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New Books in our Careers Library!
We have a small reference library of carefully selected career books in the Careers Service. Come in and have a browse and a read, or find a list of what’s in stock in our online catalogue. Newly purchased items are listed...
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Will a robot take your job?
Following the report by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills about the future of jobs in 2030; futurologists warn that it would be wrong to assume that today’s money spinning careers such as banking or law – will remain the best paid jobs...
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Gender Pay Equality - will we ever get there?
My colleague Sue Briault was talking to me about the film 'Suffragettes' which she watched a few days ago and it made me consider how far gender equality has come in the hundred years since the militant struggles for the right to...
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Lacking career inspiration - a cat is your perfect muse!
We have a lot of cat lovers in the Careers Service, I am shamelessly sharing a photo of my two cats - Sooty and Snowy. Like all cats, mine are incredibly tenacious, adaptable and know all the 'cuteness tricks' to get...
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MOOC your way to career success!
For those who are unfamiliar, MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) are often offered free by a variety of sources (sometimes for-profit companies, sometimes universities, sometimes a collaboration between the two). Often serving as introductions to key concepts, I have seen students...