Is there a creative career path? How do I land my dream job? I work through the many questions around careers post-university as I muddle through it myself.
Most people I know have a side hustle, side project or passion alongside their full-time job. In fact it’s rare to find someone who doesn’t dabble in something different in their free time. Whether it’s campaigning for charities, undertaking a sport on a professional level or running a small business, writing, painting, designing, we’re all […]
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When lockdown hit in March working from home, migrating all our meetings to teams and wearing loungewear 24/7 was a novelty. Now, six months down the line, it’s getting a bit lonely. I started my new job at the end of January and had 7 weeks in the office before the pandemic hit. I’d just […]
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Today is GCSE results day and after the shambles of last week’s A-Level results, it’s no wonder students were worried about receiving their grades. But whether you’re thrilled or disappointed, the important thing to remember is that your grades don’t define you. Teachers often label children as ‘gifted’ or ‘straight A/A* student’ but what they […]
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This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Emma from the fitness and wellness blog HarmonyBlaze. Here, Emma, shares her reflections on being made redundant during the coronavirus pandemic. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and your life. So where do I start! I’m Emma, and I describe myself as a thirty-something blogger […]
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Whether you’re working from home, on furlough or been fired, being out of your regular work environment might be the best thing to happen to your career in the long-term. Alongside the mental health benefits, with the extra time at home, we’ve been given the chance to assess whether we actually enjoy what we’re doing […]
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Most people I know have a side hustle alongside their day job. It usually relates to one of their passions and allows them to have some creative freedom to do whatever they want! If you don’t know, I work full-time in Marketing at a publishers in Cambridge. Yet, alongside my job I: Run this blog […]
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I’ve had countless discussions with friends and followers recently about the issues surrounding working for free as a writer, creative or influencer. Creatives are the only professionals (that I know of) who work for free – nurses wouldn’t, teachers wouldn’t and politicians certainly wouldn’t. It is incredibly frustrating. In 2012 the Guardian wrote an article […]
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My wonderful friend Becca shares her personal experiences of losing a job during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic.
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I don’t know about you but I’m not ready to return to the office. After 10 weeks working from home I wonder if the way we used to work is inefficient.
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