So, you’ve decided that gaining a new qualification is a vital part of climbing the next rung of the career ladder. Congratulations – but you’re probably wondering how you’re going to fit it all in. Studying is demanding enough when you’re focusing on it full-time. But many mature students returning to education after a spell [Read more…]
Sometimes the next step in your career is obvious: you climb the career ladder from promotion to promotion. But sometimes the path ahead is less obvious. That’s when it can help to take a skills audit. By examining all your professional strengths and weaknesses, you can discover what you need to work on to achieve [Read more…]
Work experience has changed: it isn’t just about having someone in to make the tea and do some photocopying any more. Increasingly, employers and teachers see it as a vital step in every student’s education to help them make the transition to employment. In a 2014 survey, 66% of employers said work experience was a [Read more…]
If you’re looking for a new career, it makes sense to head where the demand is. And no job is experiencing quite as much recruitment activity as web development. According to the jobs site Indeed, demand for full-stack developers has grown by 607% in the last four years and they can command an average salary [Read more…]
Technology has transformed most of our workplaces over the last couple of decades – but experts say that was just the beginning. Consultants at McKinsey & Co examined 800 job roles and estimated that more than one in three workers might have to change their skills mix by 2030 to continue progressing in their career. [Read more…]
From creating a professional network to finding your niche skills, here we’ve shared some of the best apps and websites out there to help you grow your career in the right direction. Meetup.com The networking experience on Meetup.com doesn’t necessarily happen online – but it’s a brilliant app for finding groups of people who [Read more…]
In our previous article, we explained why you need a business plan, and outlined how to write a traditional full-length business plan in case you need to apply for a business loan, for instance. Creating one of these documents can be a lengthy but necessary process – however, depending on the purpose of your business [Read more…]
Want to know what employees and the companies they work for are doing to improve their physical and mental fitness in 2019? Read on. Employers taking action Employers are recognising the need to keep their employees happy in order to increase productivity, improve work quality and increase employee retention. More and more employers are [Read more…]
Want to work fewer hours, but get more done? There’s a popular productivity theory that says that working fewer hours actually makes you more efficient. But is this just a theory? Or is there proof that working fewer hours really does result in greater productivity? Where does the theory come from? Parkinson’s [Read more…]
This next article in the New Business series explores the main ways in which you can fund your business. Crowdfunding Crowdfunding raises money for your business by asking a large amount of people to invest small amounts of money to raise a target amount. This money can be used to get your start-up [Read more…]