Have you got a child, significant other, relative, or friend who has begun their higher education journey, and you want to show them your love? Here’s a list of good stuff you can gift them.
Have you got a child, significant other, relative, or friend who has begun their higher education journey, and you want to show them your love? Here’s a list of good stuff you can gift them.
We should always be striving to learn and grow, but it takes time. Who doesn’t wish to learn faster and with less effort? By discovering and better understanding your learning styles, you can employ techniques that will improve the rate and quality of your learning.
In school and work settings especially, effective communication leads to strong collaboration between teammates. It remains an invaluable skill to possess and continues to be a prized asset in every environment.
When choosing a field of study or profession a decade ago, we would have hardly heard about sustainability jobs or green jobs. The concept of sustainability emerged in the 1970s, but it wasn’t until later that it was considered a career opportunity. As the world pushes towards environmental protection and social inclusion, the future of work is redefined.
A career narrative is a way of talking about your professional journey, highlighting your significant accomplishments, key skills, unique qualities, career motivations, and the value your experience brings to a potential employer.
While the first step into the job market can be a steep learning curve, experiences gained through mini real-world job stints can help you gear up for student-to-working-life transition.
Do you sometimes feel like you are spinning tyres in the mud in figuring out what your career path should look like? You’re not alone. Even working professionals ponder over this now and then.
We are visual creatures, processing what we see much faster than what we hear. Albert Mehrabian’s “7-38-55” rule suggests that the art of communication is 7% spoken words, 38% tone of voice, and 55% body language. This means that the non-verbal cues displayed at an interview can sway the conversation in any direction. Heed these interview body language dos and don’ts to help you ace your future interviews.
Competition for internships heats up not only with multinational companies and coveted big brand names but also with start-ups, where interns can have the opportunity to be more involved in business decisions.
Learning how to shift one’s attitude towards conflict, identify the various conflict management styles, and understand which approach you instinctively respond to, can help you reframe and defuse conflict, creating productive results and maintaining amicable relationships.
In 2005, David Foster Wallace delivered a 22-minute “This Is Water” commencement speech at Kenyon College to a class of graduating students.
Looking back on that moment right now, I realise that I had let that feeling overwhelm me far too much.