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Let Go From Your Previous Job? Here’s How to Explain the Situation in Future Applications
Let Go From Your Previous Job? Here’s How to Explain the Situation in Future Applications

If you were let go from your last job, you may be struggling with how you’re going to explain this to future employers. But staff being let go is a fairly ordinary event – it’s not going to disqualify you from ever getting a job again. What you need is the right way to frame your situation. Let’s look at some ideas for doing just that.

Career
Jun 12, 2020
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The Challenge of Finding Purpose In Your Work
The Challenge of Finding Purpose In Your Work

A human being is not a houseplant. Yes, both entities need water, nutrition, sunlight, and continuous gaseous exchange, but a human being has a number of additional requirements in order to flourish. One of those is finding a sense of meaning and purpose.  For many of us, our job enables us to fulfill our ‘houseplant’ needs, however it fails to meet our human needs. Let’s think about how you can ensure your work brings you more than some potting mix and a mist spray.

CareerMental Health
Jun 09, 2020
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Identifying Work Burnout
Identifying Work Burnout

‘Burnout’ has become an increasingly widely used term to describe a state of extreme exhaustion due to work – whether it’s physical, mental or emotional. Significant research has gone into understanding the causes, effects, and treatments for burnout.  How can you tell if you are on the brink of suffering from burnout? Let’s take a deeper look at the condition, including some of the tell-tale signs. 

CareerMental Health
Jun 08, 2020
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How To: Handle Your Job When Dealing With Emotional Distress
How To: Handle Your Job When Dealing With Emotional Distress

When life is getting us down, often the last thing we feel like doing is logging on to our computer and finishing that report that’s due for today. If we are dealing with difficult emotions from our personal life, concentration and motivation at work can be badly affected.  So how can we go about our work when these issues feel too much? There’s no simple remedy, but let’s consider a few things that might help.

CareerMental Health
Jun 05, 2020
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Imposter Syndrome – What Is It, and What Can You Do About It?
Imposter Syndrome – What Is It, and What Can You Do About It?

Imposter Syndrome (also called Imposter Phenomenon and Fraud Syndrome) is a pattern of thinking whereby a person persistently discounts their own accomplishments, feels that they are not good enough to be in their current position, and worries that they will be exposed as a “fraud”.  It’s a common experience and is prevalent in all people. But it can hold you back from going for that promotion or asking for the raise you deserve. If you find yourself feeling this way, what should you do? Here are some practical steps to help you cast off that negative thinking!

CareerMental Health
Jun 04, 2020
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How to Have Healthy Conflict in the Workplace
How to Have Healthy Conflict in the Workplace

We choose our friends, but we don't often choose our colleagues. In offices, we spend a large proportion of our waking lives with people with whom we may not have much in common, and it’s natural for disagreements to arise.  When they do, managing the resulting conflict is not easy: there is serious potential for hurt feelings and awkward working environments. But grievances and annoyances tend not to disappear when buried – instead, they fester under the surface and prevent colleagues from working together successfully. So how can you ensure conflict takes place in a healthy manner? Let’s look at some ideas for turning ill will into good! 

CareerMental Health
Jun 02, 2020
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How to Handle Behavioral Interview Questions - And 20 Examples to Help You Prepare 
How to Handle Behavioral Interview Questions - And 20 Examples to Help You Prepare 

Behavioral questions are an increasingly common focus of job interviews. Let’s take a look at how to approach questions of this type, as well as 20 examples of common behavioral questions to get you ready for your next interview. 

Career
Jun 01, 2020
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How to Handle Gaps on Your Resumé
How to Handle Gaps on Your Resumé

If you’ve spent time out of work, the resulting gap on your resumé can feel like a yawning chasm. But if you handle it right, this needn’t be the case. The most common reasons for taking time out are parenthood, illness, being laid off or fired, caring for family, study, travel, or time to think. Fortunately, any of these can be framed positively – it’s simply a matter of finding the right way to present your time. Here are some ideas for ensuring that gap doesn’t hold you back.

Career
May 29, 2020
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How to Survive – and Succeed! – at a Networking Event
How to Survive – and Succeed! – at a Networking Event

If networking is not your favorite business necessity, then you're not alone. If you’re about to propel yourself into a room or video chat full of strangers, then help is at hand. Read through our list of top tips to get you through.

CareerMental Health
May 28, 2020
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5 Apps to Increase Your Productivity
5 Apps to Increase Your Productivity

Since the start of the pandemic, more people than ever before are working remotely. Some find the move away from the office a wonderful change when it comes to boosting their productivity. Others rely on being in a social space to keep them motivated – not to mention being away from the various distractions of the home. If you’re in the latter category, have a look through a list of five apps that will help you focus on the work you need to do, even in the most distracting of environments! 

CareerMental Health
May 27, 2020
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3 Tips For Finding Your Dream Job
3 Tips For Finding Your Dream Job

Full-time workers spend around 2,000 hours per year on their job – not including commuting and late evenings in the office. If your current position is not doing it for you, it’s natural to start daydreaming about more inspiring things. But how can you get yourself from struggling to get out of bed in the morning to raring to go? Read on for a few ideas!

Career
May 26, 2020
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The Habits of the Highly Productive
The Habits of the Highly Productive

We all wish we could be more productive. But what are the keys to highly productive people’s success? Well, there are certain behaviors they all have in common – here’s a rundown of the habits the most efficient and effective people share!

CareerMental Health
May 22, 2020
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