Counsellors play a key role in helping people through difficult times. Find out how you can follow this career path in our live Q&A. Counsellors play a key role in helping people through difficult times — and rising worries about jobs and finances triggered by the economic downturn mean their skills are increasingly in demand. [...]
Whether your waiting tables and fruit picking or volunteering in a disadvantaged community, you can gain many valuable and transferable skills on gap years. The key is being able to recognise communicate these experiences to employers. Rosie Palliser is recruitment and marketing officer at Raleigh, a youth and education charity which runs overseas expeditions combining [...]
More people are studying master’s degrees to stand out in a tough job market – but is this the best way? Join our Q&A, tomorrow at 1pm It seems like it all used to be so easy — you did your A-Levels, went to university and — hopefully — you successfully kicked off your career [...]
Under a new scheme, 16- to 25-year-olds who have been out of work and education are giving advice to other young people facing the same prospect After seven months out of work after graduating last year, Jaspreet Bhachu was determined that her experience should be put to good use. “I felt I needed to be [...]
Sharon, 32, a care assistant in a residential home for older people, earns £12,735. She has an NVQ level 3 in health and social care and four years’ experience 1 Becoming a social work assistant for a local authority’s adult services is a possibility. Sharon would earn between £16,830 and £19,126. She would carry out [...]
Not getting on with your co-workers? Our panel will be coming online to talk about everything from confronting your boss and improving relationships with colleagues to the ins and outs of your legal rights, tomorrow at 1pm Sadly, not all working relationships are as rosy as that enjoyed by ubiquitous presenting double-act Ant and Dec. [...]