How I became a career consultant…..
Well, it’s a long story. When I got married in the mid ’70s I had been working as a bilingual secretary/PA to Finance Director at a furniture company for many years and was only too pleased to take a career break when I had my children. During that time my late husband set up his [...]
The real PITA: Professional Acronyms
Did you realise it’s nearly EOW? It seems acronyms such as End Of the Week are now fully accepted office jargon. How lazy and thoughtless is it to write and talk in acronyms? English doesn’t seem to be the same language as it was or am I becoming a dinosaur? Abbreviating what is said and [...]
New Year, new resolution and new job
It’s mid January, festivities are over for another year and it’s back to work and back to school. Perhaps one of your resolutions is to return to work since it might be the end of maternity leave. Whatever the reason for a career break returning to the workplace is often not as easy as it [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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