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(Credit: Thinkstock) Registered nurse Colleen Cunningham was at a crossroads. Though the 46-year-old had been a nurse for two decades, liked her colleagues and had a good reputation, she felt that she’d exhausted the role. “I really just wanted to expand my scope,” she said. The answer? Another degree. A lot of larger companies will […]

BBC Capital 30th March 2015 The secrets to staying employed   When a client calls career consultant Al Stewart looking for some help on finding a secure career, the founder of Business Mentors finds himself laughing a little. “The days of working your entire career at IBM and getting a Rolex at the end are

Now that they think they finally understand millennials, some employers and consultants are already trying to size up the next generation of workers. They’re analysing the teenagers and children born since 2000 to predict how they may resemble or differ from millennials. At this point, the consensus is that the millennials’ successors will be even

BBC Capital 26th February 2015 Can you learn even complex languages quickly? (Getty Images) These people will fix your life Picture this: You want to apply for a dream assignment abroad. There’s just one problem. You need foreign language skills that you don’t have – and time is not on your side. It might sound

BBC News 17 August 2014 A good dog walker can earn $96,000. (Thinkstock) Growing up, your parents may have encouraged you to become a doctor or lawyer, careers that elicited prestige and, quite often, were equated with very high pay. But it turns out that your childhood dreams of becoming a carpenter or a crane

BBC News, Capital, 8 June 2014 There’s nothing worse than a horrible boss. (Warner Bros.) Most of us, at some point in our careers, have experienced a bad boss. These terrors demoralise employees, walk around with an ego the size of Russia and make colleagues cringe as soon as they in the room or bellow

One member of the team told Sky News the flooding is far worse than anything he saw this winter in Somerset or the Thames Valley. Sky News 20 May 2014 See the video By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent in Bijeljina, Bosnia British firefighters are providing a “lifeline” for flood survivors in the Balkans’ worst

Stephen Sutton, the teenager with terminal cancer, has raised just under £2.5m for the Teenage Cancer Trust. This is his YouTube video. Cancer Fundraiser Stephen Sutton Leaves Hospital The 19-year-old who has raised more than £3m for charity is allowed home after a “dramatic improvement” in his condition. 03 May 2014 SKY NEWS Stephen was

BBC Culture 22 April 2014 Sigmund Freud in 1920 (Corbis) Psychoanalytic theory has changed a lot in the 75 years since his death, but literature still feels the strong influence of Freud’s ideas, argues Jane Ciabattari. ‘It will never be the same again’ Freudian slips. The Oedipus complex. The ego. The id. The superego. Sigmund

A huge rescue operation is underway after a ferry carrying hundreds of children sinks off the coast of South Korea. Wednesday 16 April 2014, Sky News  Part of South Korean passenger ship “Sewol” that has been sinking is seen as South Korean maritime policemen search for passengers in the sea off Jindo. More than 100

BBC News 9 April 2014 Prince George met other babies and played with toys at the event in Wellington The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge took Prince George on the first official public engagement of their 19-day tour of New Zealand and Australia. The royal couple met fellow new mothers and fathers at Government House

Are you crazy busy? Overworked? Are you sure? It’s a common refrain from friends — or our own mouths — that we’re too busy and have too much to do. For some, being loaded down with work and other commitments is a badge of honour, a sign of importance. But should we be glorifying busy? 

The search for two large objects that may be from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet has resumed in the southern Indian Ocean. The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) said Friday’s operation would involve five aircraft, including three RAAF Orions, and a US Navy P8 Poseidon. The planes are scouring a remote area of 8,800 sq miles

Sky News 6th March 2014 Liz Wahl says she believes in “disseminating the truth” as she hits out at Russia Today’s coverage of the Ukraine crisis. A presenter for a Russian government-funded TV channel has resigned live on air, after accusing the station of “whitewashing the actions” of Vladimir Putin. Liz Wahl, a US anchor

Facebook has agreed to buy the mobile messaging company WhatsApp for $19bn (£11.4bn), the social network has announced. The company said in a statement that it would pay $4bn (£2.4bn) in cash and $15bn (£9bn) in Facebook shares as part of the deal. The app’s founders and employees will get $3bn (£1.8bn) of the shares