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4 simple but effective career tips for 2019 

Get a side hustle   More and more people are turning to side hustles in order to increase their earnings. In 2018, 40% of UK workers had a side project, business or part-time job on top of their regular 9 to 5 job. New research has predicted that by 2030 this will have increased to half of the [Read more…]

How to improve your concentration at work 

  There are many reasons why you could be struggling to concentrate at work. Perhaps you’re overtired. Maybe it’s as simple as being hungry. You might have too many outside distractions, or a social media addiction.     Whatever the reason for your lack of concentration, there are strategies you can put into place to help you get [Read more…]

Could you boost employee retention with workplace learning? 

Finding and training a new employee could cost twice the former employee’s salary. So how can businesses avoid this expense?   How much does employee turnover cost?   The cost of recruitment can include agency fees, advertising costs, invested time in the interview process and premium membership to social sites like LinkedIn. Not only this, [Read more…]

6 future-proof careers that will still exist in the future

“85% of jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t been invented yet” say the Institute for the Future (IFTF), that compiled a report along with a panel of tech, business and academic experts from around the world.   Emerging technologies, such as robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, virtual and augmented reality and cloud computing, are [Read more…]