I bet like us you've fallen in love with Bebo, Facebook, twitter and all the other sites. They're a great place to swap photos and movies with friends but just who else are you opening your life up to? In a recent survey of recruiters employers said they had searched networking sites for info about potential candidates and based their choices on what they saw on their profiles! Read our new guide on how to keep your social life private online and look squeaky clean to any potential employer.
You can’t have missed what’s going on with the current economic turmoil. You might be worrying what it means for your future and whether you should go to university or get a job quick? To give a realistic view on the situation we asked Carl Gilleard, Head of the Association of Graduate Recruiters, about Riding the Recession to make sure your study and career planning is successful.
Are you a budding Dragon, or would going into the Den fill you with enough fear to kill off even the best ideas? Well fear no more, our helpful business guru, John Botten, follows his ‘You’re Hired’ article with a Dragons Den take on the personal qualities required for business success...
“You’re fired” are words nobody wants to hear so what does Sir Alan really want from his next apprentice? John Botten, former Chairman of the National Education Business Partnership Network, reflects on what young people need to succeed in business and why transferable skills are so important.
But how do you achieve these skills, especially with all those exams to study for? Jonathan Hardwick introduces us to “Project You” and shows how you can easily prove you’ve got what it takes to be up there with the best of Sir Alan’s team.
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