Focus on the UK skills shortage

by | Jul 27, 2020 | Careers, Education

I read with interest Angela Carroll’s LinkedIn post this weekend. She highlights the UK skills shortage and the gap this leaves for the engineering industry. Angela is part of an engineering business that has decided to take control of its own future through an...

Addressing the skills challenge

by | Jul 20, 2020 | Careers

Business relies on an optimised, functional supply chain. Whatever industry you are in, when your supply chain breaks down, your ability to generate value suffers. Fortunately, most companies have a good understanding of their supply chain, from the sourcing of...

Who says careers advice is broken?

by | Jul 13, 2020 | Careers, Education

My second post in this new blog is one that I can’t take credit for. It is an article written by my colleague Steve Carrigan in the Spring of 2018. Although more than two years old, the situation in UK careers advice has not changed. It’s still broken. The...

New thinking in careers advice in the UK

by | Jul 3, 2020 | Careers, Education

New business ideas. How do they come about? What sparks a concept and how is that thought turned into a viable business? I’m sure there are as many answers to these questions as there are enterprises that have ever been conceived in the world. My story is a long...