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  • Working in the Public Sector

    Posted on Saturday, September 28, 2019 by Sarah ArnoldNo comments

    Over 6 million people work in the sector; schools, councils and emergency services are the most widely known. The NHS is the largest employer with 1.4m employees. But, there are also unique bodies set up for specific needs such as environment agencies. There’s a wide range of public sector roles available; not just the traditional roles that we naturally think of such as teachers, police and ...

  • How to ask your boss for flexible hours…

    Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 by Sarah ArnoldNo comments

    A few weeks ago, one of our members asked for some advice on how to ask her boss for flexible hours. As a full-time worker, she felt like she was missing out on her children growing up, especially when it came to attending special events at their school. Sadly, there is no one size fits all answer, but we opened the question out to the LinkedIn community and got some great responses. We’ve ...

  • How to work from home

    Posted on Thursday, July 4, 2019 by Sarah ArnoldNo comments

    Everyone wants to work from home, surely? No more getting up at the crack of dawn, spending hours on the train or stuck in a traffic jam. No need to apply full make-up, wear smart clothes and be immaculately turned out. Instead, you can start and finish work when you want, wear your pyjamas and be hugely productive, because there are no office distractions and no meetings about meetings. Well, ...

  • Meet Layla: A working Mum at Hastings Direct

    Posted on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 by Helen MillerNo comments

    Achieving The Ideal Work-Life Balance With Hastings Direct I have worked at Hastings Direct for nearly three years and in February 2017 I had my little boy. "Hastings Direct were really supportive when I returned and moved from full-time to part-time shifts. The new shifts worked around my family really well and I now feel that I have a great work - life balance." Throughout my maternity leave my ...

  • Is A Return To Marketing In Your Future?

    Posted on Thursday, June 20, 2019 by Sarah ArnoldNo 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 HamiltonNo 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

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Helen MillerNo 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

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Cheney HamiltonNo 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

    Posted on Saturday, June 15, 2019 by Cheney HamiltonNo 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

    Posted on Friday, June 7, 2019 by Cheney HamiltonNo 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 ...