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Working on work-life balance

Our life’s work isn’t just what we do in our day job, i.e. our work role. It’s the sum total of the work we do in each domain of life. Reflecting on the roles we’re currently playing can be a useful exercise to do especially if one’s feeling burned out or at a transition point in life.
Here are nine questions you can reflect on if you want to get your work-life balance back.

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How to become a Patent Examiner

What is a Patent Examiner? How do you become one? What skills & qualifications do you need? Dr Samuel Edeagu answers these questions & more in his story of how he became a Patent Examiner following his PhD in Electronic Engineering.

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“….Who is the best career coach of all?”

The number of people who promote themselves as ‘top career coach’, ‘best career coach’, ‘award-winning coach’ is increasing. But these titles are misleading. Find out what ‘award-winning’ really means and what you need to consider when looking for a career coach.

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