15 Summer Jobs with Big Paychecks
Summer break is just around the corner, and getting a summer job is a great way to make the most of the season. You can use your free time to learn new skills and make money, which, if you are a student, you will need to pay for school. If you’re looking for a summer […]
How to be Happy at Work: Stop Doing These 11 Things Immediately!
You spend a lot of time at work. If you like your job, get paid well, and have a healthy balance between your personal and professional life, it’s easy to be happy. But if your work environment feels toxic, or you don’t like your job, manager, or the people at work, you’re probably unhappy. You […]
Top 12 Remote Careers Perfect for New Grads Who Prefer Working From Home
Lots of people want to work remotely, especially new graduates entering the workforce for the first time. But finding an entry-level remote job isn’t easy. There is high employee demand for these roles, yet business owners are still unsure about it and prefer to have people in the office. This disconnect adds to the difficulty […]
Memory Fading? 17 Tricks to Improve Your Memory Now
Memory loss happens to us all from time to time. Forgetting your phone at home or wasting time looking for your car keys in the morning are common occurrences in many households. But if your forgetfulness is starting to interfere with your life or work deadlines and turn your daily life into a never-ending hunt […]
Exploring the role of secondary teachers in building students career skills and knowledge
<img data-attachment-id="11175" data-permalink="https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2024/03/18/exploring-the-role-of-secondary-teachers-in-building-students-career-skills-and-knowledge/pexels-photo-3184328/" data-orig-file="https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-photo-3184328.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1255" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="man in beige blazer holding tablet computer" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Photo by fauxels on Pexels.com ” data-medium-file=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-photo-3184328.jpeg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-photo-3184328.jpeg?w=723″ src=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/pexels-photo-3184328.jpeg” alt=”” class=”wp-image-11175″ />Photo by fauxels on Pexels.com On the 4th October 2023 Suzanne Rice and I convened an expert round table to discuss the role of secondary teachers in building […]
Why it is time to end our obsession with ‘resilience’
On Friday it was Employee Appreciation Day so I teamed up with my colleague Professor Frances Maratos from the University of Derby to discuss resilience. In a blog post published on the University’s website it we noted that resilience is increasingly seen as something the education system should foster and employers should encourage and develop, but […]
Exploring career theories
<img data-attachment-id="11073" data-permalink="https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2024/02/05/exploring-career-theories/pexels-photo-11308990/" data-orig-file="https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/pexels-photo-11308990.jpeg" data-orig-size="1733,1300" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="black and purple skull with light" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Photo by Merlin Lightpainting on Pexels.com ” data-medium-file=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/pexels-photo-11308990.jpeg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/pexels-photo-11308990.jpeg?w=723″ src=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/pexels-photo-11308990.jpeg” alt=”” class=”wp-image-11073″ />Photo by Merlin Lightpainting on Pexels.com I spend a lot of last week teaching career theory in Lillehammer with my colleague Sikin Jynge. As anyone who has ever […]
Why I’m supporting Jo Grady for UCU General Secretary
For those people who aren’t in UK higher education, this post might be a little strange, please feel free to skip. I’m writing about this here because it is the platform that I have to try and influence something that is important in my life and in the life of other workers in the industry […]
Why Labour should stick with its plans to tax private education (and maybe go further)
Over the last couple of weeks there has been renewed debate about the UK’s private schools. The context for this is that the Labour Party has made a commitment to make people who pay for private education to pay some tax on school fees. As seems to be the case with all Labour policies under […]
Podcast: Sustainability and career guidance
<img data-attachment-id="10886" data-permalink="https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/podcast-sustainability-and-career-guidance/pexels-photo-1292464/" data-orig-file="https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pexels-photo-1292464.jpeg" data-orig-size="1880,1253" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="photo of wind turbines lot" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" Photo by Narcisa Aciko on Pexels.com ” data-medium-file=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pexels-photo-1292464.jpeg?w=300″ data-large-file=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pexels-photo-1292464.jpeg?w=723″ src=”https://adventuresincareerdevelopment.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pexels-photo-1292464.jpeg” alt=”” class=”wp-image-10886″ />Photo by Narcisa Aciko on Pexels.com I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed as part of Veilederforum-podden (the Norwegian guidance forum’s new podcast). In the podcast I discuss […]
