Power of voluntary work on CV attractiveness

A CV that is polished, to the point and relevant to the job you are applying for is likely to get picked out by a busy recruiter and research by academics Christa Wilkin and Catherine Connelly suggests voluntary work is beneficial, so long as it’s relevant. This is likely to be very good news for women and men who’ve taken a career break to raise children and have spent time in unpaid roles in their wider communities. In their study, Wilkin and Connelly provided 135 professional... Read More

Mums, Sleep & PND

Having a baby is a wonderful experience without a shadow of a doubt but the shadows that can grow beneath a parent’s eyes and the accompanying shadowy moods with endless broken nights is anything but wonderful. Sleep - or lack of it - has a lot to answer for when it comes to having a ‘good’ or depressed mood. I’m touching on sleep in my forthcoming book about working mothers and have recently read an academic paper by doctors in Australia... Read More