Body language and how to present yourself in an interview How we carry and present ourselves has a big impact on how others perceive us. It’s an important part of impressing the person you’re being interviewed by. Some of the best ways to make sure you’re coming across in an impressive manner include: Dressing to […]
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We’re often exposed to the most negative aspects of working in Care, from what we see in the news and across social media, and pandemic media certainly didn’t help with this. These reports only represent a very small percentage of the industry and overlooks the incredible work of Social Care Workers and the massively positive
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Episode 4 of our podcast ‘Steer Your Career’ is now available and you can tune in right here. This week Shebahn is joined by our Marketing Director, Wendy Pauley, and our Commerical Director, Gavin Mochan, to discuss the job market in Scotland right now. This will cover the latest unemployment figures, the furlough scheme and how the coronavirus
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Episode 3 of our podcast ‘Steer Your Career’ is now available and you can tune in right here. This week Shebahn is joined by Julie Anne Murphy who is head of HR for the Scottish Association for Mental Health, SAMH to discuss mental health in the workplace. This is a big issue for many people
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It doesn’t matter what your career background is or how old you are, if you have a passion for helping others there’s a career in Social Care for you. You don’t often need to have qualifications or previous experience to get started, what’s more important is your attitude towards those who need care and support
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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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In the retail world, not all innovation happens online. The most successful ‘bricks and mortar’ stores are continually evolving . . . and introducing revolutionary ways to improve their customers’ experience. These are not the fads and one-off marketing promotions that once brought shoppers through the doors out of sheer curiosity: think free fondue samples
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The saying goes that the customer is always right, but this surely can’t always be true. Let’s take a closer look at the rights and wrongs of customer service in retail. Firstly, this adage, as coined by the original retail impresario Harry Selfridge, is based on the assumption every complaint be treated seriously. And few
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To be greeted by Maurice Whelan and Steve Reid is to experience a blend of enthusiasm, attentiveness and good old-fashioned hospitality. It’s perhaps no surprise their guesthouse – Carradales in Argyll – is winning so many industry plaudits, including being made finalists in the Prestige Hotel Awards and The Scottish Rural Awards. Could it be
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It’s been 40 years since Dolly Parton’s huge hit bemoaning the strife of the 9 to 5 was released, yet it’s still the shift pattern that most of us are stuck with. At some point in our working lives, many of us will feel the need to escape from the gruelling grind of the traditional
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