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The Market is in Your Hands
In times like these (the job market can't decide whether it's up or down, the FTSE and Dow make huge gains one day and then fall back the next, your boss's mood swings bounce like a teeter totter, and even your morning commute is getting worse and worse), it's best to maintain a positive attitude. more >>
Fashion From the Dark Side
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. more >>
The Economy According to Recruiters
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. more >>
Creative vs. Corporate
“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.
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1 Year Ago
- Conflict in the Workplace
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and business psychology firm OPP got together to look at conflict in the workplace in a report called Fight, Flight or Face It. And you know what they found? You're not alone.
more >> - A Trade-Off, Old School
- Zen, Buffet, Green, and the Crunch
- My Nightmare of a Bonus
2 Years Ago
- London on a Credit Crunch Bonus
If your job is related to investing money you have borrowed in Japanese Yen into 'risk-free' tranches of mortgage-backed CDOs, or selling AAA-rated CPDOs to investors which include your grandparents, you might want to consider the following. more >> - Employers Don't Offer What Employees Want
- Jerks Not Welcome Here
- Think Before You Forward
From Investment Bank to the Wizard's Oz
Until now I have wildly resisted. You can take the make-up and the skirts away but you’ve got to give a girl her shoes. And heels are my thing. But last week I read an article that said “powerful-women wear flat shoes”. Right, I thought, I might give this flat thing a go. more >>
Banks, Bonus Tax & Zen
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." - F Scott Fitzgerald more >>
The City Game of Snakes & Ladders
There are some days when I want to climb the corporate ladder to success quicker than Brady Dougan, and other days when a snake crosses my path and I become desperate to join my friends for Pimms o’clock. Shame - just when I was doing so well. more >>
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