Career

Startup Launchpad Is Back for a Second Round

Jamie Tolentino | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Tech
Jamie Tolentino

Recently, there has been a fair bit of attention placed on the growing need to connect a generation of young people with the opportunities, vibrancy and energy of small startup and SME businesses.

Can You Define Success?

Shaheen Sayed | Posted 08.05.2013 | UK
Shaheen Sayed

It's that time of year again - International Women's Day. The time when people around the world take a step back to consider the position of women today, how far we've come and how far we've still got to go.

Why My Quarter-Life Crisis Was the Best Thing That Happened to Me

Flo Wales Bonner | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Flo Wales Bonner

Three months ago I decided to quit my London job and move to Venice for the winter to look after a 15 year old girl and a dog. It was my quarter-life crisis.

Change of Career?

Selina Boshorin | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Selina Boshorin

Often people don't know the best way to go about looking for information on training, jobs and careers, which is certainly where we can come in. I've heard time and time again from clients that many think they have missed their chance.

Is Gen Y Ready to Rule the World?

Marcus Middleton | Posted 06.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Marcus Middleton

With Generation Z now here, there is no longer any choice, it's time for the old farts to give Generations X and Y the keys and let us drive. They should sit down and grab a cup of tea because it's time for us to run the show.

Ten Reasons to Give Up Your Job

Hannah Cox | Posted 15.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Hannah Cox

....and only do what you love. So, what qualifies me to do this? Well I took the plunge to be self employed when I had no money or idea what I was g...

Time Savers for the Fringe - Could You Make a Comic

Lou Sanders | Posted 07.10.2012 | UK Comedy
Lou Sanders

A comic I know was penciled for an advert and lost out to another man. That other man was his agent - just 'having a go'. You feel more comfortable when your agent is on the business side, you know, taking care of business - preferably your business.

Work-Life Balance: Having It All?

Camilla Macpherson | Posted 24.08.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Camilla Macpherson

I'm a lawyer working in the City for a major law-firm. I have a husband, and a two-year-old daughter. Last month, my first novel was published by Random House. The question I was asked by everyone? "How on earth did you find the time?"

Having Top-Notch Manners Will Distinguish You

Malcolm Levene | Posted 09.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Malcolm Levene

A factor that distinguishes the doers from the non-doers is their level of etiquette. Depending on how a client decides to conduct themselves, be that on a business or personal note, can determine the outcome of a coaching assignment.

The Work Martyr

Lianne Marie Binks | Posted 23.06.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Lianne Marie Binks

There are worse things in life to be addicted to than your job - at least my drug of choice is legal!

Can a Woman Have It All?

Sonja Lewis | Posted 11.03.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Sonja Lewis

As a young writer/PR type in the early 1990s, I first heard this phrase at a training/development course in New York City. Catchy and impressionable, isn't it? I'd say so. After all, I intuitively adopted these very words as my mantra of sorts over the subsequent years.

HR Exec Loses Job After Uploading CV Onto Linkedin

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 06.01.2012 | UK

In one of the first cases of its kind, LinkedIn seems to have been successful in putting someone out of a job, instead of helping them move up in thei...

Why Robin Van Persie leaving, would be good for Arsenal

Asam Shah | Posted 20.12.2011 | UK
Asam Shah

Arsenal were left in turmoil last month as club Captain and star Forward Robin Van Persie stated he was in no rush to sign a new contract, after delay...

Why if you Don't Follow Your Heart it Will get the Better of you (and Steve Jobs Was so Right, Don't Settle)

BritChick Paris | Posted 19.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle
BritChick Paris

I knew as a child I wanted to perform as an adult. I forced my poor parents and their friends to watch endless tutu dances and princess plays after their candlelit dinner parties.

Why we Should Savour our Single Years...

Karen Edwards | Posted 18.12.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Karen Edwards

But why does being single in your late twenties, early thirties (and perhaps older than that) seem like such a life failure? What if you're actually - shock, horror - happy being single at (almost) 30?