New Year, New Career? Check out our top 50 companies to work with this year! Any others you’d like to recommend?
Excitingly, we’ve put together a list of 50 top companies to work with this year, including a host of brilliant charities and values-driven companies.
The list is based on insights from the popularity of companies and the jobs they post on The Dots, topped off with a dash of wisdom from The Dots team.
Take a look here: https://bit.ly/3sWAII8
Be sure to follow your favourites, so you stay up to date with their latest events & all-important job & gig posts.
Got any other companies you’d like to suggest? Pop them in the comments below :-)
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- @Pip Jamieson great session today, wonderful to see you opening the session celebrating dyslexia as a super power. YES to that. I will listen to Tuesday session and will be joining tomorrow. What a wonderful community the dots is, congratulations. You must be so proud. I am so happy to be part of the community and help anyway I can.
- Hi @Siobhan Allen - Yes, you'll be pleased to hear all the webinars will be recorded - YAY! They'll be availbile on our 'Top Tips' company page here:https://the-dots.com/pages/the-dots-staff-picks-top-tips-74171Here's the recording of the finding clients/jobs webinar from Tuesday:https://the-dots.com/projects/webinar-recording-how-to-find-your-dream-job-on-the-dots-january-2022-600131@Brendan McKnight will be uploading the find a mentor recording tomorrow, so just follow the Dots 'Top Tips' page for updates :-)
- Happy, safe, Creative, Collaborative New Year!
- @Pip Jamieson the session look great. I signed up but as ever something came up? Are the session recorded? Would love to listen. I be there tomorrow for the next session.
- Great list @Pip Jamieson
- That made my day, thanks @Mike Benson :-)
- Thanks for this @Pip Jamieson - what about The Dots - how come we didn't see you on that list......?
- great
- great!!
- I’d recommend people to work with a small to mid-sized cooperative at least once in their lifetimes! I feel that the autonomy that it provides gives you invaluable experience making business decisions and more importantly, helps you feel valued in your work.
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