Archive | January, 2011

What to do when youth unemployment hits another new high

By on January 21, 2011 in The Career Hub

We don’t mean to depress you, but we would rather give out facts rather than fiction. The Office of National Statistics (ONS) released figures reflecting the bad situation of this country’s unemployment rate. It rose from 7.7% to 7.9% in just 3 months preceding November 2010. Similarly, the employment rate fell by 0.3% to 70.4%, [...]

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Reflecting

Reflections on the decade

By on January 4, 2011 in The Career Hub

Happy New Year! At the turn of this decade I wanted to summarise some of the golden nuggets I have seen along my travels and work: 1. Innovation lies in the intersection – the intersection is the relationship between two different subjects. New business models can be found by connecting industries, natural processes, products. By [...]

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How to put resolutions in practice

By on January 1, 2011 in The Career Hub

We all make New Year’s resolutions that we never keep. Whether we have too many resolutions, or a crazy resolution that we know deep down we won’t stick to, each year we make a resolution and most of us fail. In this post, we are going to look at 5 easy steps for you to [...]

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