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Perfect your profile
Career Coaching & Guidance

Perfect your profile

Your social media profile is only a click away from being viewed by recruiters, employers and potential future managers, writes Marc Burrage.

Risk jobs ride high
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Risk jobs ride high

In the first half of 2013, we saw an increase in the number of new hires at associate to vice-president level for compliance and credit risk roles, says Kirstin MacLaren.

Ace your appraisal
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Ace your appraisal

Some employees feel that the only way they can improve their employment standing is by seeking offers from other companies, writes Walter Ellicott.

Fresh-graduate frustrations
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Fresh-graduate frustrations

You must receive dozens of letters from fresh graduates who are confused about career planning. Unfortunately, I am one of them. When I look for a job I see thousands of industries and functions and I feel so frustrated because I don’t know enough about them.

Choose your path and stick to it
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Choose your path and stick to it

I am 28 years old and have been working as a financial journalist for two years. Before this, I worked for a year providing marketing services for financial derivatives to investment banks.

Guiding your goal-setting
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Guiding your goal-setting

Establishing ambitious, yet attainable, goals is essential for long-term career planning, though it can be difficult to strike a balance between the two, writes Marc Burrage.

Navigating the career map
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Navigating the career map

This week, we look at how to create a career “map” that will help you plan out your career in the long term, writes Marc Burrage.

Delve deep for ethical staff
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Delve deep for ethical staff

In the final part of this series, we look at more strategies companies can use to make sure they hire ethical …

How to find staff who fit in
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How to find staff who fit in

This week, we continue to look at strategies companies can use to ensure they employ ethically sound …

Sound advice can help you decide your future
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Sound advice can help you decide your future

Contemplating a complete career change? Mark Enticott, the latest panellist to join the Classified Post’s team of Career Doctors, can help you make the change as he shares his personal experience in …

Take steps to stop job hops
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Take steps to stop job hops

We have seen how jobseekers today have higher expectations about the kind of employment they …