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The graduate employment process: The importance of highlighting soft skills
In the blog this week, we shall continue our focus on the recruitment stage of the graduate job application process by evaluating the...
May 31, 20242 min read
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The graduate employment process: Planning to write the initial job application documentation
In the blog last week, we analysed the actions required prior to considering any job application in the initial stage of the recruitment...
May 24, 20242 min read
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The graduate employment process: Preparing to manage the initial step in the recruitment process
In our blog post this week, we will begin to explore the first step of the job application process known as the recruitment stage. Here,...
May 17, 20243 min read
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The graduate employment process: Identifying a sustainable travel to work area
In the blog last week, we evaluated the importance of researching both the organisation and the job vacancy before making any application...
May 10, 20242 min read
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The graduate employment process: Researching the organisation and the specific job vacancy
In the blog this week, we begin a short new series on managing the challenges faced by graduates in the increasingly competitive job...
May 3, 20242 min read
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Teamwork skills: The importance of developing teamwork competencies at university
In the previous blog, we explored the importance of complementary roles when establishing high performance teams. This week we will...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
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Teamwork skills: The influence of cross-cultural issues on team behaviour
In the blog last week, we reviewed the extent to which high performance teams depend on the identification of a balance between...
Apr 19, 20243 min read
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Teamwork skills: The value of balancing complementary team roles
In the blog last week, we explored the influence of organisational culture on the preference for either groups or teams in the working...
Apr 12, 20242 min read
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Teamwork skills: The impact of organisational culture on the preference for team or group working
'Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.' —Henry Ford In the blog last week, we...
Apr 5, 20244 min read
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Teamwork skills: The contrast between groups and teams
'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.' — Helen Keller As we begin a new series on teamworking, the initial issue that...
Mar 29, 20244 min read
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Project planning: Applying brainstorming techniques to get started
'Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.' Edward de Bono Having now gained an overview of...
Mar 22, 20243 min read
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The application of project planning to the exam revision process
In the blog last week, we completed our initial introduction to the 8-step approach to project planning. This week we will explore the...
Mar 15, 20243 min read
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Project planning: Learning project planning and time allocation skills
In the blog this week, we will begin to explore the critical issue of developing project planning skills that are essential when...
Mar 8, 20243 min read
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Managing time: The threat of optimism bias
In the blog this week, we will conclude our examination of factors that can disrupt effective time allocation management by reviewing the...
Mar 1, 20243 min read
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Managing time: The threat of procrastination
In the blog this week we will continue our short series on the challenges to effective time allocation management by exploring the impact...
Feb 23, 20243 min read
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Managing time: Managing the allocation of time and avoiding student syndrome
In the blog this week, we will continue to explore the challenges faced to maintain effective time allocation by an increasing number of...
Feb 16, 20243 min read
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Managing time: Contrasting cross-cultural perceptions of time
In the blog this week, we will explore the extent to which contrasting cross-cultural perceptions of time can result in a potential time...
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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Planning to study overseas: Understanding communication shock
In the blog this week, we will explore the issue of cross-cultural communication shock that needs to be anticipated prior to studying or...
Feb 2, 20244 min read
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Planning to study overseas: Avoiding timetable shock
This week we will explore one of the most frequently reported experiences that unexpectantly, perhaps even surprisingly, can trigger a...
Jan 26, 20244 min read
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Planning to study overseas: Managing learning shock
In the previous post, we explored the more general issue of culture shock that, at least to some extent, can be experienced by students...
Jan 19, 20243 min read
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