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Those of you who read the Agony Aunt regularly each week will have by now become accustomed to the occasional joke in my jottings – a funny one-liner here, and a clever quip there – to help bring a more […]
This week’s question for the Agony Aunt – “Do you know how to market yourself via social media?”– is made up of just 45 characters. That’s nearly 100 less than Twitter currently allows (pssst! a little birdie told me that […]
This week’s question for the Agony Aunt – “With exam season looming how can working parents help their teenage children prepare and keep their own sanity? – is perfectly timed, with schools and education very much in the air in […]
This week’s question for the Agony Aunt – “Is your career being held back because your PQE is actually turning into post qualification inequality?” – led to a number of important issues being brought to our door here at the […]
This week’s question for the Agony Aunt – “I’m thinking about going freelance, but is this a bad move for my career?” – sparked some great stories and insights from across the Obelisk community. Thanks to everyone for getting in […]
Welcome to the new face in The Attic – our very own Agony Aunt; here each week to answer all your questions and quandaries about how to make work, work. The first question was raised at an Obelisk event this […]
This week’s question for the Agony Aunt is: “I’m thinking about going freelance, but is this a bad move for my career?” It’s a burning question, especially for men – after recent research shows working freelance, flexibly or part-time can […]
Anyone who has been to one of Obelisk’s Refresher Courses for women looking to return to their career in law will know that fashion is a big thing in the Attic. Dressing for success is a key part of preparing […]
So, we made it. The children are back at school – all kitted out smartly with new Clarks shoes, Smiggle rucksacks and Messi football boots (as in Lionel Messi, ‘the greatest footballer who ever lived’ as my son tells me; […]
In this new age where agile and flexible working practices are no longer perceived as a novelty, and where a culture of assessing individual input and output to calculate merit is – quite rightly – being valued above presenteeism, the […]