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Salary Negotiation Tips
How to Get Promoted

Salary Negotiation Tips

While many factors contribute to any professional’s overall job satisfaction, compensation is one of the highest rated factors that leaves employees feeling dissatisfied and undervalued in the workplace. No matter how fulfilling a job or role may be, take home pay is crucial to anyone’s quality of life and well-being in and out of the office. Although salary is a critical component to workplace happiness, most professionals aren’t very good at negotiating better pay for themselves.

The 4 Biggest Mistakes Made By New Managers
Advice Columnist

The 4 Biggest Mistakes Made By New Managers

Do you want to lead your team effectively as a new team head? We have summarized the 4 major keys of mistakes you need to aware before things get off the track…

Practical Career Advice From Top Employers
How to Get Promoted

Practical Career Advice From Top Employers

Navigating a successful professional path is extremely challenging. When it comes to overall career goals, most people tend to look upwards to positions in senior level management with higher salaries and greater responsibilities for guidance and inspiration. While there isn’t always a sure-fire path to success, many prominent business leaders, CEOs, and other senior executives, past and present, have been open and vocal about what they believe is the best career advice out there for those looking to climb the corporate ladder to greater heights.

Mentors make you
Career Coaching & Guidance

Mentors make you

Often, a recruiter will ask you: “What’s your medium-term or five-year career goal?”

Get ahead at work
Career Coaching & Guidance

Get ahead at work

It is important to take responsibility for your own career development and growth, writes Marc Burrage.

Guiding your goal-setting
Career Coaching & Guidance

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
Career Coaching & Guidance

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.

Set goals at the right time
Career Coaching & Guidance

Set goals at the right time

Last week we looked at the best steps to take in settling in at a new company and building-up relationships of …

Shape your own future
Career Coaching & Guidance

Shape your own future

In last week’s Survival Tips, we examined some of the steps you need to take in order to have full control of your …

Weighing your job options
Career Coaching & Guidance

Weighing your job options

Candidates with coveted skills are in demand, but having multiple job offers can be …