Blog - June 2019

  • Is A Return To Marketing In Your Future?

    Is A Return To Marketing In Your Future?

    Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2019 by Sarah Arnold — No comments

    Always Liked The Idea Of Marketing? Can you communicate clearly, both in writing and speech? Are you a problem solver? Can you crunch numbers? Are you an ideas person? If yes, then marketing could be the new career pathway you’ve been looking for. But, What Actually Is Marketing? Many people throw the word around not really knowing what it means and often using it in the wrong context. According ...

  • How To Approach Writing A CV When You’ve Had A Career Break

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Cheney Hamilton — No comments

    So You've Taken A Career Break...and Now It's Time To Go Back To Work So you’ve taken a career break to be a full-time parent, but your child has grown up all too quickly and it’s time to return to work. The trouble is, the last role you held was years ago – how on earth can you frame the gap on your CV so that it looks appealing to recruiters? Well, your approach depends on a lot of variables, ...

  • Fathers Day treats for those special Daddies

    Fathers Day treats for those special Daddies

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Helen Miller — No comments

    It’s that time of year again, where us Mums put on our thinking caps to come up with a Father’s Day gift (meant to be a job for the children, always ends up being ours) to make Daddy feel appreciated. Now, this doesn’t need to cost a fortune. Let's also consider the environment and stop buying those things that let's face it end up unused in the bottom of a draw or in the bin. To help you out, ...

  • Bank Holiday and Half Term heroes

    Bank Holiday and Half Term heroes

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Cheney Hamilton — No comments

    We all know the feeling; leaving work on Friday knowing you are heading into a Bank Holiday weekend and the sheer elation you feel. The possibilities are endless! This Bank Holiday, enjoy some fantastic days out in your local area and around the UK. National Trust True to form, the team at the National Trust has come up trumps with activities for children young and old at properties around the ...

  • Don’t give in to guilt, you’ve worked hard for your career

    Don’t give in to guilt, you’ve worked hard for your career

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Cheney Hamilton — No comments

    When you have children, your list of job roles suddenly multiplies. You become a mother, a caregiver, a nurse, a protector and many more. But one title many mothers feel guilty about is one they held long before their little bundle came along; employee. Some women will choose to step right back into their career, others will take up new challenges, perhaps working from home or setting up a ...

  • Coaching Skills For Parents From Positive Parenting

    Coaching Skills For Parents From Positive Parenting

    Posted on Friday, June 7, 2019 by Cheney Hamilton — No comments

    How Many Of Us Went To The University Of Parenting? How many of us were given a manual when we had our first babies? Where is that rulebook, the one that tells us what to do, when & how, the one that tells us how to deal with teenagers? There’s plenty of advice out there, but no definitive answers, not really. I never did I go to that University, never was I given the manual or the rulebook – yet ...

  • A Dads Share

    A Dads Share

    Posted on Thursday, June 6, 2019 by Liam Hamilton — No comments

    The Joy Of Becoming A Dad Back in November 2014 my wife and I were overjoyed with the arrival of our daughter Beatrice. Being at home with her for those first two weeks was amazing and she was perfect in every way, but a month in to her life she was diagnosed with hip-dysplasia and we were told she would need surgery. After bringing her home she was made to wear a large, heavy & very awkward ...