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Tired? Stressed? Burned out? If you feel like the walls are closing in on you and you just need to get away from work, you are not alone. Many of us get exhausted from work at some point, and the best cure can be a little time off. But how do you approach your [...]
New Year- New Beginnings It’s already a few weeks into the new year and for most of us the reality of work is starting to kick back in, no more sun kissed days on the beach (the sun has disappeared) and no more late nights in the pool (the rain is wet enough). But if [...]
The C-Factor Nervous. Awkward. Painfully Shy. These traits don’t paint a picture of the typically successful employee. Though there is definitely a time and place for the quiet achiever, when going for a job or just trying to impress your boss or client, confidence is key. Your attitude is half the battle; and if you [...]
Excuses, excuses! ProGrad have recently discovered a disturbing statistic- there is a shocking rate of Grandparents coming down with a serious illness on a Thursday morning. Also peaking on a Thursday prior to 9am is the rate of graduate job offers. Who are all these companies that call you before business hours to offer you [...]
Last Friday ProGrad kicked off the festive season with a night of wining and dining for our annual Christmas Party. Some spectacular dance moves were demonstrated, and a great time was had by all with some very memorable (and many hazy) moments shared along the way. At ProGrad we are incredibly lucky, in that we [...]
To Call or Not to Call? That is Never in Question. Aside from pro wrestlers and reality TV producers, not many people enjoy a confrontation, but there are times in life when simply passing the buck isn’t good enough, when one must man up and face their fears. There are many situations in life that [...]
Rain, rain go away.. The end of your final semester is meant to be a time of relaxing by the beach and enjoying a long deserved break outdoors. But Sydney graduates are being robbed of this rite of passage by the gloomy weather that seems to have set in for good. If singing in the [...]
Top 5 misconstrued ideas about your dream job: So you’ve just finished uni and are looking to launch your dream career to start making that expensive degree work for you, but are your ideas about space age offices and working for a fortune 100 company realistic? Sadly you won’t be on the board of directors [...]
Dressed to kill Coming along to assessment day with ProGrad, or out to a job interview trying your luck as a fresh faced graduate in the corporate world? I’m sure you’ve done all your preparation- you know your strengths, weaknesses, why you want the role, but have you given a thought to the [...]
Emilia recently came through our Sydney Assessment day, and sent the following feedback to Jemma, who was her Graduate Manager. “Hi Jemma, Just sending an email to thank you so much for everything you’ve done for me in the last 24hours. I hope I wasn’t too difficult to deal with. Thank you especially for your [...]
