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“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” - Benjamin Franklin Now that the New Year is well underway, how motivated are you to make this year your greatest success? Maybe you have set resolutions to be a more active, healthier you or planning to take up a new language [...]
Sad but true, the book ends of the working day for the majority of Sydney workers will be a train trip. That every day hussle and bussle from the office to the platform, the platform to the carriage (and then there’s the trip itself) is a daily ritual not always enjoyed by the average commuter. [...]
So, you have been lucky enough to land the interview with the company who promises to make your job dreams come true. They lay everything out on the table, give you great advice and even offer to print and bind your resume. You enter the room with all the other hopeful graduates, you’re looking smart, [...]
It’s the end of the financial year already. The sales are on, vacuum cleaners are half price, cars are driving out on their own and with a new year approaching many companies have their hopeful hats on ready to go from strength to strength, while others prepare to pick up with a fresh start. This [...]
Energy drinks are a staple element of many a student or young workers diet. Full of energy and delicious bubbles; they are the often the spark that ignites the fire under a massive assessment at uni, during an arduous study session or on a slow moving project at work. But many recent studies have shown [...]
With the likes of Justin Bieber, Katie Perry and Avril Lavigne selling us on the benefits of Proactiv there must be something to it? While I can’t actually tell you anything about the skin care products (they look a little too good to be true if you ask me), as someone who works in the [...]
Win an Apple iPad 2 while getting a job! At ProGrad we love a good incentive, and we strongly believe in rewarding effort! Better still, we love to get our grads involved. If you register with ProGrad at the UTS Careers Fair (11th of April 2011) and are successful at an assessment day with us, [...]
Corporate Snakes and Ladders. Don’t get stuck playing graduate games. Every graduate has their dream job, and the most direct way to get there is usually to climb the corporate ladder to reach it. But unfortunately like a well balanced board game there are often a few snakes to set you back. So what is [...]
It’s the fastest growing industry in the world, and seems to know no limits in where it’s taking society and the business world alike. It offers some of the most modern innovative products of any sector and generates some of the highest profits in the market. But it is still associated with nerds. So [...]
It might take two to tango but three is the magic number when it comes to employment. There are many reasons employees choose to use recruitment companies rather than directly seeking applications themselves. So what is so attractive about the middleman? Some of the key reasons revolve around the fact that looking for the right [...]
