Youth Unemployment hits 1m
What does a headline like this make you think? Did you think about the one million young people looking for work? The poor state of the country and the economy? The fact that everything was better in your day? Such thoughts are automatic responses to headlines like this. It’s not our fault, us human beings are just made that way. Newspapers should give away hot, sweet tea and a comfy sit-down with a headline like this. It would settle their readers’ jangling nerves but might would also create little moments of calm for us to see stories through the eyes of those directly involved....
Read MoreThe Career Explorer's Journal 2012
It’s here!* Following a best-ever year in the Amazon.com best-seller charts, The Career Explorer’s Journal 2012 is ready to support your career on a new journey from wherever you are right now, to wherever you most want to be. Now in its third year of publication, this new edition is full of fresh insight, crisp questions and updated, real-world experience – much of this coming from first-time career explorers like you. As a reader of The Career Explorer’s Journal, all you have to do is pay attention to your career details and record what you find in order to see new...
Read MoreThe Career Explorer's Journal in 2011
A New Year always brings in the new The 2011 Edition of The Career Explorer’s Journal is here to bring something new to the way we think about and experience work – one career, one person at a time. Maybe your something new will be a better idea of what you want for the future or a clearer picture of what you’re working towards. Maybe you’ll discover something a little more fundamental, like new feelings of progress on a job search or a sharper sense of focus on that all important next milestone and what it looks like for you. The Career Explorer’s Journal is...
Read MoreWhat do you know about UK Apprenticeships?
Let’s say I’m interested in a career in engineering and I want to get the best possible start… Would an apprenticeship be a good way to go? Exploring has taught me that the answer to a question like this is out there with you, All we have to do is piece it together. The more experience and information we gather, the better our answer will be. And, with a question like this, better answers lead to better career decisions. Where do we go from here? I’m going to start with some digging and will share what I find in the comment boxes below (in the shape of useful links,...
Read MoreWhy we fight
Some fight work, others fight for work I have definitely done both in my career What about you? Fighting work is a losing battle Fighting for work comes from the heart. There’s no guarantee of a win on either side But only fighting for work is worthwhile, For the work it delivers in the end And all of the work we get along the way. Looking out to St Just [Image courtesy of  Brron on Flickr.com] * * * *...
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