Here Is The City Life

Why You've Been Inexplicably Dumped

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:58:58 +0000

Contrary to what Loréal adverts tell us, there are pluses to getting older - wisdom, bigger pay cheques, decent holidays, a swanky postcode. But as we become increasingly selective about our homes, cars, clothes and food, we also can’t help getting pickier about our partners.

Unemployed? Cash Is On The Way

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:43:43 +0000

The market is picking up. That's the common refrain I've been hearing from recruiters for the last four months or so. Well, I, for one, do not think it is really picking up because it hasn't translated into more interviews, let alone job offers, for me.

Fashion From the Dark Side

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:15:51 +0000

You wouldn’t think that fashion designing and banking would mix. The two worlds only seem to meet on on a place like Bond Street, where glistening Louis Vuitton and Prada bags try to lure you in as you walk past shop windows.

The Economy According to Recruiters

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:16:43 +0000

Forget global economic indicators, non-farm payroll numbers or figures about the consumer sentiment in the Bible Belt. All it takes to know how the economy is doing is a cold call by your friendly neighbourhood recruiter.

Don't Pick Up the Soap

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:19 +0000

The Properlys tackle the tough questions, like thank you notes, free food, and generally jerky behaviour. Up next? Using your host's soap. In the shower.

A City Girl's Wish List

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:26:28 +0000

Surely everyone who works in the City has a wish list. I’m not talking a bucket list like Jack Nicholson. (I’m leaving you anytime soon.) A wish list is what keeps the City types going through the early mornings and the late nights when the rest of the world is sleeping or having fun.

NY Posts: Money Never Sleeps

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:58:28 +0000

I enjoy staying in New York City on three-day weekends because everything seems to empty out and the spots that usually require the Armani couture attire with super model company tend to relax their velvet rope standards.

Time's Up

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:25:15 +0000

You can feel it in your bones. You can sense it all around you. Your intuition is telling you: "I'm going to lose my job today!"

Five Albums that Rock Now

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:52:21 +0000

Don't worry if you've lost the new music plot again. HITC Life's resident reader-writer-muso, Lucho Payne, will get you up to speed with reviews of Kasabian, Gossip, The Dead Weather, Muse, and Mumford & Sons.

Creative vs. Corporate

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:47:51 +0000

“It’s not the industry you work in that’s important, it’s the office environment.” This is the advice I am constantly given as I try to decide between a creative or a corporate career path.

When a Flexi-Job Means a Flexi-Life

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:26:33 +0000

In the City, flexi-time, over-time, and part-time don’t seem to exist. Work here even gives a new meaning to the words 'full-time'.

Want to Rent a Penthouse in Wapping?

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:58:52 +0000

If you need a new pad and work in the City or Canary Wharf, this place is perfect for you. It's got two bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, an open-plan living space, and frankly, is a super cool place to live alone, with your partner, or even with a small child (should one show up).

City Cartoon: Rako & The Rat - Girlfriend

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:19:55 +0000

Is it love? Or is it Diwali?

Trading As A Woman

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:16:39 +0000

The thing about being a female trader is that you must be prepared to accept your position as an outsider - a woman in a man’s world.

The Art of Failure

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:39:35 +0000

If there is one lesson that stands out amongst all of the things that I have had to learn over the past year and a half of starting up this business, it is, without doubt, the art of failure.

Opening the Ex-Files

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 10:05:09 +0000

When a man leaves you alone in his home for the first time, what do you do? Lie in bed, watch TV, do the washing up - or have a good snoop? Let’s face it, the offhand mention of his last girlfriend has ignited your fascination.

City Bankers Finally Burn

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:47:02 +0000

Yes, you have read correctly. Next week, City bankers will burn. No, they won't be burning wood, no they won't be burning rubber, they will actually be burning themselves. (But for good reason.)

A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:45:41 +0000

When I first read Alain de Botton (The Art of Travel), I was almost jealous. It never occurred to me to write about why so many elements of travel hold such allure, such promise, and cause such deceptively seductive grass-is-greener syndrome.

The Power of Yes

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:21:07 +0000

There is a ripple of excitement every time a new play by David Hare is out. It's the yearning for the wise man of the left to yet again show up the devils of this world for what they really are.

Resting Banker Girl Beats the Traffick

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:44:49 +0000

Not for the first time was Resting Banker Girl (RBG) opining on the uselessness of most of this city’s (world’s?) so-called recruitment agencies.