Career Advisor / Counseller in General

I thought I would write some first thoughts about how to cope with your first position of authority in the work place. It can be a very strange transition t have to go through, from being one of the team in a work place, on an equal footing to everyone else in the work place pecking order, the old them andus culture however when you then become a supervisor or one of the management team it can be a strange experience and a very challenging one. I think that as a manager you have to accept that you cannot please everyone all of the time and if you start out as hoping to be everyone friend then you are probably doomed to fail. What you do need to be is ...  Read the complete review

Due to the high number of EU offices in Brussels, work is relatively easy to come by, and as far as it goes, you can pick up some very good summer jobs in Brussels as a result. Of course, part of the thing that guarantees you good pay is your knowledge of English as a native speaker, as you are often working in English speaking environments. However, that being said, a foreign language to a high level (A Level or beyond) certainly opens doors for you. Some interim bureaux (temping agencies) actually demand a foreign language, especially if you want to do anything more than photocopying in a multi-national company. Whilst many eurosceptics might think that Brussels is ...  Read the complete review

The Princes Trust is a scheme aimed at people between the ages of 16 and 25. The people in the course are supposed to be a mixture of unemployed (for whom the goverment pays) and employed people (who their companies pay for). In charge in the team leader. This is also a relatively young person. Ours was excellent, always helpful and cheerful and NOT patronising (very important!) It is a 12 week course split up into different sections. I took part in the scheme in my year out before university, so I wasn't really doing the scheme with a view to helping me get a job, but I still found it useful. I had had a few jobs in my year out but had either quit or been ...  Read the complete review

I was reading and rating a few opinions the other day and stumbled upon a couple in the category of bullying at school. My reasons for doing this seemed a little odd at first I suppose, as to be honest I normally only read opinions in the categories I’m most interested in (music, travel, books, etc.) when the time I can actually spend on dooyoo is limited. However, as I am generally (and genuinely) interested in personal interpretations of subject matter, I still continued to read on. Luckily, I was never bullied at school and have never ‘specifically’ thought of myself as either being bullied or as being a ‘victim’ at all until I ...  Read the complete review

This opinion is aimed at those of you who are considering starting your own business. It is intended as a brief guide into a complex subject, just to give you a taster of what's to come! There is never a perfect time to start a new venture; there are always dangers to be wary of, but the real secret is to have a viable venture that is well thought out and structured in order to keep the risks to a minimum. A few years ago, those people who started up their own business were thought of as either very brave or foolhardy. Nowadays, with redundancies and early retirement in just about every job, the entrepreneur with his own established business has ...  Read the complete review