Jul
30
How did you learn to manage your finances?
Filed Under Education, Personal awareness, Community, Motivation, young people | 2 Comments
Last night I watched a programme where a financial adviser taught a group of 14-15 year olds basic financial management skills. He set them the task of finding the best product to manage a debt and to search the internet for the best deals in insurance. The young people did an excellent job on both counts. Great […]
Jul
27
Looking for a job - Hints and Tips (1)
Filed Under Graduates, Career development, Job interviews, Job search, Fulfilling potential | 2 Comments
Regular readers will know that I am compiling an e-book of stories and advice for school leavers and graduates to help them get their first job.
I thought it would be a good idea to share some hints and tips as I went along so this is the first of a mini-series!
One approach to getting onto the job ladder […]
Jul
26
Everyday heroes
Filed Under Leadership, Fulfilling potential, Community, young people | Leave a Comment
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has just published a book called Britain’s Everyday Heroes and I was delighted to see that he has included Stevie Siegerson from Columba 1400
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/focus/display.var.1569764.0.0.php
I had the pleasure of meeting Stevie and working with him firstly when I was a participant in the Columba 1400 programme and then when I went […]
Jul
25
The press here use “The YouTube Generation” in headlines. Yet another way to label young people (because many of the stories tend to also include words like “dumbing down”).
Anyway - I digress ( already!). I read that National Trust for Scotland has posted a trailer for the new movie that is to be shown at […]
Jul
24
I was prompted recently to talk about my earliest memory. As far as I am concerned it was of my brother being born at home when I was 3. Maybe a professional could get me back further than that - don’t know.
I tried this question with some friends and when we had explored our toddler years […]