If you feel like you should be earning more money, read our advice on how to ask for a pay rise. How much to ask for It’s important to ask your employer for a reasonable, well-researched pay increase. Asking your fellow employees how much they’re being paid is one way to find out your [Read more…]
It’s that time of year to think about a fresh start and resolving to make changes. And while the world may seem pretty unpredictable right now, that’s no reason to avoid making plans. Setting goals for your career can help ensure you don’t get too bogged down in the day-to-day upheavals and stay focused [Read more…]
Ditching the office and making your home your workplace can give a real boost to your quality of life, especially if it means saying goodbye to a dreary commute. But removing all the boundaries between work and the rest of your life can be a major source of stress too. Some home-workers find they [Read more…]
While it hasn’t suited everyone, for some of us working from home has been the only good thing to come out of the pandemic. We’ve said goodbye to long commutes, recovered a bit of work-life balance and even found that we’re more productive, settled in the comfort of our homes with fewer distractions. So, [Read more…]
As a few surveys have found, one of the most popular choices for a dream career these days is to be a social media influencer, creating content and picking up those sweet sponsorship deals. It’s easy to see why. You get to be your own boss, get creative in all kinds of media from [Read more…]
If you’ve been thinking to yourself “I’ll look for a job in the new year,” then it’s perhaps time to rethink your strategy. The new year may symbolise fresh starts, but it can put you at a great advantage to start your job hunting before the holiday period. Here’s what you need to know [Read more…]
Whether you’re committed to heading back into education to develop your skills or you just want to keep feeding your curiosity as you journey through your career, there’s a lot you can learn from podcasts. You can hear direct from experts on the brain, delve deep into the history of human knowledge, and learn [Read more…]
Trying to figure out where you want to go in your career? Whether you’re just starting out, or looking for a complete career change, it always helps to know what your strengths are. When entering the job market, or looking for a new role, many people allow themselves to focus on their perceived weaknesses, [Read more…]
For a select few of us, the pandemic may have resulted in a permanent move to remote work, emailing clients from a picturesque Cornish hideaway. For everyone else, we’re likely to be heading back to the office at least part of the time. But over the last few months, office life has changed and [Read more…]
Sometimes after a hard day’s work staring at a screen, you come home to relax and stare at a different screen and you think: enough’s enough. There has to be a way to kick back at home without sitting down in front of a glowing rectangle. Maybe that’s why podcasts for mindfulness, meditation, and [Read more…]