Do accents matter when job hunting? Did you know that 80% of employers admit to discriminating in job interviews based on accent alone? There is a time-old belief with recruiters that there is a correlation between accent and ability to fulfil a role. According to articles from BBC Capital and The Guardian, even local UK dialects [...]
The Taste of Interview Success I’ll be frank with you…there’s no set formula for interview success. They’re all going to be different, even if you only ever experience one type of interview during your job search. But you have to prepare, show you really know your stuff and make sure you stand out. Essentially, there are [...]
Balancing the Risks and Rewards of Freelancing There are many misconceptions about going solo in business. We most commonly associate freelancing with people sitting in cafes, sipping coffee, looking relaxed and tapping away on their laptops. The reality is they are frantically chasing invoice payments, organising meetings, writing proposals and doing a myriad of tasks [...]
