Career Advice

LinkedIn Profile Creation: Best Practices

December 8th, 2020|Advice, Career Advice|

Did you know that in Bulgaria from about 3,243,187 people of the working population there are 663,522 registered LinkedIn accounts? That makes 20.5% of the working population that possess a LinkedIn profile. With that, Bulgaria ranks number 29 in the relative usage over 44 European countries. Another interesting fact is that worldwide only 24% of [...]

The Future of Graphic Design: 6 Trends You Need to Know

February 11th, 2020|Advice, Business Advice, Career Advice|

The graphic design industry is changing and evolving with the times and the trends that prevail in the competitive market. Now that the start of the new decade is well underway, consumer trends are once more shaping the world of digital marketing and content creation, and of course, reshaping the face of graphic design as [...]

How to Become a Stellar Conversationalist

October 1st, 2019|Advice, Career Advice|

Part 1: 5 question types to boost your communication skills Communication is the key to mutual understanding and respect. In today’s information age, communication and listening skills can be one’s greatest asset for finding the best career, expanding knowledge, building stronger relationships with family and friends along with many other benefits. Asking the right question [...]

Personal Items at the Workplace

February 6th, 2019|Advice, Career Advice|

Personalizing your work space can make a huge difference for your motivation and mood at the office, especially during those busy, crazy days. Having items at work that remind you of happy times, of home and of your family and friends is a great custom which has lasted in time in spite of all the [...]

Should Your Coworkers Become Your Friends?

January 22nd, 2019|Advice, Career Advice|

There is a reason we use two different words for people we work with and people we enjoy spending our spare time with. The first fall into the category of people we did not exactly choose to spend time with, but we have to because we work at the same place. The latter fall into [...]

10 Must Have Soft Skills for Software Developers

January 9th, 2019|Advice, Career Advice|

The definition of soft skills is: “Personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people.” Keeping in mind this definition we could say that all jobs require more or less the same set of soft skills. Yet, software developers usually work individually and only periodically communicate about the work with their [...]

How to Communicate Professionally at Work

December 6th, 2018|Advice, Career Advice|

Your professional reputation, your career growth, keeping your job and succeeding at work all depend greatly on the way you express yourself verbally and in written form. Yet one could be surprised how often otherwise good professionals break basic communication rules and create a negative image for themselves by saying the wrong thing to the [...]

Music to Boost Your Performance at Work

November 29th, 2018|Advice, Career Advice|

There are many researches on how music changes our brainwaves and brain function. You probably have come upon many articles about the benefits of classical music on performance, intellect, concentration and even fetus development during pregnancy. Although none of those researches are conclusive and there are many other factors influencing the brain performance, there seems [...]

How to Choose Your Next Employer [Part 2]

November 19th, 2018|Advice, Career Advice|

In the first part on How to choose your Next Employer we talked about the steps you must take when picking up your future employer. We talked about the research you should make – gathering information both provided by the company itself, as well as details from present and past employees, how to interview the [...]

How to Choose Your Next Employer [Part 1]

November 12th, 2018|Advice, Career Advice|

Choosing your next employer could prove to be difficult. In today’s economic situation and human resources market there are numerous possibilities both for employees and employers. Yet, long lives the myth that employers are those who place the requirements and do the choosing. Actually, skilled and experienced experts are hard to find and often have [...]