Do you have a background in nursing or social services? Are you a trained counsellor or therapist? Then there’s a role for you in the charity sector. Here your skills are needed to staff the special call and contact centres that provide help and advice to people in all kinds of difficult circumstances. Working on […]
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Using a touch of artistic license on your CV might seem a good idea at the time. One minute you’re ordering dos cervezas on your summer holiday, next thing you know you’re boasting about your fluency in Spanish to prospective employers. Ay caramba! The fact is exaggerating your skills is a risky game to play,
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Strictly Come Dancing and The X Factor are back on the telly and Granny Ina is lamenting the nights are fair drawing in. This can only mean one thing: Autumn has arrived and the countdown to Christmas is on! Yes, it really is far too early to be thinking too much about the festive season
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It could be a global corporation putting a new director in place or Grampa Jack handing over his model boat building business to wee Davey (annual turnover £7.35). Businesses big and small rely on succession planning for their long-term future – and an accountant’s role can be vital in this process. Company owners often wish
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Often in care work it takes a one-on-one relationship to understand the vulnerabilities and issues a client may have. Only then can solutions be offered and a path to healing be created. But while working on your own initiative is constructive, it takes teamwork to build sustainable and workable care programmes. And all the best
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A new app is encouraging members of the public to do good deeds. Launched to coincide with the Edinburgh festival season, Deedit aims to tackle social issues such as homelessness, plastic pollution and the scourge of litter. The idea is simple: complete a good deed then record the activity on the app with a photo
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Landed your first big deal? “Made it, ma. Top of the world!” Quite, but look what happened to James Cagney in that famous movie scene. If you want to stay on top, on target and way ahead of the pack, there’s no time for lounging on laurels. The only way to maintain your number one
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On s1jobs you can find all kinds of sales opportunities and some of the most exciting and dynamic are in media. This is a fast-changing field where those who can adapt fastest flourish best. To get some insight into what it takes to build a career in this sector, we met Lynsey Collins, Sales Director
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While the rest of the country have their fingers crossed the good weather from earlier in the summer makes a comeback in September, retailers are hoping we’re plunged into an early chill. The reason? An Indian summer is not what you want when you have autumn fashions to sell. Fashion stores filled their racks with jumpers
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When the UK’s biggest sandwich chain, Pret-a-Manger announced it would be making its gingerbread man gender-neutral, there was an immediate outcry. Political correctness gone mad, wailed many. In fact, when a skirt-wearing treat named Annie was introduced alongside breeks-wearing Godfrey, she found a place in the nation’s hearts . . . and tummies! Both Annie
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