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Using Social Media Skills In A Face-To-Face Interview
7 October 2016Could all those hours spent scrolling through the Fluffington Post’s cutesy cat videos, LIKING schoolmates’ holiday snaps, sharing funny footie memes and re-tweeting Ed Balls’ first Twitter message really help you get a job?
The Disruptors: 9 Revolutionary Apps
28 September 2016Disruptive apps are those extra special products that challenge a traditional industry and change it for the better. These revolutionary apps make people’s lives easier and more fun. The innovations help to create a ‘new normal’ and often spawn whole new genres.
Why Jobseekers Can t Afford To Live Without Technology
15 September 2016Whether you’re addicted to Instagram on your iPhone, love cycling around town on your bike or simply can’t eat a vegetable curry without using a spoon: you are using some form of technology.
Jobs Before They Were Famous
31 August 2016Inspired by the #FirstSevenJobs hashtag, which saw social media users (including celebrities) from all over the world list their first seven jobs, we decided to delve a little deeper into the topic of celebrity first jobs.
#FirstSevenJobs
19 August 2016Over the last few weeks the hashtag #FirstSevenJobs has set the Twittersphere alight. What started out as a simple piece of song lyric research from singer-songwriter Marion Call has morphed into a global phenomenon, attracting thousands of tweets from all walks of life.
What Not to Do in a Job Interview
13 July 2016So! Your CV has worked its magic and you’ve wangled yourself an interview. Now that you’ve got your foot in the door, you’ll want to kick it wide open and bag yourself that position by pulling out all the stops in person.
Let’s get back to work
28 June 2016There’s no doubting that the UK, and Europe, feel like very different places this week. Though nobody can really be sure of the long-term implications of the referendum result, a few things seem fairly obvious.
5 tips for bagging your next pay rise
6 May 2016Does the thought of asking your boss for more money have you sweating? Fluster no more: we have asked Save the Student to give us the salary strategies that pay off!
How to Get Yourself Noticed as a Job Seeker – Part 2
28 April 2016So you’ve sampled the culinary delights and employment titbits on offer in How to Get Yourself Noticed as a Job Seeker – Part 1 and have come back hankering for more? We knew you would. Here are another five pointers for those looking to ruffle some recruitment feathers in all the right ways.
How to Get Yourself Noticed as a Job Seeker – Part 1
21 April 2016The good news about job seeking: figures released by the Office for National Statistics in January indicate that unemployment rates are at a 10-year-low. The bad news: that still equates to 5.1% of the population (or 1.68m people, for those not so savvy with a calculator) which means that there’s still plenty of competition for available vacancies out there.
Sport a blue collar and stay forever employed
12 February 2016Blue collar jobs can be viewed as ‘lesser jobs’ by those who associate success with raw academia. But, we all know that’s hoopla.
Build and nurture your professional network
12 February 2016In today’s working climate, with our focus being so much on the online realm, the importance of good networking should not be underestimated. To build and nurture your professional network you have to give it daily attention.