Focus on sciences
A science degree doesn’t mean spending your career, or even your course, stuck in a lab, as one student found out
It’s not all our fault
I feel your shame, but you’re not all to blame OK, regular readers of this column will know I am fairly caustic when it comes to our industry – recruiters are no better than estate agents, you know the rhetoric. Well, I am not convinced it is all our fault.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Where did it all go wrong? From military prodigy to exile and death in St Helena. But what a sparkling career you had in between. Perhaps you should have made the switch from fighting to banking while you had the chance, especially since you were good at maths.
Sven-Goran Eriksson: Swede smell of success
A Swede appointed by a Scot, to manage England. It is surprising how little fuss has been made over the appointment. Perhaps people have finally realised that English football and English managers are just not very good. Sven-Goran Eriksson has certainly been one of the most successful coaches in Europe. After a fairly undistinguished playing
David Beckham
Like your wife, you are at the peak of your career. Also like your wife, you are suffering from a few problems in the public relations department. You must be careful not to sacrifice the respect you have earned for your tremendous skills by behaving recklessly on the pitch. You will find that sponsorship and
Hansie Cronje: Hero to zero
Fallen hero When South African cricket captain Hansie Cronje was accused of involvement with Indian bookmakers in April 2000, he said the allegations were completely without substance. Yet it took less than 90 hours for Cronje’s statement of wounded integrity to become a guilt-wracked confession of dishonesty. Six months on the situation has only got
Joan of Arc
If your career aim was to achieve immortality, there could have been no better way to contrive your demise than to be burned at the stake. But it is certainly true that a higher calling motivated you. Career options were never at the forefront of your mind. If you had followed an ecclesiastical career, you
Ken Livingstone
You’ve won the race to become London’s first directly-elected mayor and your brand of socialism with a cheeky face has earned you a place in British political history books. What the years ahead will determine is whether this is a paragraph or a whole chapter. You are an unashamed populist; and populist leaders tend to