In 2015, news circulated of a woman who lost her job because she listed on Facebook the different ways she thought her boss was an idiot. Although comical at the time, it was her boss who had the last laugh. Social media is increasingly blurring the line between business and pleasure, between opinion and [...]
Everybody knows that potential employers are going to Google you. Pictures of you, drunk during the holidays and dancing on tables are not ideal for social sharing. And yet, every day millions post damaging and questionable material on social media that could ultimately hinder their career. You can continue reading this article on What Career [...]
Once upon a time marketing gurus spent time trying to predict which new social media apps would be the next big thing. In recent years, with few exceptions, there haven’t been any breakout stars. Instead, more platforms are deciding to diversify their functionality leading to some interesting trends: You can continue reading this article [...]
Not so long ago, Google made headlines for its’ outrageous hiring practices. Every method and manner of “testing” was used to try and develop a predictive algorithm for new hires. In the end, Google found that there was no such thing as a magic bullet when it came to choosing who would be best for [...]
Careers have always been presented as things that people just have. They happen after you get the appropriate qualifications and training and gain employment with a company looking for talent. That has been the way of things for many years. Increasingly millennials are finding that careers are no longer the organic results of hard [...]
A new year, a new round of career fairs. Whether you are a school leaver, seeking to gain an apprenticeship, aiming to go to university, seeking an internship, or chasing a graduate programme there is a plethora of shows, advice clinics, workshops, and employer fairs from which you can learn more. Fairs provide the [...]
For some the path to that perfect career is straightforward. For most the path is not so simple. Unless you undertake a vocational degree such as medicine, dentistry or engineering, what you should do after graduating can be confusing. However, there is a solution. There is something you can do to make things clearer. [...]
With a university degree having evolved from a rare commodity to a qualification boasted by one in three today, job competition for graduates is fiercer than ever – which is where the concept of graduate career development has evolved. Alexander Partners aims to help students in their final years at university, recently graduated or [...]
You are about to leave school, college or university and are applying for apprenticeships or graduate jobs. Thankfully, you continued playing the piano or football with your local team; you may have managed to get involved in sports, music or perhaps the university debating society. Great, you are equipped with qualifications, extra-curricular activities and [...]
For the majority of students, picking the best university to meet their personal preferences of course and future career can be a daunting task. With the number of career opportunities now so heavily dependent on what course you complete and from where the pressure to get your options spot on is significant. However, rather [...]
