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  • Google and Facebook in recruitment drive

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  This could be exciting career times for creatives http://www.recruitmentgrapevine.com/article/2014-04-10-google-and-facebook-in-recruitment-drive

  • 100 Career Posts in One Place – ‘Featured Categories’ Added to the Blog

    Mark on Fullback and Friends: We are making a few changes to the blog so we can introduce Guided Learning Content.  You may have noticed the new layout.  In order to introduce Guided Learning we’ve added a new feature to the blog called ‘Featured Categories’.  Our first Category is #topperformer.  This brings together 100 of our previous Career, Interview and CV related posts into…

  • How to Bite Off More Than You Can Chew—and Get it All Done

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  I can really identify to this article, and lots of great advice to help me keep my project management skills on track when those projects start to grow and grow.  https://www.themuse.com/advice/how-to-bite-off-more-than-you-can-chewand-get-it-all-done

  • Richard Branson on Why Making Employees Happy Pays Off

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  Happy employees = successful business (and let’s not forget a thumbs up regarding staffing retention)  http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232702

  • Leadership skills: should it be a love or hate relationship?

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  By identifying what personality traits you have could have a big part to play on what type of leadership qualities you have.    http://careers.theguardian.com/careers-blog/leadership-skills-successful-leader

  • 4 Common Interview Questions (and 4 Perfect Answers)

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  Here is some really useful advice that will really help you master those common yet tricky interview questions.  The answer examples provide prompts that you can adapt to suit your academic and work background, which will result in your answers being genuine to you,  and easy for the hiring manager…

  • Pleasantly Persistent: 5 Rules for Effectively Following Up

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  I love the term ‘pleasantly persistent’  some great advice here, and backs up the advice I give to my students.  No news does not necessarily mean you have been unsuccessful.  Applying for jobs can be an emotional rollercoaster, so make the rollercoaster a gentler ride by being pro-active and being…

  • The best books for freelancers, entrepreneurs and small businesses

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  The weekend is nearly here, take some inspiration from this book list, and spend some quality ‘me time’ in a coffee shop this weekend.  http://creativeboom.co.uk/tips/the-best-books-for-freelancers-entrepreneurs-and-small-businesses/

  • What Kind of Business Leader Are You?

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:   A fun infographic for a ‘Happy Friday’ and there is someone I know very well that fits the ‘No Pantspreneur’ perfectly.   http://www.themuse.com/advice/what-kind-of-business-leader-are-you

  • Top 10 questions to ask in job interviews

    Kirstin on Fullback and Friends:  Questions to ask the interviewer.  If you have prepared well for an interview, you will have accounted for this and hopefully you will have a good selection of questions to ask.  However sometimes we lack inspiration, and the questions you ask the interviewer can have a contributing factor to their…