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How can reflection help our career?
In our team meeting today we talked about reflection and how could we encourage students to reflect on what they are learning in class as well as in their work and personal lives. Why should we help...
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Happy Friday the Thirteenth!
While any of you triskaidekaphobics out there might want to sit this day out, for the rest of you, happy Friday the Thirteenth! I hope that none of you will try to walk under a ladder, inside with an...
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Do you have the right moves to be an Accountant?
Today is first day of the Lunar New Year. To get into the swing of things, my colleague and I looked up our Chinese Zodiac signs. Turns out I was born in the year of the Monkey, associated with the...
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Is your online presence up to scratch?
Yes – recruitment time is NOW (March) for internships and graduate roles. Is your online presence up to scratch? What would I see if I Googled you, Facebooked you, or looked you up on LinkedIn,...
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What REALLY happens in recruitment?!
The complex recruitment process – From the employer to the job advertisement to the applicants, can you grasp it? No? Here’s an illustration of what really happens in most cases…
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Weighing in on Strength vs. Weakness
“Do not try to change yourself – you are unlikely to succeed.” (American author Peter Drucker) “Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong” (Drucker, 2005). It makes...
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Ever wondered if you could be an Entrepreneur?
Being an entrepreneur is an exciting option. Do you want to find out how to become a student entrepreneur? “Bill Gates. Mark Zuckerberg. Larry Page. Sergey Brin. They share more than a few enviable...
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Happy at Work
Can you really be happy at work? Ready to jump up on a Monday morning and look forward to your work day? Some people might say….yeah, right – only in my dreams! Yet, every day, there are people who...
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Inspiration helps career planning
It’s exam time at Victoria University and that always leaves you a bit down in the dumps until you can recover and recuperate. Perhaps you are lacking energy for your career planning. You need some...
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How to be a Chief Happiness Officer!
Yes, this is a job title that exists! I was delighted and slightly confused when I read about it. What is a CHO? According to the Guardian Careers post I read they focus on “cultivating a contented...
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Writing (and Reading) as a Career
The words “I love writing” are ones I hear frequently from those wanting to explore careers involving writing. But writing about what and for whom? Are we talking about becoming a novelist, journalist,...
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The art of decision making
We had our open day on Friday so were inundated with prospective students of all ages trying to decide if Victoria is the university for them. It’s a big decision and I think it was very sensible that...
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Do you want a career as a spy?
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to become a spy. It only has three letters yet the word ‘spy’ conjures up images of everything from tense Cold War espionage and paranoia to...
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42 Quotes From Fictional People to Inspire You at Work
The world of fiction is now so prominent in our everyday lives, it’s not too surprising to find yourself taking inspiration from notable quotes that are straight out of your favourite novel, film or...
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Why having fun at work is good for you!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock it would be hard not to have heard/seen that another Rugby World Cup has started in England. I’m not a big fan of rugby by any means but I’ve decided to take part...
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New career – Professional Selfie Photographer?
Want to know what it’s like to be a professional Selfie Photographer? How many likes your selfie will generate? How to create a great selfie?
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The Final Countdown
It’s the last week of lectures for Trimester Two and I know a lot of students will be busy finishing off final assignments before turning their attention to exams. Once these are over the vast majority...
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Calling all Design Students and Creative People. Good News!
How timely it is to have come across a good web resource for our creative students at Victoria and anyone else who loves ‘creating’ in two dimensions, three-dimensions or more. I am an admirer of New...
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Seven Resiliencies
in the writing course recently we considered how resilient we are. Resilience would be vital for the next stage of writing – finding a publisher (cross fingers) and the editing process that comes of...
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Hot jobs in the Public Sector – follow the money and latest trends
Thinking about a job in the public sector? The latest report from the SSC (State Services Commission) is mostly positive although some imbalances remain. There is a good news for graduates and those...
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