This is what it feels like to be young

by | Aug 17, 2020 | Careers, Education

Youth culture is often reflected in the lyrics of songs. Not all teenagers are the same, but the lyrics of Anne-Marie’s latest hit “To Be Young” clearly resonate with a section of today’s young society. Anne-Marie sings: “They tell me I should make a plan for life...

Digital transformation in careers advice

by | Aug 3, 2020 | Careers, Education

There’s some great thinking in a recent article from McKinsey & Co: The Covid-19 recovery will be digital. Now you might be thinking this is all about business and has nothing to do with careers advice, but wait. If the business world is transforming as it...

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...