Tips to Ace Your Performance Review
On one hand, reaching the mid-year mark is cause for celebration, excitement, and anticipation. The year is almost up, and the festive season is fast approaching. On the other hand, it can be filled with dread, nerves, and uncertainty. This could be because your annual performance appraisal is on the horizon and you’re experiencing various…
4 Workplace Problems and What You Can Do About Them
Mar 8, 2019 By Omar B. There’s no such thing as a perfect workplace. No matter who you are or where you work, there will be something that makes your day a little (or a lot) more difficult than you want it to be. Some of these workplace problems are things we just have to…
Take the Career Path off the Beaten Path
When you think of a career path, many of us venture towards familiar choices like doctors, lawyers, teachers, physiotherapists, and other common titles. These are all great because we need professionals in these fields. But how often have you thought you’d make a great professional sleeper? Yes. This is a real job that someone gets…
Simon Furnivall: “Coming to work for Alison has given me a really strong career...
Simon, tell us a bit about yourself and how you discovered Alison. My name is Simon Furnivall and I live in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before I worked for Alison, I worked for a number of years in the publishing industry, as both a proof-reader and a copy-writer. I found out about Alison through a former colleague…
Survival Tips For Your New Job
New company. New position. New challenges. A dream come true. Very few things come close to the excitement that comes with starting your new ideal job. The flip side of this coin are the nerves about meeting new people, impressing your new boss, finding your way, and not appearing clueless. When you’re starting a new…
Building a Career, One Academic Step at a Time
It wasn’t planned. The path that led Candice Retas from an interest in studying music and the arts to a career in nursing was one that just unfolded. “I definitely did not map this out,” Ms. Retas, 26, said with a laugh. “It was kind of one step at a time.” Actually, it was one…
The Top 5 Skills Computer Programmers Everywhere Need
Jan 24, 2019 By Francisco P. Did you know that computer programming is predicted to be the most in-demand career of the next decade? Almost every major task a company must complete, from file management and advertising to customer engagement and data analysis, now relies on computers. As companies everywhere become dependent on computer technology,…
Continuous Learning: What Your Business Needs to Know
Learning is a lifelong process. This is a truth for learning for personal and professional development because, through learning, you never cease to grow. In the workplace, continuous learning can serve as a driver to career success. Below, we outline the concept of continuous learning and explore ways that you can set yourself and your…
Rethinking Your Career
By now, we’ve heard of “the great resignation”. If you haven’t, it’s a term that was coined in 2021 and spurred by the global pandemic. Under this great resignation, companies and organisations saw many of their staff resign from their jobs. There are many factors that influenced this great move and continue to be of…
Where Are You Going? How Can You Get There?
Mar 1, 2019 By Maria T. Do you know where you are going in life? A lot of people don’t. If you have a clear idea of where you want to be in a few years, you really are a lucky one. Dreams are valuable, if you’ve got one then hold onto it! But even…
