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7 hours ago
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♌ Leo Daily Horoscope for July 23, 2025
Light up the room, Leo – today's your cue to shine and shake off what's been weighing you down. Your confidence is bouncing back today, and it's not just in your head – others are noticing too. Whether you're taking the lead at work, flirting a little extra, or just walking with that signature Leo strut, your energy is magnetic. The stars are nudging you to own your space, set clear boundaries, and say yes to what lights you up. Career: You're ready to reclaim control over your workflow. Expect some fresh ideas or surprising clarity today that helps you push a project forward. A spontaneous conversation could unlock a major opportunity — so don't skip out on any calls or quick chats. Love: In relationships, you're craving authenticity and fun. If you're single, someone with a creative or quirky side might catch your eye. If you're coupled up, plan a spontaneous little date — laughter is the glue right now. Body: You might feel an urge to move more today — go with it. Even a short walk or some light stretching can recharge your system. Avoid burnout by listening to your body's early cues, not its final warning. Mental Health: Your mind needs a little playfulness. Take breaks. Daydream. Doodle. Create something just for fun — this will actually sharpen your focus in the long run.
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♐ Sagittarius Daily Horoscope for July 23, 2025
You're craving freedom, fun, and maybe a little chaos. Luckily, the stars say: go for it—with just a pinch of strategy. Today feels like an open road, Sag. Your adventurous spirit is on fire, but the universe is gently reminding you to pack a map (or at least double-check the GPS). Spontaneity is your superpower—just don't let it lead to burnout. Career: You're not here for micromanagement or the 9-to-5 grind today. If possible, tackle creative or solo tasks where you can move at your own pace. A random convo might spark your next big idea—stay open to it. Love: Your flirt game is strong, and it's giving main character energy. Whether you're swiping, texting, or planning a spontaneous date, lean into the fun. Couples: a surprise outing could reignite that spark. Body: Stretch it out, literally. Your body wants movement—but not necessarily intensity. Try a long walk, gentle yoga, or anything that connects breath and motion. Your hips (and restless legs) will thank you. Mental Health: Wanderlust is real, but your soul might also be searching for meaning. A quick journaling session or deep chat with a friend can help you feel emotionally anchored.
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♈ Aries Daily Horoscope for July 23, 2025
Big Aries energy meets big decisions. Are you ready to choose your next adventure? Today's vibe is bold, fiery, and full of potential—just the way you like it. The universe is handing you the mic, but what you say next could set the tone for the rest of your month. Choose your words (and your battles) wisely. Career: Your ambition is peaking — great for brainstorming or pitching, not so great for paperwork or waiting on approvals. Don't get discouraged if things don't move at your speed. Stay focused on the long game and avoid picking battles that aren't worth it. Love: You're radiating intensity — which can either charm or overwhelm. If single, let your energy invite rather than overpower. In a relationship? Avoid jumping to conclusions. A little softness can go a long way today. Body: Your body is craving movement — but don't overdo it. A quick workout or dance break might help burn off that restlessness. If you've been ignoring little aches, it's time to show your body some respect. Mental Health: Your mind's in go-mode, which can lead to overthinking or impulse decisions. Hit pause before reacting — especially in emotional convos. Meditation, deep breaths, or even screaming into a pillow (we won't judge) could help.
