If you don’t have a LinkedIn profile in today’s business world, you’re putting yourself at a disadvantage. 94% of recruiters now use LinkedIn to vet job candidates. Your LinkedIn profile can be used to, as LinkedIn themselves explain: “express your personal brand in 2,000 characters and glorious 3D, creating a dazzling picture of [Read more…]
A landing page is essentially where a visitor lands when they click on a link to your website. Its purpose is to turn those visitors into customers as soon as possible. Your landing page could be your homepage, or a single page created purposefully to generate conversion for a particular campaign. Whatever you [Read more…]
If you’ve recently returned to Derby College to take another course, or you are considering it, it’s normal to feel a little overwhelmed by the prospect of returning to education. Use these study tips and you’ll be back into the swing of things in no time. Establish a routine Fitting your studies around [Read more…]
If you’re nervous about asking for a promotion but feel like you deserve one, here’s how to go about raising the subject with your employer, from making your case to reacting to the answer. Asking for a promotion is putting yourself in a vulnerable position, but in order to advance in your career you [Read more…]
Zishan studied for his BTEC National Diploma in Systems Support at Derby College. He spoke to our Alumni Team not only about his resulting successful career in IT and Computing, but about how he set up his own community project, Project TouchDown, which was featured in The Telegraph and awarded ‘Volunteering Project of the Year.’ [Read more…]