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Family & Work

The Agony Aunt tackles the injustice of bullying

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 […]

Published on 22nd March 201623rd March 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

Read all about it! The Agony Aunt looks at ‘CVs’ on social media

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 […]

Published on 17th March 201622nd March 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

Best years of our lives? The Agony Aunt helps with exam season

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 […]

Published on 9th March 20169th March 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

What should the ‘E’ stand for in PQE? Ask the Agony Aunt

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 […]

Published on 3rd March 201617th March 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

Are we really free to freelance? Ask the Agony Aunt

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 […]

Published on 19th February 201619th February 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

Introducing the Agony Aunt

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 […]

Published on 2nd February 20164th February 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

This week’s Agony Aunt Question

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 […]

Published on 12th January 201619th February 2016By The Attic
Family & Work

Winter fur-fur-fashion

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 […]

Published on 18th September 201518th September 2015By The Attic
Family & Work

Back to School

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; […]

Published on 4th September 20154th September 2015By Naomi
Family & Work

The Rising Stock of Returning Mothers

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 […]

Published on 5th July 201513th July 2015By Kitty

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