Over the past decade, social media has brought about a revolution in the way in which both companies and employees communicate. While this has brought many undoubted positives with it, it has also created potential problems which make it important for companies and organisations to have an effective social media policy in place. That sounds […]
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Photography is a passion that many of us wish we could turn into a career. The good news is that while it’s certainly hard work to pursue photography jobs, it’s not impossible. To get a snapshot (sorry, we couldn’t resist!) of the opportunities that are out there we spoke to full-time news photographer Wullie Marr
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Kenny Millar is a sports reporter with The Scottish Sun, getting to interview famous footballing figures and cover matches across Scotland and beyond. His writing hasn’t just been confined to newspapers though, he’s also the co-author of the book Football Manager Stole My Life. We managed to grab a word with him to find out
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Scotland’s oil industry is rarely out of the media glare but the referendum debate has turned the spotlight fully onto it. Scott McFarlane is based in Aberdeen, where he runs his own oilfield service business, but has also worked all across the globe in the industry. We spoke to him to find out more about
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XFM Scotland Drivetime host Jim Gellatly has been responsible for assisting the early careers of the likes of The Fratellis, KT Tunstall and Amy MacDonald by giving them their first radio airplay. This commitment to supporting new musical talent led to him receiving the Radio Academy’s prestigious John Peel Award for Contribution to Radio. As
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We have teamed up with the foremost and most active employers in the Energy sector to host The Scottish Energy Careers Festival 2014 on Wednesday 17th September in Glasgow. The FREE event will bring together employers and ambitious professionals with skills and qualifications that are in high demand in Scotland’s flourishing Oil & Gas and
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With the Scottish Energy Careers Festival coming up, we’re focusing on the opportunities that Scotland offers in the oil, gas and energy industries. We spoke to David East, the communications manager for the INEOS facility at Grangemouth, to get an insight into employment opportunities at the plant. Most people know that Grangemouth operates as a
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Whatever job you’re in, you’ve probably experienced the notorious mid-afternoon slump: that moment at work when your brain, body or both seem to decide that they’ve had enough. Could your choice of lunch be playing a part in your lack of energy and could changing what you eat help avoid it? We spoke to Edinburgh
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Very few paths to the top are smooth and it’s unlikely that you’ll be lucky enough to get through your whole professional life without having a change forced on you at some point. The good news is that sometimes what seems like a setback can actually turn out to be an opportunity. That could mean
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Over the last 30 years, writer, producer and stand-up comedian Phil Differ has been involved in many of Scotland’s most iconic TV and radio programmes, perhaps most notably as the creator of ‘Only An Excuse?’. These days, as well as all of these media jobs, he’s also been able to add ‘playwright’ to his ever
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