Being the call or contact centre manager isn’t easy. You’ve got to be confident, a leader and have an upper lip that’s stiffer than Basil’s Brush. But this is also a very rewarding career with a rather enticing pay scale. The way customers and companies are approaching telecommunications customer service and sales is changing, and […]
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So you’re a whizz at managing computer systems. You can process all that information and work through all that jargon that confuses everyone else. You can even problem solve faster than Tianhe-2 completes a Wee Stinker crossword. Understanding and developing new skills in IT comes naturally to you, and you can translate it all
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If you asked 9 out of 10 people to conjure up their idea of a ‘typical’ salesperson we’re sure the results would raise an eyebrow or two. For those working in sales, first thoughts turn to someone clad in a cheap suit with a hideous if not ultra-modern hairdo, fake tan and diamante stud earrings
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Here’s entrepreneur and beach lover Donald Trump on the matter: “It’s tangible, it’s solid, it’s beautiful. It’s artistic, from my standpoint . . .” No, he wasn’t talking about his comb over, he was talking about real estate. He may have a good point; if you haven’t heard already, Scotland’s property market is booming. And what’s
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The sales sector can be more demanding than a motoring journalist in a steak house. It’s also competitive, fast-paced and dependent for ultimate success on so much more than simply what you’re selling. Your job, of course, is to convince people not only that your product or service really is the only one to buy
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Scotland’s car manufacturing industry may not be world-renowned, but we do however insist on proving we’re sure good at selling cars. In fact, the past two years have seen near continuous growth in the new car sales sector in Scotland, an achievement that was topped off by last month’s 15.2% increase in the number of
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Scotland was accused recently, rather unfairly we thought, of being a nation of technophobes. This was apparently off the back of some research carried out at crucial.com. Well, thank goodness, even amid such infamy the country has managed to become one of the hottest IT activity centres on the planet. And, while information technologies may
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Scotland is famous for many fine things. Haggis, kilts, Irn Bru, Lorraine Kelly. But there’s one unorthodox success born from creative IT and design genius that still surprises and inspires in equal measure and the IT bods who are behind this success story have effectively rewritten the history books, cementing Scotland’s place atop the most
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You know you want a bigger, better job in IT. You know you’re the Developer or Front End Designer the hottest firms are crying out for. And you know s1jobs is the only place to find your perfect job! But we can do more than that: we can ensure when you do land a leading
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Living and working in the same place… your idea of fun or flawed design? Live in jobs are the traditionally popular choice of backpackers, graduates and young people looking to fund their travels across the world. You’d be forgiven for thinking they were mainly opportunities for “getting to know the locals” and having a cheap
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