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  • November 24, 2020

How My Work Goals Have Made a Complete U-Turn

Last week I received a message on LinkedIn from one of my friends. They forwarded me a job advertisement that

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  • October 26, 2020

How to Deal With Job Rejection

We’ve all been there. Sometimes it’s a Dear John letter, sometimes it’s personal feedback and sometimes it’s just radio silence

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  • July 20, 2020

How Much Am I Worth?

Songs to listen to while reading this blog post: Money Money Money by ABBA, Gold Digger by Kanye West, You

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  • July 17, 2020

Five Things I’ve Learnt One Year After Graduating

It’s been one year and six days since I donned a gown and cap and crossed the stage in the

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  • May 29, 2020

Five Things to Consider When Starting A New Job

I’ve had quite a few first days on the job with my past internships, jobs and placements. The first day

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  • May 8, 2020

Five Ways to Improve Your Public Speaking

Last week, I read the book Grace Under Pressure: A Masterclass in Public Speaking by Lisa Wentz. It was a

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  • April 24, 2020

Five Online Courses to Take Advantage of During Lockdown

I remember a time when I said I didn’t want to mention the coronavirus on my blog. In the past

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  • April 15, 2020

Will Remote Working be the New Norm?

I’ve had a vision for a long time of myself sitting in a café in Bali, working on my laptop

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  • March 20, 2020

Five Tips for Working From Home

Due to Coronavirus, almost all of us are working from home or remotely. Schools and universities are closed, forcing classes

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  • February 11, 2020

What Do You Choose When You Can’t Have Both: The Job, or The Location?

I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot recently, as I’m almost halfway through my year in New York –

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  • June 7, 2019

Five Reasons to do a Placement Year

This post originally appeared on StudentJobUk, which you can read here. Last year I undertook a placement year in London, as

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  • May 29, 2019

The Fish in Pond Debate Revisited

Back in March 2017, I wrote a little blog post about different sized fish in different sized ponds. I was

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A five year plan? U crazy?? 🤯 I made a five ye A five year plan? U crazy?? 🤯

I made a five year plan in my final year of uni and looking back, probably wasn’t a great idea. However, I have ticked a few of those things off and didn’t take into consideration that one of those years would be spent in a global pandemic. 

Even though it’s a crazy thought to have a five year plan, I’ve updated the original and created a new one - it’s over on the blog now 🙋🏻‍♀️
Book 2 of 2021 | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ N Book 2 of 2021 | ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

No big review for this one, just read it! And check out the @highperformance podcast with him too - obsessed!
Discovering the term ‘No Zero Days’ was probab Discovering the term ‘No Zero Days’ was probably one of the best things to happen to me last year 👩🏻‍💻
When influencer marketing first became a real stra When influencer marketing first became a real strategy in marketing plans, brands wanted to work with the biggest influencers on social media. 

Then brands started to realize the value of micro influencers (those with 10,000+ followers). 

Now? The new trend is working with nano influencers - those with 1,000-10,000 followers or often even less. So what are the benefits of working with nano influencers in comparison to macro influencers (those with 100,000+ followers)? ⬇️

1. They have a close relationship with their followers 🙋🏻‍♀️
2. Often a higher rate of engagement 📈
3. Trusted by their audience (the influencer next door) 🥰
4. Very niche area of influence 🗣
5. Less costly than the Kim K’s 💸

Full blog post live now 🖤
Bye Felicia 🧘🏻‍♀️ Bye Felicia 🧘🏻‍♀️
Sometimes I used to wonder whether experience was Sometimes I used to wonder whether experience was more valuable than my degree, but that’s something to discuss a little later. 

While at university, make the most of your days off, your mid-terms and summer holidays to carry out work experience and internships. And I know, since most people are working from home right now that it’s very hard to get practical experience. 

However there are other ways to keep adding to your CV in lockdown ⬇️

1. Intern - the most practical way of getting experience, ask if you can shadow someone virtually for a day 👩🏻‍💼

2. Write - start a blog 🙋🏻‍♀️ journal, write for other publications, make an insta or just write something down every day about what you want to do in your career ✍🏼

3. Volunteer - ask some local charities or businesses if you can manage their social media. Offer your knowledge for free to gain some experience and this may turn out to be paying work further down the line 📈

4. Build a social media account - show employers you know what you’re talking about because you’ve got something to show them. Start a TikTok account, a niche insta or even a YouTube channel documenting your vegetable garden 🤳🏼

5. Online courses - get certified in Google Analytics, Hubspot, SEO, Facebook Ads etc. all for free. These are skills every employer will value 👩🏻‍💻

6. Read - from the bookworm herself. I don’t just mean books here. Keep up with all the latest blogs, news articles and tweets of those in the business. Keep up with current trends, new social media features and apps making big waves. Make sure you’re up to speed on everything happening in the industry 📚

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