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If you are a job seeker you’ll be familiar with the automated rejection. You know the one, the email that reads “Dear (insert name), Thank you for your application for the (insert vacancy). Unfortunately on this occasion you were not
Emotional intelligence is a huge driver of success
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Over the course of an interview, the interviewer is building a mental map of you,
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When Columbus set sail in search of the new world, he and his crew didn’t know what they would find. Like today’s modern job hunter, these explorers set out in search of fabulous riches (or, you know, employment) with
