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12Feb

11 Things to Know About Starting a New Job

The Chartered

career, unemployment, university

Work

These eleven simple tips will help you become more adaptable and productive; making starting your new job less stressful.
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06Feb

Doctors Dissected: What are Doctors really Thinking?

Camilla Nicholls

books

Work

As I sat down to write about the relationship I have with ‘my GP’ I realised I couldn’t. Last summer I had cause to visit a general practitioner several times, I am asthmatic and although my condition is manageable day-to-day sometimes I need additional care. I saw three different doctors in the space of six weeks. One was a locum covering for holidays the other two were regulars at the surgery.  All were professional, helpful, concerned. But they, like their approaches, were all different and that was just over one short season. Even if we live in the...
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05Feb

How to Embrace Mindfulness at Work

Louise Chunn

mindfulness

Work

Is it possible to synchronise the world of work – all cut-throat competition, profit margins, productivity and cold, hard cash – and the higher principles of mindfulness? You might imagine that combining the two might make for an almighty clash. In fact, mindfulness is one of the hottest ideas in business right now. At the recent World Economic Forum a panel featuring Jon Kabat-Zinn (who virtually invented the modern idea of mindfulness), Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post  and a board member of Goldman Sachs was a sell-out. Not only did it...
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31Jan

9 Ways To Be a Business Romantic

Tim Leberecht

career, tips

Work

Tim Leberecht is author of The Business Romantic: Fall Back In Love with your Work and your Life. The book promotes devotion over data, aiming to reveal that business can transcend mere rationality and self-interest. The following are a condensed version of his Business Romantic action items: 1) Come out as a Business Romantic If you feel that the workplace or a brand does not accommodate your full range of spiritual, emotional and intellectual needs, it is time to come out as a Business Romantic. It is imperative that you don't just "confess". You can...
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26Jan

4 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Started Working

Fergus O'Connell

career, communication, jobs, stress, work

Work

Stress at work is one of the biggest causes of illness in the UK. Here's four pieces of advice to make your work-life balance less stressful.
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26Nov

How To Succeed in a Job Interview

Michael Parker

career, confidence, jobs, success, university

Work

Been struggling in job interviews? Treat it like a pitch says Michael Parker. Here are his 7 tips for success, whatever stage you're at in your career.
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10Nov

Student: Coping with Depression at University

John Servante

counselling, depression, mental health, student, therapy, university

Work

A personal account of suffering from depression at university and what you can do to help.
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29Oct

Finding Your University Identity

Terri Apter

identity, self, student, university

Work

Dr Terri Apter explores why change at university it so difficult and addresses the challenges faced by young people at university for the first time.
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17Sep

How to Get Out of a Career Rut and Start Living

Marina Gask

career, identity, self, work

Work

If you think you're in the wrong job, now is the time to change and here's where to start says Marina Gask
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10Jul

Don't Judge Me For Not Getting Drunk With Work Mates

Claudine Levy

career, friendship, self, society, university

Work

I realised that binge drinking wasn’t for me during my Fresher’s Week at university. This is the infamous time in every young adult’s life which consists of masochistically getting bladdered repeatedly, in the hope of forming some lasting bonds of friendship with a group of petrified fellow students. All so that we could LOL about our collective hangovers and embarrassing hook-ups of the morning after the night before. Of course the natural antidote to our terror about being alone was to glug as much poison as humanly possible. Away from home, and far from the...
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