When Victor Hugo wrote Les Miserables, his great novel about redemption, in 1862, he described it as being about “a progress from evil to good, from injustice to justice”. Hugo stated that the battle Jean Valjean has with his criminal …
Read More →I imagine we’ve all heard children say this phrase. I used to say it all the time growing up (I have two older siblings…….. cue violin music). Even though my parents encouraged me to accept that life wasn’t always fair, …
Read More →Four words that seem to have become ubiquitous. Uttered by learned people, they convey the extreme emotion felt, resulting in “speechlessness”. Parroted by less learned people, they often preface the delivery of lots more words (sadly). But as this phrase …
Read More →In the course of our travels through the world of careers, we’ve been asked many times about “Employer engagement”. As an employer what surprises me is the miscommunication between the two parties concerning this critical issue. I empathise with the …
Read More →We recently wrote a white paper in which we made a suggestion for protected time within the school timetable for career-planning activity. For many people in the careers debate this might automatically mean that we’re endorsing the provision of at …
Read More →If you want to get a job that gives you a career, you are likely to be asked to manage and account for money and resources. It doesn’t matter what industry or sector that job is in, this applies to …
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