May
29
Young people speaking up for themselves
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I have spent the past few days in Lerwick in the Shetland Islands training young people aged 12 - 15 in speaking skills. They responded wonderfully -as young people we work with on the Speakersbank programme usually do.
Working in an island community has its own challenges though. Some of our participants had to take a […]
May
22
How much should a parent influence their children’s career choices?
Filed Under Career development, young people, World of Work | 4 Comments
I met up with former colleagues that I haven’t seen for a while . As is usually the case we got talking about our various offspring and what they are up to now. Compared to them I had my babies really young as they all still had kids in school. We started to chat about how […]
May
21
Think about it - what do you really want a potential employer to know about you?
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“Preparing for an interview can be a great opportunity to actually make time to reflect on our strengths and successes which leads to increased confidence. Marketing in the traditional business sense involves looking externally at the competition and focussing on the unique selling points that set that organisation apart from it’s competition. I learned a […]
May
21
Working to the wire - part 2
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Last week I posted about my son working to the wire on his University project and I asked Robyn McMaster - an expert on how the brain works - for her views. Here is her response. Thanks Robyn!
Hi Jackie, interestingly there are several possibilities. Another blogger, Frank Roche had asked me this question when I […]
May
20
Young people as business consultants
Filed Under Leadership, Coaching, young people, World of Work | 4 Comments
What do you think? Great idea? Or are you doubtful.
OK, I am playing with you here. I know this works. I have been involved as a coach with Space Unlimited for about 3 years now . The young people I have worked with have risen to any challenge set. Their ideas have been great - […]