These days the concept of a “mid-life crisis” has become a bit of a cliché. Yet to millions of workers in their 40s and 50s, a career crisis, often characterized by a lingering “dead” sensation or the sudden realization that “things aren’t working anymore,” is all too real.
It’s reckoned that four-fifths of the job market is ‘closed’, meaning you can’t find out about available job openings unless you dig for them. So what do you do? Pick up the phone and dig. Cold calling, or uninvited job-hunting, is a proven method of finding employment. Find out for yourself by following these
Lady Howe’s career has been something of a contradiction. A politician’s wife who left her job to play a supporting role, she is a vehement campaigner for women in the workplace. A Tory advocate of the Open University, she took her own degree at the famously left-of-centre London School of Economics. Over 20 years into
When Richard Handover took over as WH Smith chief executive in 1997, few people expected the 53-year old to last long. Handover, who had been with the retailer for more than three decades, was regarded by critics as a time-server ill equiped to lead WH Smith into the Internet age. But Handover has confounded the
Andy Hazell, 24, was taken on as a marketing graduate trainee by Vodafone in September 1999. Over the next two years he will be working across four different divisions to get an overview of the whole marketing process
Julie Meyer rose to stardom as a founder of First Tuesday and quickly became known as the First Lady of the internet. We meet the woman who calls herself ‘a deep pan-European’ and talk to her about her company, Ariadne Capital, and the careers in the start-up economy
At 26, Iain Aitken is managing director of Freefund.com – a rapidly developing website that matches up students and scholarships. He gives us his views on the future of dotcom companies, and why a good idea is worth its weight in risk
Pauline Leonard, 25, is an associate at the FSA. She has an MA in management studies from Glasgow University and began the FSA graduate training course five months ago
You’ve laughed about their idiosyncrasies and their spelling mistakes. But now those favoured clients in Japan are coming to the UK and it’s your job to keep their business. So how do you make a great impression – and more importantly, steer clear of any fatal faux pas?
