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Nov 26, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
You did it! You crafted the perfect cover letter, spent painstaking hours tweaking and targeting your resume, and sailed through the phone screening to land the interview – Go you! Now it’s time to get serious and put in the prep to ace your interview. Take a look back over your resume and career to date, re-read the job description, and start thinking about what the interviewer wants to hear.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
When someone tells you what you’re doing wrong, it’s rarely easy to hear—especially when the feedback leaves you feeling frustrated, defensive, or unsure of what to do next. Even well-intentioned feedback can feel like a challenge, but it’s essential to accept constructive criticism to learn, improve, and ultimately grow in your role. However, not all feedback is created equal. Sometimes, criticism misses the mark, leaving you with vague pointers that don’t actually help you progress.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
Love it or hate it, AI is sneaking its way into our lives under the cover of darkness, invading our offices, and exploding into our homes, supposedly saving us from mundane repetitive tasks and making our lives easier. In the US almost half of 18-29 year olds have used ChatGPT (the largest user group) with 30-49 year olds lagging at 27%.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
When companies announce a blanket RTO policy, one would assume they aren’t doing so simply to try and control or annoy their employees. Murphy believes it’s a very shortsighted approach to attrition if that’s the underlying reason for the decision. So why might CEOs want their employees back in the office?
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
Once named ‘soft skills’ or ‘human skills’, the need for durable skills in the workforce is not a new idea. The National Soft Skills Association proudly displays research showing that soft or durable skills determine 85% of career success—and this research is based on a study dating back over 100 years. So what exactly are durable skills, and how can you make them a priority in your working life?
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
There’s no shortage of news stories detailing the disadvantages Indigenous People face when it comes to careers and prosperity. It’s not just a matter of access to education—although that plays a key role with just 16% of Native Americans compared to 40% of Whites holding a college degree—it’s also about cultural difference. Indigenous designer Raven Dial-Stanley explains that she faced stereotyping in corporate America, which led to a lack of self-belief.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
Navigating a successful career alongside parenthood can be fraught with complications, stress, and downright exhaustion. Trying to manage competing responsibilities while somehow squeezing in a moment for your own health and sanity can feel like a one-way ticket to burnout. Companies are becoming increasingly aware of the need to offer flexible working patterns, but how do you know that they walk the walk and it’s not just a clever recruitment strategy?
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
You might think that TikTok isn’t serious when it comes to career advice, but If you’re looking for quick tips you can, there are plenty of career coaches, recruiters, HR experts, and business owners sharing advice on the platform. If you have a particular issue, you might want to research deeper, more curated content, but there is something to be said for bitesize videos on common career questions. Are you looking for interesting answers to tricky interview questions?
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
You’re having a perfectly relaxing weekend, you’ve hung out with your bestie, been to the gym, dabbled in some crafting, and then bam! Out of nowhere, you get this feeling creeping over you. You don’t know what to do with yourself, you can’t commit to anything because you’re restless and struggling to focus or you simply feel as though all of the energy has been sucked out of you.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
welcometothejungle.com | Debbie Garrick
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 68% of interns get a full-time job offer at the place they’ve been working, which sounds like a pretty compelling reason to apply for an internship, but in 2022, 47% of internships were still unpaid. This creates a staggered playing field where those who can’t afford to work for free or pay to travel across the country for their dream role end up missing out on what could be a great opportunity for their future.
