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Photo: via Getty Images Job interviews have been nerve wracking since the beginning of time. And it seems no matter how much prep work goes into the role pre-interview, the most seasoned professionals can even have a bad interview. Sometimes the rapport is just off or the good vibe gods are just not on your side. It happens to everyone. Here are some simple tactics to get ba...

Photo by Max Ostrozhinskiy on Unsplash The biggest drawback to young people now is FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). This delusion around not having enough time is creating a generation that has a skewed sense of success and the realistic timelines it takes to achieve long term career goals. One of the best ways to thwart FOMO is by taking the most significant tool you have, which...

Photo by Graeme Worsfold on Unsplash As we enter mid-January post holiday season, this is the time of the month most people actually start to think seriously about their careers and resolutions. Whereas the first couple of weeks are filled with enthusiasm mixed with recovering from the holiday hangover, midway through January is when reality kicks in. Each year we are presen...

Photo: Scott Webb Photography Ever wonder what it’s like for retail employees during the busiest shopping time of the year? While we plan outings and stealth trips away from our loved ones to purchase presents, retail employees are working full-time and sometimes overtime to meet customer demands and the increase in foot traffic. Looking after the retail staff is one thing t...

Photo by Paul Wellez Lin on Unsplash Did you know most of us spend 1/3 our life at work? That is approximately 90,000 hours over the course of a lifetime. With statistics as shocking as those numbers, it's no wonder our work life has an incredibly strong impact on our quality of life. Social drinking and nights out are giving way to activities with more impact as a way of bu...

Photo by Perry Grone on Unsplash The numerous articles on the future of work all speak of the power of collaboration. Whether you’re working in a traditional model of a business or remotely, at some point, you’re going to need to know how to work with others. So what exactly are the skills a professional person should be nurturing in order to be a ‘team player’? It’s that mu...

Image via: Shutterstock As automation becomes the new normal in many industries, recruitment isn’t immune to the advances of technology. Machine learning drastically cuts down on time consuming jobs such as job descriptions. Other tools are used to source, screen and schedule candidates. All this might leave anyone in the recruitment field feeling they will be automated out ...

Image: Brooke Cagle via Unsplash We’ve all heard friends and colleagues refer to fellow colleagues as their “work wife” or “work husband”. Beyond an endearing way of referring to your favorite person at work, studies show having deep and meaningful work friendships are an integral part of employee retention. Having a work spouse increases overall employee happiness and it do...

Photo by NordWood Themes on Unsplash In the first week of April, Lush UK announced they were quitting social media with this post on their Instagram account. The brand shared they have grown tired of fighting the ever-changing world of algorithms and did not want to pay to show up in their followers' news feeds. This created a whirlwind of commentary online. Lush UK has 202,...

Photo by Dylan Nolte on Unsplash It’s no secret the fashion industry was nearly 90% in favour of remain when it came to the 2016 referendum on Brexit. The people voted and since then the messy break up and inability to negotiate the UK’s way out of the EU has become known the world over. At Directory, the biggest question is, what does this mean for the candidate pool? Most ...