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Life Long Learning and Interview Skills by Vincent Stevenson
When I first started work in the late seventies, you could finish one job on a Friday,5854 Ugg Classic Mini Navy Boots, go down to the employment exchange on Monday and start your next job on the Tuesday. It was that easy.
I remember those days vividly, it seemed to take a long time for anything to happen. It was rather dull actually, but because that's the way it was, and it was all that we knew, very few people could be bothered to challenge the status quo.
The world has moved on a great deal and experienced incredible change both socially and economically. The global economy, immigration, technical progress and innovation - too much change some would say,The Lion In The Marble by Jane Derry.
Changing and changing fast to this new reality is the only way to survive.
I am very proud of the work that I do now and as well as my overall achievements since I left school. What a journey it has been!
I was lucky. I went to an excellent school with teachers who cared and it was a super atmosphere in which to learn. Education is the most wonderful gift and the best experience open to man, and something of a privilege in this sometimes unfair world.
Interestingly (apart from writing, reading and arithmetic), very little I learnt at school is relevant to my work as a speaker and trainer. The work scene has so enormously changed that it's imperative to adapt and reskill many times to remain employable.
A prime task in interview coaching is making this sometimes painful point. Some skills have an incredibly short shelf life. For example,As the time to leave approached, when you chose a university course in ICT that lasts 4 years, 50% of the content is obsolete by the end of it. Learning, personal development and communication skills have never been so highly valued as they are today. Your commitment to self-development at your own expense and in your own time is a certain method of attracting your prospective employer's attention.
Naturally, there is no guarantee that your extra curricular activities will land you that excellent job, but it's certainly worth developing,Focus and Context, putting on your CV and discussing at the interview.
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