Career Advice

For decades, artificial intelligence has been hailed as the great equalizer for humanity. It is what would finally liberate us from our menial tasks and bring us into a golden age of productivity.  But for many workers, it feels like…

It is harder than ever to secure your first professional position, and more potential job seekers are discovering just that. There are fewer graduate-level places, fewer promotions, and ruthless competition. But if you happen to speak the language of artificial…

Around every corner these days seems to come someone warning about the coming age of artificial intelligence, robots, and automation. The script is familiar: machines are becoming intelligent, and human employees had better break out in a sweat.  True, some…

Emma Grede never dreamed of fancy boardrooms or private jets growing up. Picture East London in the ’90s, red-brick terraced houses, close-knit streets, and a single mum making the best of things.  Emma didn’t know about venture capital or startups;…

When Cinneah El-Amin started her professional career back in 2017, she dared to do what the young professionals are advised against: she job-hopped. She defied the conventional advice that she stay put, gain tenure, and wait and watch for opportunities…

A college degree is not as golden a ticket as it once would have been within one of the globe’s most influential banks. This is not a joke. It is a hiring strategy, courtesy of JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.…

Let’s get real now: the experience of having to play the “expert” in a meeting when all you’ve done is a 5-minute dash on Google falls to all of us at some point.  So, the question is, how to fake…

Curious about how to work with Gen Z workers without treading on generational landmines? You’re not alone. As more Gen Z workers enter the workforce, disagreement is bound to happen, but most of that disagreement can be fixed.  The cultural…

Remember when showing up at the office in a suit for a job interview, not discussing compensation, and faking it like you enjoyed sitting at a desk from 9 to 5? Yeah, millennials remember that, as well. And they are…

Your 20s are a formative decade, a decade to set the foundations for long-term career success. Learning key skills during these years can make a huge impact on your career trajectory.  These formative years are full of choices, yet investing…