Glasgow’s St Enoch Centre has opened a dedicated space to support autistic people and those with learning disabilities and sensory conditions to maximise their enjoyment of a busy shopping environment. The launch of its quiet and safe room is a first for the city’s shopping centres. Over the past 18 months the Centre has been […]
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You can learn an awful lot about good and bad sales techniques simply by watching what others do and don’t. People watching is all about picking up on body language and those little telltale signs of when a potential buyer is genuinely interested. Similarly, salespeople watching is all about seeing what works and what doesn’t
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It’s true to say sales jobs have long suffered from something of an image problem. This is mostly thanks to fictional characters such as market trader Del Boy Trotter and used car salesman Arthur Daley. Both are hilarious and yet both are stuffed albatrosses – only one previous owner, much cheapness, almost free – around
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Despite Granny Ina’s apron-clad industry in the kitchen, Scotland’s productivity levels have taken a dip. She may make enough buns, clootie dumplings and pots of soup to feed an army every week but official labour statistics show national productivity, measured as output per hour worked, declined 3.2% in the latter months of 2017. Boosting productivity
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Not only is the world of production and manufacturing a great place to kickstart a new career, it also offers supersonic fast tracks to the top. If you want that raise or promotion, however, you need to do one thing: SHOUT! How else is your manager going to discover your career ambitions unless you let
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Health professionals know s1jobs is a great place to find their next posting. The site is full of vacancies in all disciplines. But before you take on the responsibility for the welfare of patients close to home, why not broaden your experience by taking on a more unusual role? You’ll gain lots of valuable experience
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Sometimes the thought of even trying for a new job in nursing or healthcare can seem too challenging. It can be like choosing to battle the Beast from the East to get to work over a snow day snuggled under the duvet. But it doesn’t have to be like this – not if you think
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Online reviews and customer forums have turned everyone into an armchair critic. When an ice lolly falls off its stick or a new roof lets in the Beast from the East, there are places where customers can go to broadcast their complaints. It’s only fair anyone unhappy with something they’ve paid for should be allowed
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The next time you go to upgrade you mobile phone with the promise of taking better photos, remember the human eye is the best camera on the planet. And when you step on to the top floor of a skyscraper look down first at your legs: the bones in there are stronger than the building’s
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Rapid advances in automotive technology mean opportunities to work on our roads network are exciting and innovative. From the civil engineers creating our roads and bridges to the automotive engineers designing the cars to be driven or drive themselves, the highway to innovation has never been more ambitious. Existing careers in road safety, traffic management,
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