Nainā€™s Advice - Gwenda Thain

The Welsh word for grandmother is Nain. My Nain, Gwenda was the 3rd of 13 children. Born in 1922, the Second World War kept her stuck at home longer than she wanted to. She helped to look after she...

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The shallow reference problem

The reason you didn’t get your dream job might be that your references don't know you as well as you think they do.

It's an iceberg problem; most of your value is hidden under the...

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What is essentially human

Advancing systems like Chat-GPT make it easy to automate skills that only the most talented of us ever had before. But this makes those who differentiate with authenticity, humility and unique...

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How to Avoid Burnout

These past two years have been really hard on many of us, leading a lot of us to the verge of burnout. 

We all know that we can’t keep giving our students what they need if we...

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How to Handle Applicant Tracking Systems

Have you ever applied for a job the perfect job, that you're qualified for, but then you didn't get an interview? Applicant Tracking Systems might be to blame for that. Many schools now use an...

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