The HR Hub: A-Z Basics Of A Good CV – Let’s Get You Noticed!
Much ado about the CV! According to Glassdoor, each job vacancy gets an average of 250 applications. Little wonder it takes a recruiter six seconds to glance through a CV! Making a good inpression A CV is your first and perhaps only opportunity/contact with a recruiter/potential employer and this means you must make a very […]
How to Be More Effective at Work
Effective– Adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result; successful in producing a desired or intended result It’s easy to assume that every executive who is employed in an organization desires to be effective, and knows how to achieve this. After all, they applied for the job, didn’t they? However, close […]
Forget Time Management; Here’s The Best Way To Be More Productive At Work
To-do lists are fine, and setting time limits for tasks at work is a good idea. But what if you’ve been approaching the whole productivity boost business the wrong way? Never mind time management. How about energy management? This isn’t the next big buzzword trick from business psychology and human resource management labs. It’s simply […]
Corporate Outfit Ideas for the New Week
Corporate outfits sometimes can be a challenge to pull off, especially if your company doesn’t have straightforward policies on dress code. Unless your job requires a uniform, choosing what to wear day-by-day can be tough. Looking good is always good for business. If the weekend’s hassles didn’t give you enough time to plan properly for this […]
Is Your Work Ruining Your Relationship?
I’m worried about my best friend. All she ever seems to do is work, besides eating and sleeping. It’s crazy, and we often wonder if a relationship would actually have the chance to thrive, assuming a great guy comes along. It reminds me of a post I read nine years ago, where the writer complained […]
Important Questions You Must Answer to Beat Poverty
If you’re like me, you’ve often wondered about people with two heads. You know, those ones who seem to have started on the same level as you did, and yet have ostensibly “overtaken” you financially. You can understand those with rich or well-connected parents/relatives, those who slept their way to wealth, or those who engaged […]
5 Things We Should Know About Workaholism
It has been said that too much of everything is bad, and for the most part we believe it. Yet, work is such an honourable endeavour that it’s not so easy to comprehend “too much” of it. Is there really such a thing as being a workaholic? Yes there is, and here are 5 important […]
5 Things I Learnt From Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff at Work
In 1998, Richard Carlson, Ph.D. published Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff at Work, a spin-off of his bestselling book, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff. Most of us will agree that work is stressful. People spend most of their lives working. In fact, Nigerians who live in places like Lagos and Port-Harcourt can testify to the […]
7 Questions to Help You Find Work You Love
Would you like to get paid for doing what you love? Here are 7 questions to help you get started, or at least point you in the right direction: What am I passionate about? What makes you come alive? What could you go on and on about for hours? What would you do for […]
No Work Without Experience, no Experience Without Work! – The Catch 22 for New Graduates
Dear Aspiring Professionals Hub,
I have just read your article about life science graduates on LinkedIn and would like some advice. I have just graduated with a first class degree and I am struggling to find work as I do not have enough experience! I was wondering what you would recommend as every job I get declined from is because I lack the experience – which no one has yet offered to give me!
Maintaining a Balance in Health, Work and Stress
It is believed that work is synonymous with stress and it is a common and widely held notion that stress is caused by work. However, this is not true of all cases. Stress can be caused by a number of reasons, which may not be related to work. Stress is a state of mental […]
4 Tips to Help You Become Likable
There is a misconception that you are only likable when you are good looking, incredibly talented and fiercely social. A lot of people have actually succumbed to this misconception and they go out thinking people will like everything about them just because they possess some talent or they look good. While people might like you […]
Winning at Work!
We spend eight to nine hours a day, five to six days a week at work, so it’s safe to say we invest our lives in it. And for this very reason, whether we’ve got it good or bad, we can be sure other areas of our lives will be affected by it. The workplace can […]
The Negative Effects of Sitting for Long Hours
Do you know that sitting for six hours or more consistently is bad for your health? Right now can you calculate how much time you spend sitting daily? Many of us sit as much as 15 hours in the day at work and at home. This sedentary lifestyle can cause weight gain and puts you […]
Monday Motivation: 3 Tips to Rejuvenate Your Career
Have you been losing steam at work lately? Sometimes there are deeper reasons why we drop the ball, but if you’re certain you’re not in the wrong job or industry, and it’s just a case of not feeling motivated lately, try these tips: 1. Subscribe to a good professional publication: It may be a magazine, […]
5 Things You Must Know About Asking For a Raise
Whether you’re dealing with a company that pays you a salary or a client who pays a retainer, there comes a time when you have to ask for more money. Here are 5 things you must keep in mind: 1. Waiting for them to bring it up is not a fantastic idea: If you […]