Your boss might be an idiot - and 12 other things you need to know about work | Emma Beddington
Here is my advice, from owning your mistakes to the importance of biscuits Young people want to know more about the world of work.
The Guardian reports: Here is my advice, from owning your mistakes to the importance of biscuits Young people want to know more about the world of work.
British teenagers are stressing about jobs (or the lack of them). A survey of 2,000 13- to 18-year-olds for BBC Radio 5 Live found that they wanted to learn about applying for jobs (42%), managing stress (39%) and developing their communication skills (38%).
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- If someone had asked 13-year-old me what I wanted to know about work, I would have stared blankly, or… (The Guardian)
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