At noon today, the Big Give will be launching an emergency match fund to raise money for those who will be affected most by the COVID-19 virus over the coming weeks and months.
This morning we introduced the third and final book in the REED career trilogy, ‘Life’s Work, 12 Proven Ways to Fast-Track Your Career’. Containing 12 Career Commandments and 60 Golden Career Nuggets, it will help make you a little bit luckier in work and in life.
James Reed on the launch of a prize draw to wipe out £50,000 worth of student debt.
“A manager takes instruction and makes it happen, a leader looks at what needs to change and takes people on a journey with them,” said Heather Melville at REED’s latest Women in Leadership event. Heather is Director and Head of Client Experience at PWC and the chairwoman of CMI Women for the Chartered Management Institute. […]
My ‘Little Green Book’ will tell you how… I have always been fascinated by what makes one recruitment consultant successful and another not. It’s no secret that recruitment is a ‘Marmite’ profession – people either seem to love it or hate it. Like baby turtles headed for the sea, only the most determined newly hatched […]
This was advice Esther O’Callaghan OBE had for the next generation of female leaders when she spoke at the third in a series of Women in Leadership events held by REED. Esther left school at 16 and worked as a care worker and with students with autism and learning disabilities before becoming a corporate fundraiser […]
At REED we believe in #BalanceforBetter, and hope that in time people of every gender can pursue their dreams without bias or other barriers holding them back. Here’s what REED has done to actively support gender equality, and how we’ll continue to empower capable and ambitious women throughout our organisation.
This week is National Careers Week, a celebration of careers support for young people leaving education and moving into the world of work.
“Be tough on issues, but kind to people”. This was one of Nina Bhatia’s key messages at REED’s first Women in Leadership event of 2019. Nina was responding to a question from the audience about the pitfalls of being perceived to be “too nice” in the workplace. This well attended event was held at the […]
It takes a recruiter just seven seconds to save or reject a job applicant’s CV – less time than it takes for a kettle to boil. So what does it take to ensure that your CV makes it onto the recruiter’s ‘interview’ rather than ‘reject’ pile? My new book The 7 Second CV gives you […]
Today is Giving Tuesday. And at midday the Big Give launched its 10th annual Christmas Challenge fundraising campaign. The Big Give (charity no: 1136547) was set up by Sir Alec Reed, the founder of REED. The Big Give runs a number of match funding campaigns where philanthropists, companies and foundations offer to double public donations […]
Last week I visited the great trading city of Izmir in Turkey to give a talk at the Chamber of Commerce there about the impact of temporary work and technology on the future of work. At the end of 2016, the Turkish government announced that temporary work would be legalised in Turkey. Having worked in […]