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Your Career Horoscope for July 23, 2025
Today brings clarity, fresh momentum, and a reminder to stay balanced as you move forward in your career. Find daily astrological predictions for all sun signs for July 23. We recommend reading the horoscopes for your rising sign. Aries Career Horoscope While for Mars, crossing the lunar nodes and their policing of how well you know when to keep your work hat on and when to take it off wasn't a problem, it was a distraction. On the other side and with nothing but open road ahead of him, as the warrior planet of the cosmos prepares to move into his final two weeks in your work sector tomorrow, it is likely to be with a new sense of resolve, though with an important reminder as you head into some busy weeks. Taurus Career Horoscope The Moon's departure from your income sector hasn't just left you with a sharp nose for money, though moving into Venus' final days here this is going to be an advantage. A friendly aspect to Pluto in your career sector has been a chance to get your professional bearings, just as income potential is not only catching its second wind, but ahead of new doors opening on the job front from early next month. Gemini Career Horoscope While the Moon's return to your income sector just as the Sun leaves will provide continuity as he hands the reins to lucky Jupiter, in the heart of the working week this kicks off a positive few days across the income, work and career fronts. The forces across all three fronts that the Sun connected to over the last month, the Moon will connect with over the next 48 hours, with a chance to ensure everything remains tight and connected. Click here to follow our WhatsApp channel for tarot readings, love, health, career, and Chinese horoscopes delivered to your phone daily! Cancer Career Horoscope It is just as the dwarf planet Eris, the warrior princess of the cosmos is settling into her first full day in retrograde motion in your income sector that the Sun returns to your income sector. With Saturn and Neptune already in retrograde motion in your career sector and Mercury in his first week in retrograde motion in your income sector, the Sun will return to find the doors open to the past, second chances and untapped professional and income potential. Leo Career Horoscope The more distance you gain from the Moon's departure from your career sector over the weekend and still emotionally and intuitively engaged and aware, the more you will be starting to look to the future rather than the past. This first visit since Venus and Uranus left was a chance to tie up loose ends and capture their legacy, but as you distance yourself from that, your thoughts will be shifting to where to next. Virgo Career Horoscope In the heart of the working week, the Moon's departure from your career sector is leaving you with your professional instincts sharp while emotionally and intuitively engaged and aware, with everything needed to navigate the rest of the week with confidence. As the Moon's only visit while Venus is here and after their alignment yesterday, this is giving you a better sense of what your heart is telling you. Libra Career Horoscope It is just before the Sun leaves your career sector that the Moon returns and while their paths will barely cross, with enough time to ensure there is continuity and that you are emotionally and intuitively engaged and aware as the dynamics shift. As the solar spotlight shifts off your career and professional situation, matters and options, the reins are passed to Jupiter and his 12 month quest for professional growth and expansion that doesn't run its course until June 2026. Scorpio Career Horoscope While the Sun's return to your career sector brings you to the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto your career and professional situation, matters and options, as it does, it will be to find an already active scene. With Mercury in his first week in retrograde motion here and the dwarf planet Eris her first full day in retrograde motion in your work sector, this includes the doors open to the past and untapped potential on the job and career fronts. Sagittarius Career Horoscope While for Mars, crossing the lunar nodes and their policing of your work/life balance wasn't a challenge, it was a distraction, though an important one. With nothing but open road in front of him, as Mars prepares to move into his final two weeks in your career sector tomorrow, the warrior planet of the cosmos is able to put his foot on the gas, though with a timely reminder to pace yourself. Capricorn Career Horoscope As the Moon leaves your work sector, this is something that every four weeks is going to leave you more emotionally and intuitively engaged and aware and with a better read on work and job matters. However, as the Moon's only visit while Venus is here, as well as leaving you better able to tap into her quest for both income and job potential, this leaves you with a better sense of what your heart is telling you. Aquarius Career Horoscope The Moon's return to your work sector just as the Sun is about to leave will ensure you are emotionally and intuitively engaged and aware as the focus shifts. On the one hand, in the heart of the working week this kicks off a positive few days on the income, work and career fronts. On the other hand, this will ensure you are paying attention with the focus shifts off the Sun's annual review of work and job matters and potential to Jupiter's 12 month quest for job growth and expansion. Pisces Career Horoscope The Sun's return to your work sector brings you to the point in each year when the solar spotlight will always shift onto your work situation, job matters and options, though with the heart of the working week is the perfect time to launch his month long visit. Yet while this is often the first sign of activity on the job front each year, the Sun will instead return to find a scene ripe with both income and job potential.
