Is money your main motivation? If so, the obvious place to make big bucks is in the City. You’ll have to sacrifice your work-life balance for a while but, if you like to work hard and play hard, the financial rewards will be worth it
Is your manager making unreasonable demands? Are you bored by unproductive meetings? Do you feel undervalued? Maybe it’s time to break the routine and become your own boss
Turning a hobby into your career may seem idealistic or risky but increasing numbers of dissatisfied workers are finding innovative ways to combine business with pleasure
Mansur Khawar, 30, had tried his hand at a number of things – including writing, decorating, and pupil barrister – before joining headhunting firm Armstrong International in February 1998. He tells us why the headhunting business is the one that really stimulates him
Andy Leech, 25, joined Vodafone AirTouch after graduating three and a half years ago. He works in IT as a systems developer. With existing systems needing to be modified and new systems being brought in to cope with new advances in technology Andy says IT makes for an exciting career choice
Mike Caldwell is director of corporate communications at the world’s largest mobile phone company, Vodafone AirTouch. Caldwell set up the company’s press office when he joined the company at its Newbury HQ in 1991 and now oversees a department of 12. He counts his career highlights as handling the public relations (PR) side of Vodafone’s
John Steele, Human Resources director at British Telecommunications, talks about graduate entry at BT, and what it takes to be a successful HR professional
Michelle Burgess works as a public relations (PR) officer for Vodafone AirTouch Group Services. The company sponsored her through university and offered her a job once she graduated. She says PR is a growing industry – especially the telecoms sector – and offers great prospects for graduates who can write well and have good communication
Phillipa Phelps is technical manager, telecoms, for the world’s largest mobile communications company Vodafone AirTouch. She manages a team that plans ahead to ensure the Vodafone network has enough capacity to meet the ever-growing demand from mobile phone users. She works in a fast-moving environment – but that is the way she likes it
Anthony Hedger, 22, is a graduate finance trainee with Vodafone Airtouch – the world’s largest mobile telecoms company. He says he gets a buzz from the commercial side of the business – looking for areas where the business can develop and grow. He told us how figures can be fun
Carol Armstrong, 24, graduated in 1999 with an MSc in Natural Sciences. As a result of a twelve-week work placement in the summer of 1998, she was offered a job at BT when she graduated
Steve Bennetts has recently joined Content Technologies, the e-content management and security company, as chief financial officer. Bennetts qualified as a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young, but his most recent position was at Amazon.com where he was European finance director. He lives in the Thames valley with his wife and two children.
Mark Zaleski, 37, is senior vice-president of area operations for US online grocery company Webvan. The firm, which has a net income of more than $231m, is currently spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a national delivery infra-structure with the aim of becoming the dominant door-to-door retailer in America. Zaleski lives in the heart
Thomas Fitch, 29, quit his job as a highly successful trader for US banking group Chase Manhattan to pursue a career in e-commerce. He set up his own online video courier service Reelsonwheels.com two years ago. Fitch admits it is sometimes tough going, but remains positive he can attract investors to the site. We asked him
The general manager of eBay UK, Jennifer Mowat was no internet anorak. She tells us how easy it is to wise up to what’s going on in the dotcom industry and how to make the most out of e-business
Martin Frost, 49, is the non-executive chairman of Infobank, a business to business e-commerce software venture. He moved over from drinks and entertainment giant Seagram full-time in June 1999, after a long and successful career in the old economy, beginning as a graduate trainee for Unilever. He lives on Putney Heath in London with his
Thomas Fitch, 29, quit his job as a highly successful trader for US banking group Chase Manhattan to pursue a career in e-commerce. He set up his own online video courier service Reelsonwheels.com two years ago. Fitch admits it is sometimes tough going, but remains positive he can attract investors to the site. We asked him
Tom Moloney has been promoted to chief executive officer of Emap USA, the US’s leading publisher of specialist magazines. We asked Moloney what excites him about his new job and for his strategy for success
Peter Howarth, 35, has been UK editor of Esquire magazine for the past three years. He trod an unconventional path into journalism, reaching the editor’s desk via the Paris catwalk. He began his journalistic career by writing freelance magazine features. We asked him about his job and what advice he would give aspiring journalists
Joan Lofts recently moved from her position as a consultant with Children’s ITV to become the new director of broadcasting at ITV2, the cable and digital entertainment channel launched by ITV in late 1998. We caught up with her and asked how a lowly ITN researcher made it to a senior position in the new digital
