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Coverage: Money Marketing ‘Weekend Essay: Looking past assumptions during Disability History Month’
Money Marketing, 29 November 2024: ‘Weekend Essay: Looking past assumptions during Disability History Month'Below is a short excerpt.Living in a world that isn’t designed with your needs in mind, and where people perceive you as different, is something that came out...

Coverage: Business Insider ‘The best thing to do is just to pick up the phone’ to talk out a workplace issue’.
Business Insider, 7 October 2024: 'The best thing to do is just to pick up the phone' to talk out a workplace issue.'Below is a short excerpt.Victoria McLean, a career coach and CEO of the career consultancy City CV, told BI that it's easy to rely on emails or texts...

Coverage: Stylist ‘Coverage: | Stylist ‘‘Email apnea’ is real – have you got it?’
Stylist, 2 October 2024: ‘Email apnea’ is real – have you got it?'Below is a short excerpt.If you’ve ever found yourself unconsciously holding your breath or shallow breathing while dealing with emails, you could be experiencing what is known as email or screen apnea....

Coverage: Stylist ‘How to split your day up using ‘windowed work’
Stylist, 25 September 2024: 'How to split your day up using 'windowed work'Below is a short excerpt. “Instead of a standard 9-5 workday, windowed working can look like setting core hours – 10am–2pm, say – where teams come together to collaborate,” explains career...

Coverage: efinancial ‘How much should you pay for a banking careers coach? Is it worth it?’
EFINANCIAL, 10 September 2024: 'How much should you pay for a banking careers coach?'Below is a short excerpt.Banking careers coaches themselves say they're worthwhile. McLean claims a success rate close to 100%. “I can’t think of anyone that hasn’t secured their role...

Coverage: Stylist ‘4 ways to handle difficult conversations with colleagues, according to career experts’
Stylist, 14 August 2024: '4 ways to handle difficult conversations with colleagues, according to career experts'Below is a short excerpt. Research has found that 57% of people say they would do almost anything to avoid a difficult conversation at work, with half...

Coverage: Fortune ’40 million people are using LinkedIn’s #OpenToWork badge right now—but recruiters say it can look desperate’
FORTUNE, 5th September 2024: '40 million people are using LinkedIn’s #OpenToWork badge right now—but recruiters say it can look desperate'Below is a short excerpt. “Putting a badge on a profile picture is an easy way to cut through the clutter and get into the...

Coverage: Stylist ‘4 soft skills that hiring managers look for in cover letters, according to career experts’
Stylist, 14 August 2024: '4 soft skills that hiring managers look for in cover letters, according to career experts'Below is a short excerpt.So, how should it differ from your CV, given how important it is? By talking about how you have resolved challenges, you show...

Coverage: ‘Should you ever take career advice from TikTok influencers?’
YAHOO FINANCE, 14 August 2024: 'Should you ever take career advice from TikTok influencers?'Below is a short excerpt. No matter how career influencers might describe themselves in their online bios, there is simply no way of knowing if they’re credible. “The biggest...
