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Way back at the end of March, when the Corona virus pandemic was only just starting to unfold in the UK and we all found ourselves in a very strange and unknown predicament, I had been asked to write a guest blog post on navigating a career and family life for Claire Brown Coaching, who runs the ‘The Career Hub for Mums’. Given the sudden changes, this ended up focusing somewhat on working from home and adapting to change.
Read moreMustard HR recently wrote a guest blog post on flexible working for the parenting website and blog ‘The Resilient Mama’. This was pre COVID-19 restrictions in the UK and as we now know, the flexible working landscape seems to have changed somewhat (in terms of working from home anyway). However, the blog post focused on requesting flexibility (and the many variations of flexible working) not, as we are now experiencing, it being forced on people unexpectedly.
Read moreCareer’s aren’t just about success and progression, the seemingly ‘bad’ experiences we have at work can teach us a lot about what we want and where we are going. I’ve had times during my working life where I’ve felt frustrated, stuck and unappreciated. However, reflecting on this (mainly from my pre-HR days) I can see now just how much I’ve learned along the way…
Read moreIn the first of my networking blogs I explained how I’d come to realise the [import]ance of networking when starting up your new business. I was surprised by the choice and diversity of groups out there and decided to try a few out to ‘find my tribe’.
Read moreTake the pain out of networking with my two-part round up of some local groups…
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