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  • How to Find a Career That Energises You!

    How to Find a Career That Energises You!

    Read on to for some tips and ideas that’ll help you find a career that energises you. Finding a career that’s right for you and that makes you excited to …

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  • 4 Questions to Ask when you Join a Business

    4 Questions to Ask when you Join a Business

    People often assume that an interview is all about an employer finding out what a candidate can offer a business. But this is actually a two-way street. You should be …

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  • Social Media & Job Searching

    Social Media & Job Searching

    So you are in the market for a new job, your CV is good to go and you have started thinking about who you will go to for a reference, …

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How to Advance Your Career

  • How to Negotiate a Pay Rise

    How to Negotiate a Pay Rise

    How to Negotiate a Pay Rise Written By Natalie McMillan Natalie has worked in senior board-level roles within operations, human resources and organisational development, and transformation in public sector, not-for-profit …

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  • Simple Ways to Boost your Confidence Before a Job Interview

    Simple Ways to Boost your Confidence Before a Job Interview

    When you have a job interview coming up, it is not unusual to feel nervous about it or to lose your confidence, especially if you have been out of the …

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  • When you don’t get the Promotion

    When you don’t get the Promotion

    Have you ever gone for a promotion and not been successful? How did it feel?  You are likely to experience a range of emotions: Being passed over for promotion can be …

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  • How to Build Confidence

    How to Build Confidence

    By Sport & Beyond “A woman is like a tea bag: you never know how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” Within this article we talk …

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  • How to Say ‘No’ and Why You Should!

    How to Say ‘No’ and Why You Should!

    How to Say ‘No’ and Why You Should! How to say ‘No’. I’ll start this short blog with a true story. A couple of years ago, I was in a …

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Changing Career Direction

  • How to take an Insurance Exam

    How to take an Insurance Exam

    Deciding to go for your insurance license is a major step in your life. It’s going to have a huge impact on your quality of life and the happiness you …

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  • What You Need To Know Before Becoming An HGV Driver

    What You Need To Know Before Becoming An HGV Driver

    Looking for a new career, MMB Magazine explores the options trending in 2023. Becoming an HGV driver This is an exciting career move to make, providing you with the opportunity …

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  • 5 Things you Need to Know Before you Start your New Law Career

    5 Things you Need to Know Before you Start your New Law Career

    In this post, we take a look at some of the things you need to know before you transition into a law career. When it comes to the legal profession, …

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  • 15 Careers in Tech you Should Consider

    15 Careers in Tech you Should Consider

    In this article, we’ll explore 15 of the most popular current Tech Careers. The technology sector is one of the most innovative and rapidly-growing industries in the world. A career …

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  • The Importance of Learning Google Sheets for your Career

    The Importance of Learning Google Sheets for your Career

    When you are looking for ways to elevate your career early on or get a head start in your career, you need to keep up with the technological tools that …

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  • Is Going Back to University as a Working Mother Worth It?

    Is Going Back to University as a Working Mother Worth It?

    If you’re like most women, you’re probably thinking about your future and your family at the same time. You want to make sure that you’re providing for your family in …

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  • Have Roles in Agriculture Changed for Women?

    Have Roles in Agriculture Changed for Women?

    By Sarah Richardson #IWD2021  For International Women’s Day 2021 I have been thinking (mostly while mucking out) about how much has changed for women in agriculture and how we can …

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  • How To Get A New Career in PR

    How To Get A New Career in PR

    If you’re thinking about changing your career after maternity leave or having children, what about PR? The number of people who haven’t got a clue what it entails, is astounding. …

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Work Life Balance

  • Equal Pay Are We A Step Closer?

    Equal Pay Are We A Step Closer?

    Navigating the Path to Equal Pay: A Guide for Empowered Working Mums By Katie Ash – Banner Jones Katie has over 18 years’ experience in dealing with all aspects of …

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  • How to Work Better when you Work from Home

    How to Work Better when you Work from Home

    There wasn’t all that much to love about the coronavirus pandemic, but there were some benefits. For example, companies become more comfortable with letting their employees work remotely. There wasn’t …

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  • How to Beat Stress and Boost Innovation

    How to Beat Stress and Boost Innovation

    By Chris Griffiths Encourage Mindful Breaks at Work Ask people how many breaks they take in their working day, and the answer is often ‘not as many as I would …

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  • How you can Feel Career Fulfillment in Your Journey

    How you can Feel Career Fulfillment in Your Journey

    So, how can you make sure you truly feel fulfilled feeling in your career and the career-oriented journey you’re in? Everyone is on a journey in some form or another …

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  • How to remain productive when working from home

    How to remain productive when working from home

    By Katie Mallinson With 50% of the UK workforce set to work remotely this year, business owners have a perfect chance to offer employees the opportunity to take a break …

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  • How To Improve Your Carbon Footprint When Working From Home

    How To Improve Your Carbon Footprint When Working From Home

    Your carbon footprint is important to the world in the grand scheme of things. Whether you think it doesn’t matter or you’re not currently doing anything to reduce your carbon …

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  • What’s your Rhythm?

    What’s your Rhythm?

    By Barbara Nixon  What’s your rhythm – I’ve always been a working mum, and when my older ones were small and I worked in corporate the one thing that it …

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  • Dealing With Stress

    Dealing With Stress

    By Jamie Broadley Whether it’s about work, family, money or time, stress never seems to be far away in our modern lives. The good news is that with the increase …

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