Jobless Corner

There are 6 key areas an employer will evaluate you on. Aim to outshine in every one of them.
The interview seat looks tired and worn and you know you have a difficult task ahead of you, competing with all those candidates who occupied the chair before you. The next time you find yourself seated across […]

More than half of the women in engineering, IT and science leave the field at mid­-career. Here’s the reason.
June 16, 2008 (Computerworld)  What if half the men in science, engineering and technology roles dropped out at midcareer? That would surely be perceived as a national crisis. Yet more than half the women in those fields […]

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.” -Ralph Lauren
A leader is seen as someone with a can-do attitude, the person whose glass is always half full. Hurdles in the road are not obstacles that prevent him from achieving his […]

Millions of young people could damage their future careers with the details about themselves which they post on social networking websites, a watchdog warns. The Information Commissioner’s Office found more than half of those asked made most of their information public.
Some 71% of 2,000 14 to 21-year-olds said they would not want colleges or employers […]

Self-knowledge

Making career decisions can be challenging and sometimes graduates struggle to know where to begin. Looking at vacancies is a common starting point but not one that would be advised. Many vacancies are never advertised, so looking at job adverts will only ever give you a biased and partial picture of the graduate labour market.
If […]