Think back to the open day you went to at sixteen. Somebody’s parent asked all the questions. You mostly looked at the canteen. Going back as an adult is different. You’ve got a job, bills, maybe children, maybe a rota that changes every week. You’re not really asking “is this a nice place?” You’re asking [Read more…]
You’ve probably seen it by now. A job ad that looks like every other job ad, until the last line of the “about you” bit: confident with AI tools. If you work in an office, that line can land badly. What counts as confident? Do you need a course? A certificate? Is everyone else already [Read more…]
(Getting Taken Seriously at Work) Kai is 21. He’s an example, not a real person, but you may well know him. He left college with a Level 3 and took a job in a busy café at a garden centre. A year later, his manager asked him to run the Saturday shift. Saturday means eight [Read more…]
(Five Minutes That Could Be Worth Hundreds) Changed jobs this year? Then there’s a small code on your payslip worth checking. It takes about five minutes, and if it’s wrong it can cost you a couple of hundred pounds a month until somebody notices. What is a tax code? It’s how HMRC tells your [Read more…]
At 2am on Sunday 25 October, the clocks go back an hour. For a week or so it feels like a gift. Then you notice you’re driving home in the dark, and by December it’s dark before half past four. If you start early, finish late or spend the day under strip lights, you can [Read more…]