SBS Australia
10 hours ago
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#91 Asking for a job reference (Adv)
spk_0 Learning English helps me to progress my career, absolutely. spk_1 SBS acknowledges the traditional custodians of country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia. Josipa Resume, cover letter.. Josipa reasons why I want to work here... Josipa references... Josipa Applying for a job can be a long and difficult process and involve a lot of writing. Josipa Hi everyone. My name is Josipa, and I have a friend, Julia, who finds one part of the whole job application process especially hard, asking someone to give her a reference. A referee is someone who can speak about your work experience, skills, and character when you apply for a job. Josipa This person could be your former manager or boss, a co-worker, a teacher if you haven't worked before, or someone who has seen you work, and what they say or write about you is called a reference. Josipa Now, Julia's feeling a bit unsure. She doesn't want to bother anyone. She's also not very good at tooting her own horn. That means talking proudly about yourself and your achievements. To be honest, I also find it hard to toot my own horn or blow my own trumpet, as some people say. Josipa We use these phrases - 'to toot your own horn', or 'to blow your own trumpet' because a long time ago, people used horns or trumpets to announce something important. Josipa So if you toot your own horn, you're basically announcing your success, like saying, 'Hey, look at me, I did something great!' But when you're applying for a job, of course, it's important to be able to talk confidently about your own skills, but you also need to have other people talk about your strengths as a professional. So in this episode, we are going to help Julia. Josipa And maybe help you to, to practice how to ask for a job reference. Josipa Alan is on the hunt, job hunting that is. That means he's looking for a new job. He's written his resume, fixed up his cover letter, and now, well, now he needs a reference. By the way, to fix up something means to make sure it is accurate and up to date. OK, so let's check in with Alan and see how he's going. Allan Claire, could I list you as a referee on my job application? Of course. Claire Feel free to put me down as a referee. Thanks. Allan I'd really appreciate it if you put in a good word for me. Would it be OK if I passed on your details? Claire Absolutely. Would you like me to highlight anything specific if they contact me? Josipa Claire is such a great colleague. She's not only helpful, but she also offered to make her recommendation fit the job. We all need a colleague like that, don't we? Josipa But what if you, like my friend Julia, don't know how to ask someone to be a referee? Don't worry, we've got you. Let's look at some simple and polite ways to ask someone to give you a reference for a job. We could use the example Alan gave us when he said. Allan Could I list you as a referee on my job application? Josipa This is a polite yet casual way of asking for a reference. If you want to sound even more friendly, you could say. Claire Would you mind being a referee for me? Josipa But what if you want to ask your boss or someone you have to be a little bit more formal with to be a referee? In that case, you'll want to sound a bit more professional. So you could say something like this. Allan I wanted to ask if you would feel comfortable providing a reference for me. Josipa Let me give you another formal example you can use when asking someone to be a referee for you. Claire I was wondering if you would be willing to serve as a referee for me. I would greatly appreciate your support. Josipa From the dialogue, we learned that Claire is willing to be Alan's reference because she said. Claire Of course. Feel free to use my name. Josipa We say 'feel free' when we want to give someone permission to do something. For example, if you have an idea for a topic you'd like us to cover in this podcast, feel free to contact me about it. Allan Thanks. I'd really appreciate it if you could put in a good word for me. Allan Would it be OK if I passed on your details? Josipa I'd really appreciate it if you could put in a good word for me. To put in a good word for someone means to say positive things about them, to help them get a job, or take up some sort of opportunity. It's like telling someone, this person is great and you should give them a chance. Josipa Maybe, maybe you recently completed a project with people outside your office and it went really well. You want to make sure that your manager knows that you have done good work and so you can ask them. Claire Can you put in a good word with my manager about the work I've done? Josipa Alan also said. Allan Would it be OK if I passed on your details? Josipa To pass on means to give or share information with someone else. In this context, details refer to contact information such as your phone number or email address. Now, let's say Alan wants to apply for a different job in his company. He could ask Claire, his supervisor. Allan Could you pass on my resume to the hiring manager? Josipa You can use the phrase pass on in friendly conversations as well, not just at work. Let's say you want to say something to my friend Julia, I could say that I'll be happy to pass on your message. Josipa At the end of the dialogue, Claire asked. Claire Would you like me to highlight anything specific if they contact me? Josipa In this case, 'highlight' means to focus on or talk more about something important like your skills, experience, or strengths. So Claire is asking Allan if there's anything specific he wants her to mention when someone contacts her for a reference. Josipa But let's say your job reference isn't as thoughtful as Claire, and they don't ask if