Working in Sales can sound high-pressure and daunting to even the most confident and outgoing of us. If it’s hitting unattainable targets or facing contact rejection. Here are 7 Myths working in sales that hopefully put your mind at ease and explore a lucrative career option! 1. You have to be a natural-born salesperson. The […]
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9 Free Digital Courses to Develop Your Skills With new technologies and ways of working advancing at rapid rates, there is a huge pressure on us to be continuously learning and upskilling. Whether you’re aiming for a promotion or to enter a new field, you’ll likely need to learn new skills to move forward. Online
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Video calls have become an essential part of how many of us currently communicate at work. Yet, if you’re used to working in an office rather than at home, you might be finding it challenging. If so far you’ve managed to keep video calls to a minimum, or have avoided them altogether, we congratulate you
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The Covid-19 pandemic has meant that many companies have had to adjust the way they operate, and, for some, this has meant that they are unable to recruit new staff. However, at s1jobs many companies are still looking to recruit and not just those in key industries such as Logistics, Social Care and Retail. If
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With more businesses encouraging their staff to work remotely, you may find yourself having to adapt a part of your home into an office space. Whether your new setup is temporary or permanent, here are our top tips for creating a home office which doesn’t break the bank. Turn your dining room into
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When job hunting, if at first, you don’t succeed, you haven’t failed. You’ve been given the chance to learn from your interview and then use this information to go on and land another dream role. The first step in the learning process is to identify the primary reasons you weren’t chosen. The important ones will
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Is it possible to recruit a candidate who will not only perform well in their new position but fit in with your team and boost business? In other words, is the dream employee fact or fiction? Our answer is an emphatic yes. Naturally, there are challenges involved in making dreams come true. Certain criteria must
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We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2020 s1jobs Recruitment Awards sponsored by Esure. Congratulations to everyone who got this far, we can’t wait to announce our winners on April 9th at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Glasgow. Best Recruitment Consultancy (UK & International) – sponsored by Lidl GB Blue Arrow NRL One
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It’s not surprising John Lester joined the retail sector straight from school. Sales, he says, runs in the family. His grandparents worked at Woolworths in the 1950s and, after being recruited by Sainsbury’s where his mother had been employed, he then worked for Tesco for several years before managing a floor at Harrods, the world-famous
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International Women’s Day is just around the corner and once again our focus turns to gender equality. Representation of women in positions of power has been steadily increasing, but still has some way to go before overall equality is achieved. Despite accounting for half of the population of the UK, women make up just a
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