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How to Find Work
Applying for the perfect job and getting turned down can be a real disappointment, but you need to persevere. You cannot control the quality of the other candidates. It doesn’t matter how well suited you think you are to a position; someone else can always snatch it from you with a better interview, more qualifications […]
How to Write the Perfect CV
Print your CV on decent paper. Don’t go overboard with watermarked or decorated paper, but don’t print it on scrap paper with failed print-outs on the reverse. This document represents you.
Keep it simple. Employers don’t want to see colourful titles, text or images, the information should be presented as clearly as possible with headers to […]
Sell Your Property Online
The UK housing situation is considerably frantic at the moment, with reported house prices falling in succession. Is it the perfect time to invest in property and snap up a bargain or should we be selling quickly before prices fall further? This predicament will inevitably reap huge rewards for some, at the expense of others.
Whatever […]
Ways Of Getting Into Teaching
To train as a teacher need to complete a programme of initial teacher training (ITT) and once you have done that, you will gain your qualified teacher status (QTS).
There are several ways you can complete your IIT: Alongside a degree or straight after a degree, as a part-time course alongside work or as a full-time […]
What Can A Spa Do For Your Hotel?
Is now the right time to invest in a spa? In recent months, it seems as if, wherever one turns, hotel owners and hotel operators are adding spas to their package of products and services. From the most luxurious hotels such as Mandarin Oriental and Four Seasons all the way to Butlins and […]
3 Steps To Landing Your Dream Job
With the nation captivated by the BBCs The Apprentice, does it make you question whether you are in the right career? Sir Alan certainly puts the contestants through rigorous, demanding and unfamiliar tasks to eliminate the weak, less adaptable hopefuls. How well do you think you would fair in the exciting and cut throat series. […]
ETFs, Funds and Shares: What Are They and What Are Their Benefits?
Exchange Traded Funds, better known by many investors as iShares, the brand owned by Barclays Global Investors (’BGI’) have been around in the UK since April 2000, with the launch of the iFTSE100 on the London Stock Exchange. From a slow start, by the end of 2005 (the latest figures available), some 125 billion was […]
Getting Started, Building A Share Portfolio: The Asset Allocation Model Approach
Its a topic we have talked about last January (Getting the right mix) when we showed you some typical asset allocation approaches, but here we take you a bit further, by mapping out the role different types of investments can play.
Before starting to invest you will already have considered whether paying-off or reducing debts […]
The FTSE 100: What Does It All Mean?
Simply, but with a few exceptions, the FTSE 100 is an index composed of the 100 largest companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). These are often referred to as blue chip companies, and the index is seen traditionally as a good indication of the performance of major companies listed in the UK.
The […]
Share Advice- Getting Started with Shares Using a ‘Model Approach’
Before starting to invest you will already have considered whether paying-off or reducing debts is a better use of available cash. And you’ll have set aside a suitable ‘cash reserve’ to cover for unexpected expenditure - it’s generally accepted that a minimum of 3 months income is a sensible reserve. Then it’s a case of […]