there's anything specific they should mention. You still want them to focus on something important, right? In that case, you could say something like. Allan If possible, please mention my ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines, or? Josipa I'd appreciate if you could talk about my communication skills, or Claire It would be very helpful if you could focus on my experience with customers. Josipa In professional context, using the phrases like if possible please, or I'd appreciate it if, or it would be very helpful if, can make your request sound polite and respectful. Josipa For example, you could say, if possible, please mention my experience managing projects, or I'd appreciate it if you could highlight my communication skills. These expressions help you ask for something clearly without sounding too direct or demanding. Josipa Now I hope you don't think I'm being too demanding. That means asking for a lot or being strict by asking you to listen to our dialogue again. After all, the dialogue will make a lot more sense now that we have explored the key phrases together. So let's listen to it again. Allan Claire, could I list you as a referee on my job application? Of course. Claire Feel free to put me down as a referee. Thanks. Allan I'd really appreciate it if you put in a good word for me. Would it be OK if I passed on your details? Claire Absolutely. Would you like me to highlight anything specific if they contact me? Josipa You might have noticed I've been away for the past few episodes, but my amazing colleague Kate Onomichi, jumped in and did a fantastic job hosting the podcast. Don't you think? Josipa Before I came back, Kate left me a little note. She said she asked one of our talent acquisition specialists here at SBS, Vidya Griffin, for some tips about job reference. Let's hear what Vydya had to say. Kate So when I moved back to Australia a few years ago, I really struggled to find a referee because anyone who knew me in a professional settings, um, were based overseas. So, for those that are just starting their career journey in Australia, can they consider nominating referees based overseas or, um, their family members or friends that are based in Australia? Vidya If you do have network outside of Australia, it would be something that could have value, but if there is, if you're based in Australia and you want to uh come and become part of the professional, um, you know, a professional area, I would strongly recommend to spread uh your network and leverage that. It could be through a university course that someone knows you or working on a separate project or even an industry even that you have collaborated. Vidya And maybe asking them about, hey, we've we've had an engagement and we have had a chat and opportunity to know me as an individual, uh, would you be open to refer me and be a part of, um, you know, part of my career journey, that could be one of the lines to think of. Uh, of course, it could be a professor who has seen you working on a project or even someone who has worked closely in in a very different volunteering arrangement or um or you know. Vidya You know, setting where it was not, um, it was not a paid rule, but it was an opportunity for you to apply your skills truly and help an organization or an event or an agenda to move forward. So do look for those avenues. So those can be your reference, have that as your, uh, have them on your side to be. Vidya and and include them in your career journey. Kate Based on your experience, what are some of the common misunderstandings or mistakes candidates tend to make when when it comes to asking for references? Vidya A lot of them, firstly, the main one they make is not asking the right person the question, uh, to be a referer. Uh, and when I say that, I mean, um, you know, it could be from Vidya Someone who has not observed your work closely. We're looking for someone who has worked with you closely can speak for you in terms of what you brought in a professional capacity or even if you were in an academic um environment, have they had a chance to look closely at what your achievements, your strengths, your development areas are? Are they able to speak about Vidya Uh, you know what you should be looked at as the next employee. So finding that why, why you have chosen and making sure that that's the right person that you're contacting is critical and also notifying them beforehand so that they're not surprised and Vidya And misplaced when you know they have been reached out and they're not able to bring value to the conversation, so that those are big hindrances that I see in a lot of candidates fail to to make and that's why it's important that you notify beforehand. Josipa That was Kate Onomichi chatting with Vidya Griffin. Now it's your turn to practice. See if you remember the meaning before hearing the answer. What does it mean to toot your own horn? Allan To toot your own horn or to blow your own trumpet means to talk proudly about yourself and your achievements. Josipa What does it mean to put in a good word? Claire To put in a good word for someone means to say positive things about them, to help them get a job or some sort of opportunity. Josipa And now, let's practice asking for a job reference. Allan Could I list you as a reference on my job application? Claire I wanted to ask if you would feel comfortable providing a reference for me. Allan Would you mind being a reference for me? Josipa For more speaking practice, feel free to press play on our bonus episode and make sure you follow us on Instagram and Facebook, where we have more resources. You can also put a good word in for me in the comment section if you feel like it. You don't know how to find us. Just search for SBS Learn English. I'm Josipa. Thank you for learning English with me today. END OF TRANSCRIPT
