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Dr Jim Bright FAPS owns Bright and Associates, a career management consultancy, and is director of edtech start-up BECOME Education. Email to opinion@jimbright.com.

When do companies fall apart? When they stop being curious

When do companies fall apart? When they stop being curious

Creating company culture is an unpredictable process. Coming up with a few empty core values and putting up posters in the lunchroom will not cut it.

  • by Jim Bright

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Our jobs aren’t a horse race, so stop trying to pick a winner
Opinion
Careers

Our jobs aren’t a horse race, so stop trying to pick a winner

If we knew the results ahead of time, it’d be easy to pick the perfect career. But backing a winner with no experience is almost impossible.

  • by Jim Bright
Why we need to stop the careers counselling guessing game
Opinion
Careers

Why we need to stop the careers counselling guessing game

Careers counsellors should not allow themselves to be put in the business of making predictions. Leave that to the astrologers.

  • by Jim Bright
Waiting for a career breakthrough? A bit of luck is all you need
Opinion
Careers

Waiting for a career breakthrough? A bit of luck is all you need

In a world of careers advice that emphasises having a plan, setting goals and controlling your future, it is worth reflecting on the role luck plays.

  • by Jim Bright
Why do young people hate their jobs? I’ll give you a clue
Opinion
Jobs

Why do young people hate their jobs? I’ll give you a clue

Why should young workers slave away at a job they hate when the traditional rewards of hard work, such as owning a house, are so far out of reach?

  • by Jim Bright
Fore! Why golf-loving, office-obsessed employers need to look out

Fore! Why golf-loving, office-obsessed employers need to look out

Employers determination to cling to archaic ways of working has many similarities to the similarly expired views one might see on the green.

  • by Jim Bright
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Senior staff don’t deserve to fly business, so let’s ditch the work perk

Senior staff don’t deserve to fly business, so let’s ditch the work perk

It does not make sense why management should get to fly business class while everyday pleb employees are left to languish in economy.

  • by Jim Bright
Why ‘green dot’-obsessed managers are ruining remote work

Why ‘green dot’-obsessed managers are ruining remote work

Workers once hid behind pot plants and pillars to avoid their bosses’ roving eyes. These days, the ever-present “green dot” is making it much harder.

  • by Jim Bright
Many of us aren’t engaged at work. What’s so bad about that?

Many of us aren’t engaged at work. What’s so bad about that?

A significant number of the workforce have always seen work as a means to an end, rather than an end in and of itself.

  • by Jim Bright

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