7 tips for home studying during a pandemic
et’s face it, the world has changed in the wake of Covid-19. With home working on the rise and the threat of lockdown ever-present, it’s a difficult time to knuckle down and concentrate.
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Top 10 tips for apprentices
Apprenticeships allow you to combine on-the-job training with part-time learning, and are great for those who don’t want to commit to another three or four years of full-time study on a degree programme. There are other advantages too – you get straight into the workplace where you gain crucial skills from the get-go, work alongside …
A guide to assessment centres
What are assessment centres? Many larger organisations like to use assessment centres as part of the selection process. The aim is for the employer to ensure you have the skills and background you claimed in your initial application and to see how well you perform at various tasks, usually with a focus on group exercises. …
A guide to psychometric testing
What is psychometric testing? It’s easy to be put off when you go for an engineering role and see that the application process includes psychometric tests. However, many of the UK’s biggest companies use them as part of the selection process, so it’s important to know what they are and why employers use them. Psychometric …
Top 10 tips for a winning CV
Your CV is usually the first opportunity you have to make a good impression with a prospective employer. As such, it’s important to make it as strong as possible. Here are our top tips for a winning CV: 1. Choose the right CV CVs fall into three main categories. Chronological CVs are the most widely …
Seek your dream job for 2018
A new year, a new job? If you’re keen to make the next step in your career, then here are four things you can do this year to help make it happen: Update your CV Spend some time polishing off your CV so that you’re ready when a suitable job is advertised. This can often …
Workplace tips for a healthier 2018
The start of a new year is seen as the time to throw away bad habits and start good ones. However, the most ambitious new year’s resolutions can end up broken within a few days. Change is difficult, and it’s always easier to make small steps towards a better lifestyle. Here are a few simple …
7 helpful tips for inclusive recruitment
This is the first in a series of blogs where I will be outlining common themes I have been coming across from speaking with different organisations, particularly within the engineering and construction sector. This blog focuses on inclusive recruitment. Recruitment. The way we get talent into our organisations. Some organisations do it direct, whilst many …