search efforts. That’s why it’s important to know the thing that you do that could be inadvertently […]
Recovering from common interview blunders
Despite your best efforts, unexpected slip-ups could still occur during your interview, either due to foreseen or unforeseen circumstances. Here we are going to help you correct these errors or at the very least mitigate their impact. Late!! First Impressions matter and nothing raises a red flag to interviewers more than a late interviewee. […]
Third Class?? What happened?
Dear Anonymous, To be brutally frank, graduating with a third class degree will most certainly prove to be a blockade on the route to getting that BIG JOB, most jobs now come with a second class as part of the minimum requirement and hiring managers don’t bother with resumes with third class degrees but all […]
