According to recent research, nearly three-quarters of workers in London are happy to contact work while they are on holiday. The thinking is that, in these financially austere times, employees simply have to make themselves available all of the time...Read More
Is it wrong to work during your holiday?
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What's more important: money or job satisfaction?
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Are you more of a 'money makes the world go round' or 'money doesn't buy you happiness' person? It's a tricky choice as we all want to work in a job that we love but we also need money to...Read More
Be prepared for anything
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Forgive me, for I have sinned. It's been a long time since my last blog. However, I felt compelled to tell you a story with some friendly advice attached to it. A family friend of mine, a graduate, recently went...Read More
Finding a job is easy - honest!
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With competition for jobs more fierce than it's ever been, I've been thinking a lot recently about how jobseekers can improve their chances of getting a role. Sure, there are a million and one things you can do to your...Read More
Dealing with the boss from hell
Last week, Tata Steel announced plans to ditch 1,600 jobs from plants in the north of England. Bad news, I'm sure you'll agree. What's interesting about this news, however, is that Ratan Tata, the chairman of the Tata Group, attributed...Read More
What jobseekers can learn from The Apprentice
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Go on, admit it. You're hooked. Yes, we're just a couple of episodes in, but I'm already glued to my screen every Wednesday watching the madcap comings and goings of this year's Apprentice contestants. It's car crash telly for sure...Read More
Moving on
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Having joined the Totaljobs team fairly recently, I'm in the midst of an extraordinarily protracted and unnecessarily rancorous relocation from one end of England to the other. While my new colleagues have grown used to my mortgage-based outbursts, I long for the day when the nightmare ends.Read More
How important is happiness in your job?
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We're a miserable lot, aren't we really? This morning, as I sandwiched myself into a space half my size on the train I spend a big chunk of my wages on each month, gazing into the rather sweaty armpit of...Read More
The big debate: degree vs apprenticeship
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With all the doom and gloom in the press recently about graduate and young people's unemployment, I've been thinking about whether I would have bothered doing a degree in today's economy...These days, you need to have a clear idea of...Read More
Is remote working for you?
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Six months ago, two of my friends decided to take remote working jobs. I admit, I was jealous: "What, you get to work in your pyjamas every day and get up at 9am?!" Everyone commented on it and wished they could do...Read More
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