Archive for March 2022
11 Tips To Ensure Success During Your First 100 Days In A New Job
You’ve aced the interview, received the offer, and signed the paperwork. However, the biggest challenge is yet to come – getting started in your new role, and cementing an excellent reputation as a diligent and talented employee. Whether you’re an entry-level worker or a CEO, research tells us that first impressions are annoyingly persistent, and…
Read More6 Signs Your Career Is Becoming Your Identity, And What To Do About It
Imagine you meet a stranger at a party. One of the first questions you’re likely to ask them is what they do for a living. That’s because someone’s career is an important marker of identity, and allows us to make a whole raft of other assumptions about them – how intelligent they are, what their…
Read MoreThe Menopause At Work: How Employers Can Help Break The Stigma
In February of this year, the UK government’s Women and Equalities Committee released a special report into menopause and the workplace. The report centred around a survey completed by working women of menopause age, and revealed numerous shocking findings; although 31% had been forced to take time off work due to menopause symptoms, less than…
Read MoreA Woman In Engineering’s Perspective On The Challenges For Women In STEM
Engineering remains the most male-dominated field in STEM. The UK has the lowest percentage of women engineering professionals in Europe at just 11%, and only 1% of engineering and technology graduates are women. Considering that the UK has a shortfall of skilled labour that requires 124,000 new engineers per year, this is an issue that…
Read MoreShould Banter Be Banned At Work?
The word ‘banter’ is older than you’d think. Believed to have originated in London as street slang to refer to aggressive exchanges intended to demean and ridicule, it later acquired a friendlier meaning more akin to the type of good-natured teasing we associate with the term today. Despite its historic etymology, the term only really…
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