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6 Things to Avoid Putting in your CV

When it comes to your CV, first impressions count. You have limited space to prove your value to recruiters, and anything that gives them a bad impression of you could cause your CV to get rejected. So, in order to impress, you need to pack your CV with selling points and ditch the common blunders…>

Getting Published

There has been a proliferation of options for would-be writers to be published in recent years due to the development of digital technology and social media platforms. Many publications are now both online as well as in hard copy, with others only accessible online. Whilst this offers more choice for those wanting to publish their…>

Diversifying Your Skills Post-PhD for Employment

Skills we acquire throughout the doctoral process are forgotten as we reach the final thesis completion and viva stages. Instead, there is a preoccupation with perfecting the ‘end product.’

Skills CV Template

  Either of the Classic CV or Skills CV formats can be used for any application for many jobs including managerial, professional, administration and any other non-academic job. In general the chronological format tends to be used by new graduates or those with less work experience. You need to choose which of the two layouts…>

Top Ten Tips on Note-taking

Note-taking is a skill that we use in many walks of life: at school, university and in the world of work. However, it will be obvious to many people that they have not honed the skills needed to get maximum potential from their note-taking, so here are 10 tips on how to be an efficient…>

Considering a Career Change? Your 5 Step Plan for Success

A career change can be a daunting process and usually comes with a significant investment in the process: time, money or both.  However, it need not be as daunting as you might think, after all, most people will change career several times over the course of their working life.  The key to success is to…>

Work in Finland – Country Profile

Finland is one of the world’s northernmost countries, bordered by Sweden and Russia. The capital Helsinki lies on the southern shores of the Gulf of Finland and is the most densely populated area, with 1.4 million inhabitants.

Considering Graduate Career Options

This article highlights some of the key points for those starting to consider the wide, and perhaps sometimes confusing, range of graduate career options on offer. It could be that you’re nearing graduation and haven’t given too much thought up till now about what you’ll do once you’ve got your degree, being focused on gaining…>

Tips And Techniques To Chair a Meeting Effectively

Tips to Chair a Meeting Effectively. 1. What is the meeting for? Is the meeting needed to gather information, to generate new ideas, to explore options in detail, or to make decisions? Or perhaps it is some combination of the above? Is the meeting needed at all? Meetings cost money. Estimate the combined annual salaries…>