This week thousands of young people around the UK received their A level results and as usual the papers have been out in full patrol sharing stories about the A grade prodigies who will now go on to the worlds best universities, find their dream job and have the perfect life. On the other hand, there will also be thousands … Read More
Should I work for free?
Working for a youth volunteering charity I’m used to young people asking why on earth they should ‘work for free.’ Firstly, volunteering is not work and secondly just because you’re not being paid in pound sterling doesn’t mean you’re not getting something out of it. Just last week my gym manager was taking photos of his studio on his iPhone … Read More
The University Killer: Online Peer–to-Peer Learning
According to a recent YouGov SixthSense report, the debt of UK university students adds up to nearly £20bn. Students starting university this year could end up paying a whopping £60k for their education. Having graduated myself just a few years ago, the prospect of paying three times the amount my Mum paid for her first home may have been enough to … Read More
Why You Should Be Leading From The Bottom
From the moment we leave the womb we enter a world in which our survival relies on our ability to comply with those in authority. First it’s our parents, then it’s our school teachers and finally it’s the boss. It then comes as no surprise that questioning authority is a trait that most of us feel ill equipped and so … Read More
The education guarantee
I don’t understand why so many graduates leave university and then blame their education for not equipping them with the skills to find employment. Education is not a guarantee and never was (it was just very efficient at working for the old system). Education was created to help the industrial economy recruit ‘made to order’ workers who could take on … Read More
Why do you want a job anyway?
This is a question more young people really need to ask themselves before they starts firing their CVs out into the world. Just because it’s the done thing after education and feels like the necessary step forward in your life doesn’t always mean it’s the right step, especially if you’re focusing on the wrong goals. Work should never be a … Read More
F**k being realistic.
The worst bit of advice you can give someone who is looking for work or planning to start their own being is to be realistic with their expectations. I hate the word realistic. Being realistic means not pushing yourself too far, not over committing, it’s hedging your bets, playing it safe. The most damaging thing about those people telling you … Read More
Enjoy the aspects of ‘losing control’
Humans love routine. Without it, we quickly become filled with self doubt and a lack of purpose generally leads to depression. On the flip side of this, routine is the killer of creativity and self growth. Once in a secure job, many people switch to auto pilot and before long, they’ve spent ten years of their life coasting. And guess … Read More
If your resume was your dating profile…
Would you make more effort to stand out? We have all grown up in the industrial economy, one that creates the same kind of person, the compliant worker – ready to man the jobs that no longer exist. Just like the latest fashion trends marketed to us to attract the opposite sex, it’s all part of someone else’s plan and … Read More