Work experience has changed: it isn’t just about having someone in to make the tea and do some photocopying any more. Increasingly, employers and teachers see it as a vital step in every student’s education to help them make the transition to employment. In a 2014 survey, 66% of employers said work experience was a [Read more…]
If you’re looking for a new career, it makes sense to head where the demand is. And no job is experiencing quite as much recruitment activity as web development. According to the jobs site Indeed, demand for full-stack developers has grown by 607% in the last four years and they can command an average salary [Read more…]
Technology has transformed most of our workplaces over the last couple of decades – but experts say that was just the beginning. Consultants at McKinsey & Co examined 800 job roles and estimated that more than one in three workers might have to change their skills mix by 2030 to continue progressing in their career. [Read more…]
Sometimes the next step in your career is obvious: you climb the career ladder from promotion to promotion. But sometimes the path ahead is less obvious. That’s when it can help to take a skills audit. By examining all your professional strengths and weaknesses, you can discover what you need to work on to achieve [Read more…]