I have a confession to make. My name is Jassel Majevadia, and I'm an imposter. Or at least, I think I am. In recent weeks I have encountered a strange phenomenon, both widespread and yet commonly unrecognised: imposter syndrome. Imposter …
Looking back over the last five years, it’s good to see that employers have learnt an important lesson from the previous recession – and that’s the value of their staff. Back in the early 1990s, a relatively shallow recession led …
Although as a child I watched just about every piece of animation that you could imagine, my interest in it creatively didn't really occur to me until much later. I was always artistic and very interested in drawing and the …
It was a real challenge for me leaving my 18 year career in the Royal Air Force. I enjoy working with, and leading, groups of people and my preference was to work in some kind of operations / project management …
Ensuring Apprenticeships Remain Rigorous as Their Popularity Starts to Rise: Why Employer/Training Provider Dialogue Must Not Get Lost in Translation There is no doubt that vocational studies as a pathway to employment are becoming ever more prestigious. Recent news that …
The UK economy is emerging from the longest and deepest recession since the 1930s. Business profits have been affected, and the public sector has experienced job losses and wage freezes. In difficult economic times, it is sometimes feared that employers …
I left school at 16 without maths and English qualifications and it’s been really difficult for me and my friends to find opportunities in Wythenshawe. When I left school I found temporary work through Connexions, but it only lasted three …
What do you need to get a job? Experience. What do you need to get experience? A job. It’s the tireless cycle that affects candidate after candidate, making it almost impossible for millions of talented young people to take their …
I’ve always been interested in the business world but not what I actually wanted to do in it – if only I would have known the value of an apprenticeship when I left school! I remember being an attracted to …
Some weeks ago, John Humphreys of Radio 4’s Today programme was interviewing children in Bong County, Liberia. What would they like to do when they grew up? I would like to start a large business, said one. Ah, responded Mr. …
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