It’s better to be brief if you want to keep people’s interest, and especially so if you’re being interviewed. So sometimes short and sweet is better
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What happens when you reach middle-age? Work frustrations, redundancy, bodily decline and even a hip replacement maybe? Don't worry, we can help. A bit.
Experiences of being made redundant midlife, searching for new jobs and working in middle age, including the fun and frustrations
It’s better to be brief if you want to keep people’s interest, and especially so if you’re being interviewed. So sometimes short and sweet is better
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Read moreOffice meetings can be dull, but are a necessary part of work life even if half the room is daydreaming or messaging their friends. It’s an evolutionary thing.
Read moreHow do we make decisions about companies to join? What makes an attractive organisation – emotion or fact based?
Read moreRole playing interviews are becoming common – but do they work?
Read moreWhat should the middle aged man wear to an interview?
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Read moreThe story of how a middle aged man experienced redundancy
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