Why It’s Never Too Late to Start a New Career Path in Accounting

Why It’s Never Too Late to Start a New Career Path in Accounting

Is it ever too late to start a new career path? Well, for certain careers—yes. If you want to become a professional athlete, your body’s capacity will naturally prevent you from competing successfully with younger talent after a certain age. For most other career paths—go for it! Napoleon Hill even concludes in his 1937 bestseller…

How Learning To Love The Job You Hate Can Boost Your Career Prospects

How Learning To Love The Job You Hate Can Boost Your Career Prospects

We like to think that all the jobs we have in our careers have been good. Sadly, that’s not the case for everyone. For some folks, after the initial “honeymoon period” of a new job, they start to hate going to work each day. In fact, they have to drag themselves out of bed each…

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Is a Career in Credit Analysis the Right Choice for You?

A job in credit analysis carries with it lots of responsibilities. Generally, credit analysts are responsible for assessing the creditworthiness of a loan applicant. These applicants may be individuals or businesses, depending on the field the credit analyst is working in. Typically, credit analysts are employed by investment companies, credit rating agencies, credit card issuing…

Here’s Why You Should Drop Everything And Work In The Fitness Industry

Here’s Why You Should Drop Everything And Work In The Fitness Industry

It’s little secret that these days, the job market is pretty tough. In many cases there are simply more jobs than there are people, and more and more people go into high education, the competition rises even further. Certain sectors are completely overrun – but at the same time, some are flourishing. It can be…

Win Recruiters With A CV That Impresses In Less Than 10 Seconds

Win Recruiters With A CV That Impresses In Less Than 10 Seconds

As a general rule of the thumb, employers and recruiters spend less than 10 seconds on a CV before deciding whether it is of interest or not. Studies show that in average after reading your CV for 8.8 seconds, experienced recruiters already know if they should contact you for an interview. So it’s important to…

Advice Getting Into The (Highly) Competitive Manufacturing & Design Industry

Advice Getting Into The (Highly) Competitive Manufacturing & Design Industry

Believe it or not, manufacturing and design is one of the most competitive industries in the world. So if you plan on having a career in it, you need to be clued up on what it takes to be successful. In competitive industries like this one, it’s important to understand that it’s not impossible to…

How to Adapt to the Digital Workplace

How to Adapt to the Digital Workplace

We live in an age of digital workspaces and flexible working directives, where employees are being empowered to travel the world in the name of business. This is creating huge opportunities for international growth and expansion, while also reducing certain cost bases associated with running a business. The rise of international business travel alone is…