Getting a Job

You're hired!: Apprenticeships are the best way to ensure fair access to the professional world

Apprenticeships have all but died out out over the past few decades but now they're coming back

Inside Getting a Job

It pays to study the key skill of negotiation

Thursday, 31 March 2011

"All through life one learns to be a better negotiator," said Antoine Pecquet, a French diplomat who wrote Discourse On The Art Of Negotiation. That was in 1737, and nearly 300 years later Christophe Lattuada agrees.

An online course opens up a virtual world of opportunities

Thursday, 31 March 2011

Anyone who saw Stuart Baggs 'The Brand' squirm his way into the semi-finals of The Apprentice in December knows that, in Lord Sugar's boardroom at least, the gift of the gab can get you a long way. In real-world business, however, it may not always be necessary. A growing number are realising that it is possible to gain the required acumen without engaging in the cut and thrust of face-to-face negotiation.

You're hired!: Why soft skills can help land that dream job

Thursday, 31 March 2011

With employability skills the key to a first job, more courses are including them, says Steve McCormack

Team UK could be victorious in the Olympics for skills

Thursday, 10 March 2011

Preparations are well under way for this year's "Olympics" in London. Surely some mistake here? The once-every-four-years sporting extravanganza due to be hosted by the UK will not be taking place until 2012. That is right. But there is another Olympic-style competition, which will be taking place at the Excel centre in London Docklands this October. It's WorldSkills London 2011 – an Olympic-style competition that is arguably just as important to the country's economy as the main event.