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  • Five leadership lessons my colleagues have taught me

    When in your career can you say that you are the ‘finished article’? After many years in the industry, we still believe that the answer is never.
  • 4 ways to be an effective leader

    Gaining the respect of a new team is essential to leadership success. Recruiting experts offer four tips on how to face the challenges that might arise in your first few weeks.
  • How to succeed in your career without becoming a people manager

    Your career progression options are not limited to management roles. Let the recruitment experts discuss 4 ways you can pursue career success – without managing people.
  • The 3 important questions you should answer in your CV

    In a competitive job market, how do you grab the attention of an employer? Make your CV stand out from the crowd by answering these three vital questions.
  • 5 steps to help you self-promote

    In order to move forward within your career, it is necessary to be your own ‘biggest fan’ and communicate to others about your skills and successes, otherwise you may find yourself stuck in a career rut. Find out the five ways here to give you greater control of your future path.
  • Why creativity isn't just important for 'creative' jobs

    There are plenty of common traits shared by people from every walk of life, working at all levels, in each part of the world – for example, all of us eat, breathe, sleep and have imagination. But until that imagination is applied to something, can we all honestly say that we’re creative?
  • How to grow your accountancy and finance salary in 2019

    Accountancy and finance professionals who can keep pace with ever-changing technology and legislation will be in demand this year...
  • Do you know how to ‘talk about yourself’ in an interview?

    How do you ‘talk about yourself’ in an interview? “Tell me about yourself” – this common interview question seems simple enough, but without proper preparation can cause you to slip up. Read on to find tips on how to structure your answer.
  • How to capture the attention of your boss's boss

    There are often managers or directors within your organisation that you want to be noticed by, like your boss’s boss. However, due to their seniority, they are just a little too far out of reach when it comes to building a relationship with them. Read on to find out how to build this vital rappor...
  • 4 ways to ace your interview presentation

    Interviews can already make you feel quite nervous, but when you’re asked to also give a presentation, you can feel even more apprehensive.
  • Avoid these common interview errors

    Interviews can be stressful situations, and you can’t beat yourself up about the odd slip up here and there. However, as part of your interview preparation, it is important to understand that a lot of the mistakes people make are both very common, and easily avoided. Put simply, the more prepared...
  • The benefits of having a career mentor

    You career mentor is someone who can help you achieve your professional goals, and give you objective advice and support. If you’re ambitious about your career, a mentor can help you succeed. So why don’t you have one?
  • Have you woken up to the digital revolution?

    Change is the new norm in our digital world, and this applies as much to accounting as it does to anything else but it looks like most UK workers haven’t woken up to the fact - have you?
  • 10 tips for finding a job while you have a job

    The digitisation of recruitment and the rise of professional social media have made it far easier to hunt for a job while employed than it was a decade ago.
  • Skills that help accounting professionals succeed alongside AI

    There’s some understandable concern these days about the possibility that increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) will lead to job losses amongst accounting and audit professionals.
  • The Insider View - Moscow

    An examination of how business is conducted across the world, with local experts acting as guides.
  • How to maximise international career opportunities

    International experience is crucial for leadership development as businesses expand across the globe, but some international assignments are better career opportunities than others, research suggests. 
  • I worked on.. Launching an IT company in Indochina

    Rick Yvanovich gives an insiders view of what it is like to set up an IT company in Indochina.
  • The Insider View - Warsaw

    Local experts act as guides to doing business in Poland's capital
  • The Insider View: Johannesburg

    Johannesburg is the business hub of South Africa and, as such, its fortunes reflect the nation’s general economic conditions.