As part of your personal shout out for the upcoming International Women’s Day and its #BreakTheBias theme, I’d invite you to think hard about the words we use and what they may hide. I love a bit of word-play đ so let’s challenge the idea that ‘confidence’ is what counts. Everyone I know has made more progress by capitalising on their skills, expertise and […]
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On November 18, I was called by the BBC Radio Scotland to talk about Equal Pay Day; the day when women start âworking for freeâ for the rest of the year if you take into account the gender pay gap. The interview didnât end well for me, as I didn’t even get a chance to speak
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International Womenâs Day has come and gone, and its passage highlights a ridiculous assumption: Letâs honour women and all they’ve given us during a single day of the year! This is particularly ridiculous once you pair it with the ever increasing data about how much harder Covid has hit women, particularly Brown and Black women,
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We are in the toughest job market in a generation and this is not a moment to just reassure yourself that being confident in interviews will be enough. Itâs wonât – and actually, it never should be. In interviews, itâs up to you to prove your competence, your skills, the experiences you have had and why
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What if I told you, the only way to get that ultimate pipe-dream; âa confidence that lastsâ is to ignore aiming specifically at confidence at all? The only way to get that feeling of âinner certaintyâ is instead to focus on competence, or your ability to get things done, and Iâve got 3 quick and practical
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