Not to say that all admissions review process is the same, but this sends a clear message on the importance of having an engaging and memorable personal statement, on top of meeting the university’s academic entry requirements.
Not to say that all admissions review process is the same, but this sends a clear message on the importance of having an engaging and memorable personal statement, on top of meeting the university’s academic entry requirements.
Your first job comes with lots of excitement and ambiguity. While you are settling in, it is easy to forget the reasons you got the job and the things you need to do to make sure you keep it and grow with it. Here’s a guide to what you should aim to achieve in the first year of your first job.
You’ve come so far, and for all the awesomeness that you are, you deserve to get the most out of your higher education years. So be sure to squeeze every last drop of magic juice from university life before stepping out into the adult working world.
The best graduation speeches are inspiring and encouraging, and gifted commencement speakers can balance gravity with humour. J.K. Rowling, the famed author of the Harry Potter series, makes one of such speakers with her symbolic, memorable address to the 2008 Harvard graduates, where she drew laughter and applause effortlessly across her audience as she delivered two core lessons in her speech about the fringe benefits of failure and the importance of imagination.
Your first job comes with lots of excitement and ambiguity. While you are settling in, it is easy to forget the reasons you got the job and the things you need to do to make sure you keep it and grow with it. Here’s a guide to what you should aim to achieve in the first year of your first job.
We all seek acknowledgement, appreciation, and affirmation for our deeds, progress, and achievements. But when someone finally pays us a compliment, we act all weird.
How comfortable are you in getting up on stage with a daunting crowd looming back at you? Public speaking is the next level of communication skill mastery, especially with its associated anxiety being notoriously difficult to overcome.
A pool of graduate applicants can look pretty similar on paper—in terms of technical qualifications and limited work experience. But your employability skills, sometimes referred to as “soft skills” or “transferrable skills”, may just give you an edge over the others.
Like attracts like, and so your vibe attracts your tribe. Likewise, the people you hang out with will rub off their energy on you. So, if you want to be awesome, start surrounding yourself with awesome people.
Questions like “how are you” or “how’s your day” are in need of a drastic makeover. With more and more people using them as a form of a polite greeting more than a question (your friendly Starbucks barista is definitely guilty), it is increasingly hard to know if the person asking really wants to know what’s up with you.
The 80/20 rule is in everything. And this simple concept that describes situations where a small number of inputs causes a large majority of outputs can be especially beneficial in helping you supercharge your productivity and study more efficiently. Here’s what you need to know to apply it to your running list of goals.
Do you need a cover letter to send with your CV in a job application? Whilst there is so much conflicting advice out there, the answer is almost always a “yes” or “whenever possible”.