There are always roles available for those who want to help others find their perfect job. That’s why you love s1jobs, after all! But what if you want to become more closely involved in the jobs business itself and forge a brand new career in matching the right candidates with the right role and the […]
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Clowns wearing tutus riding unicycles. Brass bands in scuba gear. Shakespearian actors delivering their lines from a vat of treacle . . . There’s certainly a lot to meet the eye during the Edinburgh Fringe and so we can be forgiven if an increase in job opportunities may not be the first thing that pops
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Covering every potential risk and planning for every contingency in business is impossible. Or is it? To try to answer this question companies must decide at the outset what is known as their ‘appetite for risk’. That might sound like the name of a failed heavy metal band, but with the number of jobs available
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Hands up if you’re old enough to remember the Spice Girls? Even if you only admit to seeing them on vintage videos, you’ll know what they want, what they really, really want. Yes, “zigazig ah”! They also wanted gender equality and a brighter future for women. As Geri Halliwell, aka Ginger Spice, said: “Spice Girls
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Apprenticeships are an increasingly important part of Scotland’s workforce and fast becoming a popular route into a career in engineering. Electrical know-how, in particular, offers a skill set that can be used in engineering, construction and the oil and gas industries. Naturally, we wanted to find out more. So who better to speak to than
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Teaching is a caring profession from the start and one that allows you to grow and develop your own personal and professional skills along with your students. Teaching kids with Additional Support Needs (ASN) can be more demanding but it also brings greater rewards. So what extra skillsets and support is needed for this role
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The world is getting smaller and communications faster but folks are basically staying the same: happy or sad, giggly or grumpy. That’s why there are more than one hundred customer service vacancies on s1jobs – no matter how whizzy the technology, we all need humans to sort us out when the washing machine won’t wash
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Unlike working in a beauty salon, construction is one of those industries where your creative work will last for many generations. But no matter how great your plasterwork, bricklaying skills or roofing prowess, there will come a time when what you do now will need to be redone. That’s exactly what’s been happening this summer
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Flora Collins from Jordanhill in Glasgow is a handy person to know. Not only does she have a legal degree but, thanks to training as a member of the cabin crew for a major airline, she knows what to do when someone has a heart attack and can, at a puuuuush, even deliver a baby.
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Despite the name, a bookkeeper isn’t a librarian . . . but the notion isn’t far from the truth. Instead of sorting shelves full of fiction, a bookkeeper is employed by a company to record and sort all of its financial transactions such as sales, purchases, payroll, accounts receivable and bill paying. Such complex number
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