2015 – Career planning still hurting young people

Sadly, my review of 2015 is that the great career bottleneck at the end of education is as problematic as ever. Amongst young people and parents, there remains anguish about access to job opportunities and placements, and amongst employers, there’s lots of disappointment about low levels of “work-readiness”. Regular readers will know that we think… Continue reading 2015 – Career planning still hurting young people

Police propose advertising opportunities………. not on this beat!

This afternoon, on BBC2’s Jeremy Vine radio programme, I heard an alarming story about a UK police force considering sponsorship in order to raise funds. On the surface, I thought the story sounded a little contrived, as if the evidently cash-strapped police force were hoping a deliberately outrageous comment would gather some press coverage (*)… Continue reading Police propose advertising opportunities………. not on this beat!

The problem with the youth of today…………. is the same problem through time immemorial

I’ve recently read a few articles about the increase of stress counselling amongst students. Two different articles, from both sides of the Atlantic, suggesting that the students of today don’t have enough resilience to function in the everyday world. The two articles can be read here and here. I do believe that a culture of false… Continue reading The problem with the youth of today…………. is the same problem through time immemorial

Social mobility in careers……… can algorithms save the day?

I was recently invited to comment on an article about social mobility initiatives within recruitment. Specifically, the selection criteria large accountancy firms use to manage their recruitment (you can read the original article here). Deloitte have announced that they want to use algorithms to reduce unconscious class bias in their selection processes. Whilst any action… Continue reading Social mobility in careers……… can algorithms save the day?

The value of being prepared…… a careers idea from the Rugby World Cup

Forgive me for this indulgence, but this post talks about one of my hobbies, rugby. It’s the Rugby World Cup right now, and it seemed too easy to use this as inspiration for the blog. I’m sure that many of you won’t have any previous experience of rugby, and might be entirely uncertain about what’s going… Continue reading The value of being prepared…… a careers idea from the Rugby World Cup

Watch the hiring manager hit the nail on the head!

Here’s a great video (4 minutes) describing the dilemma facing most job-seekers. The subject in this story (James) has been job-searching since graduating in 2012 (three years at the time of publication), but he just can’t get the breakthrough in to a marketing job. James takes the initiative with an unusual stunt, and manages to… Continue reading Watch the hiring manager hit the nail on the head!