Monthly Archives: November 2015

{guest blogger} 5 tips on motivating unpaid interns

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Today, we are featuring guest blogger Chris Atkinson, of UK-based Elysian Training. Chris is a renowned business speaker who combines his commercial and training focus with a wealth of psychological knowledge in order to inspire and motivate individuals and business internationally. Today, he’s sharing with us his secrets on how to motivate unpaid interns…

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3 tips to get your internship opportunity seen by the RIGHT people

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By now, you’ll have used our expert tips to create a standout internship write-up.

Great start.

Now it’s time to begin advertising your internship opportunity. Obviously, It’s no use putting up your internship write-up where potential interns won’t see it. So, we’ve put our heads together to give you insider tips on where you can put your write-up to make sure your firm gets the very BEST candidates applying.

Read on if you want to attract the very best interns next semester…

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photo credit: viktor hanacek

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how we got here – Tech Startup of the Year Awards FINALIST – 2015

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The Apprentice Program by The Simplifiers - Tech Startup of the Year Awards 2015

The Apprentice Program by The Simplifiers – Tech Startup of the Year Awards 2015

Last night, I got to pitch The Apprentice Program by The Simplifiers​ to a room of 150 entrepreneurs and 5 judges as a finalist in the Tech Startup of the Year Awards in Nottingham.  Needless to say, I was absolutely thrilled to take part in it all.

FINALIST – Tech Startup of the Year Awards 2015

It’s hard to believe that only a year ago, I attended Startup Weekend Nottingham(on a whim and a nudge), pitched it there and that’s where it all began.

momentum took over and…

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