Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010 - career change, career management, career planning, employer, employment, legal, professionalism
Career planning: pregnancy, maternity and children
I have answered the question a number of times with female friends about Career planning, and how they should address the issues of pregnancy, maternity and children. So it seemed about time to put my thoughts into public.
Most women when asking the question are concerned more about the impact on [...]
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 - career coaching, career planning, employment, job search, professionalism, qualifications
Career Planning
As we return slowly over the next eighteen months to an economy which is creating more jobs than it is shedding, and unemployment starts to fall, in the world of employment we will see two issues return to the table:
the shortage of skills within the market place, resulting from reduced birthrate
the need for job [...]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009 - cardiff jobs, career management, career planning
Career Planning
Career Management
Tomorrow will be a big day in Cardiff. The entire Welsh economy for 2009 will be decided on by how much 15 hero’s in red crush 15 poorly organised blokes in Persil laundered white shirts. Seriously, it means that much to the Welsh spirit to be able to have won against the English, [...]
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Monday, December 8th, 2008 - career management, career planning, project management
There is news from Ardman Animations that the producer of Wallace and Gromit has 35 jobs “under review,” and that in a statement the Bristol based company said:
“Every economic indicator points towards a hard year next year for all industries – Aardman and the media business are no exception. Accordingly we are taking basic housekeeping [...]
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Monday, December 1st, 2008 - career
Career Change
Roy asks: What advice would you give for someone in his thirties, with 7-8 years of experience in marcomm and HR, and a first degree in Economics, thinking of doing a law degree and trying to switch to a legal career? I’m actually trying to decide if I should give up on my ongoing [...]
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