Career

Working with children can be a lot of fun and very rewarding. But what most people don’t realize is that it also offers decent career opportunities. The more you can hone your skills working with kids, the better off you’ll be in the long-run. 

Looking after children teaches you a variety of skills that can help you build a strong and successful career. It might not seem like it when they’re screaming or running around uncontrollably. But over time, you develop talents that other people simply don’t have. 

Here are some of the practical skills that could help you in your career.  (more…)

It’s true that many young people in the modern-day seem to cherish the idea of being involved in the arts, or learning about literature, or finding highly theoretical roles in jobs that require deep thinking and introspection. That’s absolutely fantastic. You’ll find nothing here admonishing this, nor in dissuading you from that career and ultimately life path. Without art, we are nothing.

Yet it’s also unfortunately true that while we all hold ambitions, the roles for certain skillsets can be limited, and end up being highly competitive. In a world after the first wave of an intense Covid-19 lockdown, it’s true that the economic impacts are about to be felt quite harshly, and this means that these facts may be even more true.

This means that many people are starting to consider picking up more evergreen, practical skills in their motivation to make a living, and to even grow a diverse range of practical abilities. Again, there’s nothing wrong with this either, as some of the happiest work hours of your life can be found in completing satisfying manual or technical labor.

So, what opportunities should you consider? In this post, we’ll consider a few: (more…)

When it comes to your career not all of us truly know what we want to do when we are in school. In fact, many of us don’t realize where our skills lie best or where passions are until later in life when we have a bit of life experience. Sometimes you need to make a change in your career, other times you may have been fortunate enough to find passions in the job that you have. But you can always take positive steps with your career to make things better. With that in mind, here are some of the things to think about. (more…)

When applying for a veterinary job, financial services job, or a job at your local retail store, you are going to need to write a cover letter to submit alongside your application. This is where a lot of applicants come unstuck. It can be difficult to know what to put in the cover letter, and a lot of people end up rehashing what they have written in their CV, which is never a good idea. So, is it your cover letter that is letting you down? Let’s find out… (more…)

Are you struggling to move forward in your career? Perhaps you feel as though there’s a roadblock stopping you from proceeding down the path that you want to take. There could be lots of issues at play here and it’s worth exploring them to try and find a solution. Here are some of the problems that you could be dealing with right now.  (more…)

There are a lot of elements that will make a difference to your career opportunities moving forward, and this is something you need to get right moving forward. Try to do as much as possible to find the perfect career path for you, and this is something you should try to keep in mind. Choosing the perfect career is something you need to think carefully about when it comes to getting this right as much as possible.

Your career prospects need to be as good as possible, and this is something you should be looking at trying to improve. Do as much as possible to find the different opportunities you can make for the future, and this is something you have to make sure you get right. Make sure you think about what it takes to find the right career for you moving forward. No matter what you do, it is important to try to come up with the best ways of making the most of your opportunities, and you can use this as a great example of how to achieve that.  (more…)

Whilst we’re in the midst of a worldwide pandemic, people are losing their jobs and more and more of us have increasing amounts of time at home to sit and mull over our life choices, many of us are considering a change of career path once it’s safe to return to studies or work. One area of careers that more people are taking into consideration seems to be medical careers. Many of us have seen just how hard medics and other specialists are working in order to save lives, keep people healthy and make major changes to different people’s lives and want to get involved. The good news is that the medical field always tends to be an area in need of workers, so as long as you follow the right steps, you should definitely be able to land a role within the field. This is, of course, a huge field though. So, here are just a few different roles that you might like to take into consideration! (more…)

Being at the top of your game is an incredible feeling. And whether you plan to get there through launching a business or scaling the corporate ladder, there’s one thing that you’ll need to propel yourself to the top – leadership skills. We often fall into the trap of thinking that some people are born leaders – with the attendant implication that we might not be. But that isn’t true at all. Actually, there are a number of leadership styles, and learning which one you are, assessing your strengths and weaknesses, and working towards improving the skills you need can make you a far better leader than anyone who assumes it’s their birthright. So how do you begin to develop those skills? (more…)