Gosh how time flies.  It seems no time at all since some of the youngest in my extended family were just toddling around noisily.  This time last week I was at a family party with the very same youngsters and they were happily chirping about the choices for the GCSEs…

There is always a problem with recruiting and retaining nurses, midwives and doctors nationally.  That seems to have been the situation for at least the last 30 years.  When I was young, the choices for school leavers was much simpler than today – if you weren’t bright enough to go…

One of my joys at the moment is catching up with some of the cult tv from the 1960s – one particular show is the Avengers.  Filmed throughout the 1960s and ending a decade later, today it is absolutely fabulous fun.  Having purchased the two series with the delightful Mrs….

The world of work and careers is moving on very rapidly.  Gone are the days of just getting through senior school with a handful of GCSEs on a wing and a prayer.  Today all youngsters enter upper school and are encouraged from the off to choose their options so they…

When my generation was entering the job market in the 1970s, there was only one route needed.  Using the right skills, garnered through various routes at school, you only had to talk to the careers office, check the local paper, or know someone’s dad, and job interviews were two a…

It does seem a very long time since I had to apply for a real job.  The sort of job that would actually pay a salary and offer scope for advancement up the ladder to nearly important status.  In my day, in the last century (ho ho), the best schools…

There was a time when you could go through school, stay out of trouble, get to the th or 5th year and after a consultation with the careers teacher, come out with some idea of what you would really like to do as a career option.  This was in the…

There are so many different courses available at school these days – unlike in the middle of the last century – and that sounds very odd to hear it put like that! – the choices were not made at school but more as a result of the route you went…

If anticipated joy can’t and enthusiasm be your instructions, so what can be? Well, you can start by selecting a profession that suits well together with beliefs and your skills. Because you have some feeling of what these are (ideally), this can be a great starting location. But a little…

Time was when young folk just went to school at 5 years old.  Very few children born in the 1950s went to nursery or playschool especially if Mum was at home.  Working Mums needing these daycare faciities were far far fewer.    After infants we went up to junior school…