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Considering a career move? Below is our seven-step guide to making the leap in today’s job market. It’s time for a change in your professional life. You’ve achieved your goals in your current role and are ready to move into a new one. Now, the challenging part begins. How do you find an opportunity that’s…

It’s never easy telling your colleagues that you’re moving jobs. Here’s a guide to help smooth the transition. The days of the job for life are well and truly behind us. The average UK worker will move jobs every five years, and some top executives only last three years before finding new employment. As a…

Earlier this year, Bill Winters, the chief executive of Standard Chartered, hit the headlines when he discussed a planned 15% reduction in back-office roles over the next four years. It wasn’t the headcount reduction itself that sparked outrage; rather, it was his use of the phrase “lower-value human capital” to describe the roughly 8,000 employees…

Long before Silicon Valley, there was “MENACE”—a machine with no wires or chips that could learn to beat you at Noughts and Crosses. Today, that same spirit of innovation is heading into space with SpaceX and Google. From Matchboxes and Coloured Beads to Data Centres Built in Space: AI has come a long way since…

Whether your journey to work takes 15 minutes or over an hour, commuting can have a big impact on your mood, productivity and work-life balance. With flexible and hybrid working becoming more common, many professionals are reassessing what they want from their working life, including how much time they spend travelling to and from work.…

Starting your career after university can feel exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. With so many opportunities available, knowing where to begin and how to stand out from other candidates is not always easy. While your degree is an important achievement, employers look at much more than your qualifications. Here are five pieces of…

Feeling envious of another’s success? Here’s how to deal with those tricky emotions in a constructive way. As anyone who’s experienced professional envy knows, it can be hard to stomach when a colleague receives praise, a promotion, or recognition, especially if it feels undeserved. But while the feeling is natural, how you respond to it…

The summer holidays can be a blessing or a curse. Here’s how to make sure they stick firmly in the former category: As the summer holidays get underway, parents throughout the land feel their anxiety levels nudging up a notch. How on earth are you going to keep your little ones amused for six long…