Are you looking for a talent that can make you more marketable in the job field? You’re often competing with your classmates and peers who took the same classes you did, which can leave you scrambling for ways to stand out. A simple solution: incorporate grant writing into your skillset. It’s a lot easier...
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If you’ve decided you want a job at an all-remote company, you might be wondering how to start. What follows are practical tips specific to the remote market based on my nine-month job search. If I’d know many of these things sooner, I’d have saved myself time and frustration. Where to find remote job...
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Many have faced challenges as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, this article will focus on further widening the gap in opportunities for women in the workplace. COVID-19 abruptly disrupted many existing schedules resulting in a shift from working in offices and children being in school and daycare to performing...
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Most freelance articles begin with a pitch. This is an email where you, the writer, explain: What, specifically, you’d like to write; Why you should be the one to write the article; and Why you should write the article now. Whether you’re proposing a service article, listicle, feature, or even a personal essay, you’ll...
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2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic have been touted as the acceleration of 4IR in the workplace. Employees connecting via Zoom from home have ushered in a new way of working. Organisations that had not invested in digital solutions for their employees were caught napping. Those who invested in digital tools were way ahead and...
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Qualification? Complete. Graduation gown? Purchased. Excitement? Through the roof. Knowing that you have finally bagged the bragging rights to say you are a university or college graduate and that you don’t have to sit through another 3-hour exam is probably one of the most exhilarating feelings you will experience in your lifetime. Your hard...
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Often we’re led to believe that if we put in the work, and try to make a good impression, we’ll be automatically rewarded. Our work will be recognised, and someone – anyone – will praise us and set us on the path to our dream career. Okay, maybe that was my wishful thinking straight...
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With the high unemployment rate and the effects COVID-19 had on various organizations, it is challenging for graduates to get into the job market. Primarily because organizations are focused on employing applicants with several years of experience, it is apparent that most graduates who were full-time students often lack work experience or lack experience...
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Negotiations are something that no one teaches you about in school. No one enjoys doing it because it feels awkward; however, it must be done to get exactly what you need. Research: When you first get a job offer, you feel excited and overjoyed to have even been offered the role, but that is...
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Back in my school days, students were often told, “Study hard: good employment will eventually come following good academic results.” As an international student on scholarship, I held on to that belief strongly until the graduation of my undergrad degree. Unfortunately, the top results on the academic transcript did not make it any easier...
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