Are you unknowingly sabotaging your chances of landing your dream job? Is there something you can do to increase your probability of securing a job? To find out common mistakes that 90% of jobseekers make (and how to unmake them), we asked two experts from the Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) and Ingeus who have
Today I’m sharing the story of Farah, who received 300 messages for interview, after getting retrenched from her company. All of these opportunities came from Linkedin. I’m a massive fan of Linkedin. Most people don’t yet realise how to correctly use it to propel your career forward. However, some people, like Farah, recognise it’s power. Here’s how she
Throughout my career, I had the good fortune to have great mentors. These mentors saw something in me that I myself didn’t. They made me who I am today. There was one time when I was struggling to hit my sales targets. Weeks of late nights with no results. A 2 hour dinner with my
On part 1 of how to ask for a pay raise, I discussed why I deserve a salary increase. Knowing your worth and believing that you deserve such recognition is the first step to negotiating a pay raise. However… Salary negotiations are never pretty. It’s always fraught with empty promises, deceptive statistics and sometimes, downright
I love linkedin. To me, it’s the #1 place to network and find jobs. I’ve recently spoken about how applications via job boards aren’t effective. The way to get a job today, is to network. Linkedin is a great way to do that. Here are some of my favourite methods to use LinkedIn to get