Career articles

Think of our career resources as guides to best practice on coaching & mentoring, CV advice, competency based interview questions, graduate advice, interview advice, how to lead people as well as manage talent. Plus find personal branding tips to help you get ahead in your career. Use our career tools when you need to craft job descriptions or benchmark jobs using our salary surveys. Check out our job profiles to discover the skill sets you need for a particular role or take a psychometric test to help you map out your career path.

• Work-life balance

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  • Writing your own rules for career success and work-life balance

    15/03/2010

    

  • The 12 challenges of Christmas...and how to cope

    14/12/2009

    

  • Ping Pong steps in to save the 2009 Christmas party

    11/12/2009

    

  • Matthew Chapman and Oscar Fuchs triumph in Namibia Ultra Marathon

    05/10/2009

    

• Interview questions

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  • Standard competency based interview questions: motivation competencies - ambiguity

    05/10/2009

    

  • Standard competency based interview questions: motivation competencies - resilience

    05/10/2009

    

  • Standard competency based interview questions: motivation competencies - service orientation

    05/10/2009

    

  • Standard competency based interview questions: motivation competencies - initiative

    05/10/2009

    

• Psychometric tests

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  • Disquieting trends in the psychometrics industry

    16/11/2009

    

  • Ex-SHL team launches free assessment tests

    04/11/2009

    

  • Psychometrics tests explained

    05/10/2009

    

  • Psychometrics in selection and interview

    05/10/2009

    

• Career management

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  • Jobs in China – market update from Antal International

    14/03/2010

    

  • Considering a career or job change? – how our set goals can actually limit us in moving forwards

    14/03/2010

    

  • Michael Page overview of recruitment trends. Basil Le Roux

    01/03/2010

    

  • Getting young people to work - how can organisations tap into the government's Future Jobs Fund?

    01/03/2010

    

• Workplace issues

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  • Romance in the workplace - how should you handle it?

    17/02/2010

    

  • Don't let Cupid's arrow shoot down your career – how to avoid problems when love blossoms at work

    15/02/2010

    

  • Mixing business with pleasure? The dos and don’ts of an office relationship

    15/02/2010

    

  • Right to work checks made easy

    18/01/2010

    

• Talent management

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  • Confidence returns to UK human resources

    04/03/2010

    

  • How can public sector employers stop talent from making the jump elsewhere?

    22/02/2010

    

  • Talent management framework - HR help you catch and keep top talent for your business?

    01/02/2010

    

  • Why HR should focus on retention and talent development in 2010?

    01/02/2010

    

• Performance management

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  • Performance management. Do you know what leadership behaviours drive your business up?

    25/01/2010

    

  • How to effectively set goals

    18/01/2010

    

  • Back to basics approach to performance management

    11/01/2010

    

  • Understanding performance - applying sporting science to the corporate world

    14/12/2009

    

• Leadership & managing people

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  • Time for HR managers to focus on business continuity - looking ahead

    15/03/2010

    

  • Leadership attraction - what leadership method will you employ?

    15/03/2010

    

  • Managing change in the public sector in the wake of recession

    13/03/2010

    

  • Why leadership training doesn’t work

    15/03/2010

    

• Redundancy

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  • Outplacement - what are the options? How to support your employees

    07/12/2009

    

  • New outplacement service targets factory floor as well as executives

    18/11/2009

    

  • Don't feel the crunch if you've been made redundant

    05/10/2009

    

  • Top 10 tips for choosing an outplacement provider

    05/10/2009

    

• Presentation skills

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  • Barack Obama’s communication secrets revealed in new presentations training programme from video arts

    17/11/2009

    

  • How to position yourself against your competitors

    05/10/2009

    

  • How to win business in a recession by delivering a winning pitch

    05/10/2009

    

  • Presenting to win - Top 10 tips for a winning pitch

    05/10/2009

    

• Personal branding

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  • Individual networking styles and their impact (video)

    02/11/2009

    

  • Create the right personal impact through social and digital media. Time to reflect your brand?

    05/10/2009

    

  • CEO of Me Inc.

    05/10/2009

    

  • The first global association for the Personal Impact and Personal Branding industry launches

    05/10/2009

    

• Motivation

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  • Office Angels makes top five in Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For List

    09/03/2010

    

  • Creating ultra-productive teams

    08/02/2010

    

  • HR new year resolutions for 2010

    04/01/2010

    

  • How to have a productive 2010

    04/01/2010

    

• Your rights & the law

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  • Legal protections for expectant mothers

    05/10/2009

    

  • Being bullied at work? How to recognise the signs and take appropriate action

    05/10/2009

    

  • What can you do when your employer goes bust similar to Lehman Brothers?

    05/10/2009

    

• Coaching & mentoring

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  • Benefits of coaching your people in the 'new' business climate

    04/03/2010

    

  • Promoting employee engagement - how can coaching help ensure employees don't become stagnant in their roles?

    08/03/2010

    

  • How can coaching boost morale, empower staff and reduce stress in the workplace?

    08/03/2010

    

  • Coaching - the perfect way to help organisations with their post-recessional 'spring clean'

    08/03/2010

    

• Interview advice

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  • What makes the difference between a good and then a great candidate?

    14/12/2009

    

  • “Tell me something I don’t already know” – training managers to improve their interviewing skills

    14/12/2009

    

  • Tackling curveball interview questions

    05/10/2009

    

  • "You're hired!" How to give your best at interview

    05/10/2009

    

• Graduate advice

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  • Graduate jobseekers take a ‘hit and hope’ approach as competition for jobs increases

    07/03/2010

    

  • Inspiring news for graduates on the hunt for work - internships can spring your career forward

    15/02/2010

    

  • Graduate recruitment and development forum

    17/11/2009

    

  • What types of work experience placements are available for students?

    05/10/2009

    

• CV advice

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  • CV tips and advice

    05/10/2009

    

  • Give your career a workout. Business partner CV essentials

    05/10/2009

    

  • How to write a good CV and covering letter

    05/10/2009

    

  • How to fine tune that CV

    05/10/2009