10 keys to surviving the changing world of work

On a daily basis I hear from my clients about their struggles to remain hopeful and motivated in their search for work, in the face of what feels like an onslaught of gloom and doom economic media reports. It is difficult to blame job searchers for feeling overwhelmed by a growing sense that there is not much they can do to beat the [...]

RADICAL THOUGHTS, PART 2: On Labour Market Research: Knowing Thyself

Would you like to see a humourous but sadly accurate description of where many job seekers go wrong, as often today as 30 years ago?  There is one here: (at least, it was up when we posted this!) In the sketch, a man seeks the assistance of a Vocational Guidance Counsellor to find a new, [...]

Making a Living as a Fine Artist

  It’s the dream of almost every artist to make a living doing their art. The truth is that a minority of artists, illustrators, painters, cartoonists, craftspeople (and also actors, poets, fiction writers, musicians) are able to make a living as an artist. Unless you’re fabulously wealthy, you may have to either find a day [...]