How to Enjoy Your Job

Research has shown that 50 – 70% of employees do not enjoy their job! As we spend over a third of our lives in work, you need to find a career you enjoy, to help gain a positive work and life balance. Many employees enjoy the industry they are in, only to find they have easily become bored in the company they work for. Before you jump ship, first see if you can new ways to enjoy your job.                  Find the Passion Once you find the passion, you will be absorbed in... 

Robots Recruited for Hospital Jobs

“Robots Take Our Jobs” Could this be a future news headline? A Scottish hospital will become the first in the UK to recruit a fleet of robots to carry out task normally undertaken by hospital porters.  The fleet of robots will deliver food to patients, clean operating theatres, remove clinical waste, dispensing drugs and other day to day task. This may sound like a scene from a movie set in the future, but robots have already been used in hospitals and pharmaceutical companies throughout... 

How to Gain a Job Promotion

Once you gain employment, its time to think about your next step up the career a ladder – A Job Promotion. To be successful in your career, you need to aim high to help get away from low level jobs. We already know that the future employers in the UK will be looking for highly skilled individuals and a job promotion is one way to gain these skills. The ideal job role is a position that challenges you (to stop you from being bored) in a job role that is inline with your values and beliefs –... 

How to Ace the Job Interview

We all love a good story When asked interview questions, don’t be tempted to answer your question as a list of achievements, as many interviewees do, use a story to sell yourself. Interviewers become bored of hearing list, while a story is intriguing and exciting, you can use a compelling story to build up suspense and make you, the main character, come out on top.  In your story highlight what you personally did to achieve a target or to complete a task. Add to the story, what others thought... 

Job Hopping – what’s all the fuss about?

 We have said it before; there is no longer such a thing as “A Job for Life” In the past, having job security (a regular income and good pension) and possibilities for promotion was high on the agenda; professionals looked for safe jobs in safe industries such as banking, where, with hard work you can move up the career ladder. Now a days, jobs and industries are no longer safe and more professionals job-hop. On average we changed our job or company every 3 years.  With some employers, job... 

UCAS Points

The UCAS Tariff is the system used by universities and colleges for allocating points to qualifications used for entering higher education. Different qualifications are allocated a score (points) to help students secure a place on an undergraduate course. Universities and colleges use the UCAS Tariff to make comparisons between applicants holding different qualifications. Click here to calculate your UCAS points The Points your Qualifications are Awarded  Read More →

Why You Need a Positive Job Identity?

  In the current fast paced working environment we can no longer rely on the concept of a job for life, even in traditional industries such as Banking and Teaching due to new technology and global competition. Your job identity is becoming more important, as the number of job applications for every advertised job and promotion increase and the threat of redundancy looms over many industries. Your job identity is the identity your employer and colleagues label you with; this could be positive or... 

How to Quickly find a Job Online – 10 Quick Tips

In the past job hunters, would leave one job and quickly walk into another, in most cases without even having an interview – this job search technique no longer works, as employers often interview a number of candidates to show they are not discriminating against anyone. More recently job hunters would look for advertised jobs in the job magazines, news papers and in post office windows, you can still find vacancies this way, but the more homes that have the internet the fewer employers pay to... 

Do i Need A Web CV?

Technology has changed the way we search and apply for vacancies, in the past we would type a CV and post it out to employers, the mail would take several days to arrive and in some instances would be lost on route! These days using the world wide web, job searching has speeded up. We can find a vacancy and contact the employer instantly via e-mail (or in some cases using a social network site) Do you need your CV reviewing? Currently we e-mail employers with our CV attached as a PDF document and... 

10 Ways to Stay Motivated at Work

We have all been there on a Monday morning, you walk into work. No matter how many deadlines you have, you’re just not motivated to work – the Monday morning blues! How do you quickly become motivated? Need to Improve areas in your life? A life coach can help. Employment king have put together 10 quick tips to get you and keep you motivated at work. I use these techniques with my clients, when you first read some of the techniques, like my clients you may feel they sound silly, but once you... 

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