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Personal Development

Personal development is all about you. It's about giving you the tools you need to reach your full leadership potential. We’re here to provide you all the advice you require to become more efficient and more effective at your everyday job. Put it into action now and thank us later.

Networking

Why Career Networking Could Lead To Your Dream Job in 2020

At this time of year, all sorts of blog articles make their way onto the internet with advice for the next 12 months. Our blog is different. We’re also taking cognisance of the new beginning January provides, but our purpose is to share a strategy that will pay dividends your whole working ...
Self Awareness Journal

Why self-awareness is the #1 superpower to develop for your career in 2019

Can you imagine if you were writing a dating profile of yourself? What would you put down as your best qualities? What traits would you list as most desirable in a potential partner? What do you like best - dinner and a movie, or cocktails at the swankiest new bar in town? For some of us, w...
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Personality Traits of Successful Sales People

Extraordinary salespeople accept nothing less than being at the top of their game every day. They realise they are a key component of every company’s success and understand that it’s not an easy job. There are no guaranteed deals with everything based on the number of potential opportunities avai...
Data Science Career Tips

5 Essential Tips To Kick-Start A Career In Data Science

As technology continues to develop at a rapid rate, the skills needed to work with that technology need to evolve faster or they become obsolete. This means that candidates have to continually upskill and self-educate to keep up to date on what’s happening in the industry after they have complete...
How To Build Your Personal Brand

The Beginner’s Guide To Building An Effective Personal Brand

If you’re working for a company, you have probably invested significant time into helping improve the company’s brand. This may be through work you have done directly to change the perception of the brand if you’re working in a brand or marketing role, but also indirectly through working on a par...
Greatest Weakness Question

How To Tackle the “What is Your Greatest Weakness?” Question

Let’s pretend you’re in an interview and as far as you can tell, everything has been going great so far. You’ve nailed every question that was asked, provided clear examples of how you performed in previous roles, and dodged any mistakes you’ve made in past interviews. But, wait…something terribl...
Job Upskilling

Don’t Get Left Behind: How To Upskill Your Way To A New Job

“Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. If other people are putting in 40 hour workweeks and you’re putting in 100 hour workweeks, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve.”– Elon Musk, CEO Tesla, SpaceXCEOs, entre...
Soft Skills And Their Importance In The Current Market

Soft Skills and Their Importance in the Current Market

Over the past number of years, I have noticed a trend in the market whereby companies are mapping their cultures and identifying their core values and what type of person will fit, and thrive within their organisation. Ireland has become a hub for the Pharma and Biopharma industry, which has seen...
Upskilling In Engineering In 2018

Upskilling in Engineering in 2018

January- New Year, New Me and all that. You may have signed up to a new fitness regime, embarked upon dry January or indeed chose to continue as you are. Have you thought about “Brand you” however? What makes you the best version of yourself and what can you do to enhance the skills you already h...
3 Sources Every Net Developer Should Know Bonus Resources

3 sources every .NET developer should know + bonus resources

The .NET development landscape has changed drastically. More than ever before developers are required to expand their skills to stay competitive within the job market, especially if you consider the rise in demand for full stack developers. Many of the developers I talk to feel this. One of the m...
How Answer Difficult Interview Questions

How to Answer Difficult Job Interview Questions

You are searching online for your next job and you come across a posting that jumps out at you. You read through the spec and send your CV and play the waiting game. You receive a call – they want to meet you for an interview – brilliant! What’s next? The interview. And you know the questions t...
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The Importance of Personal Branding in Life Sciences

“Influence is defined not only by the impact you make in your professional field, but also by the value created by your contribution.” Andrea PfeiferA personal brand could not be more prevalent than it is today. Companies in the life sciences sector are becoming more aware of the benefits it has ...