How to deal with a counter offer
Should you stay or should you go? So you’ve decided the time is right for a career move and have smartened up your CV, met with your friendly recruitment consultant,…
How to survive your new job
After the hustle and bustle of job searching, interviews and offers, day one in your new job can often have you feeling like Harry Potter on his first day at…
Handling tricky interview questions – why do you want to leave?
The job interview is going well and you and your interviewer are getting on famously. Until she casually chucks in the killer question about why you want to leave your…
Time to change to a new career?
A career change can be prompted by a variety of triggers, from a need for new personal challenges, to shifts in the industry. The advertising, marketing, digital and design sectors…
How to sell yourself
Believing in yourself is the key to successful selling in any situation. Reflect on your skills and experience and why they make you valuable to an employer. You are every…
Top Tips For Going Freelance
Taking the plunge into self-employment can be daunting, so we’ve put together a few simple pointers to consider. Know your worth You may feel insecure as a newbie freelancer, but make…
Job-hunting? Clean up your online act first
Social media is great for keeping in touch with friends, getting involved with good causes and sharing videos of singing cats. Where it’s not on your side is when a…
Top Tips for January Job-Seekers
First of all, are you actually looking for the right job? Establish what you want – is it a better salary, the chance to do more creative work, learn new skills,…
How to make your internship a success
If you’ve sharpened your elbows, called in favours from family and friends and managed to land yourself a juicy place, read our tips for how to get the best out…
Seven signs you need a new job
There are good jobs, OK jobs, and jobs that make us want to run away screaming. We all go through patches that inspire a good old moan about work when…