My type of ‘business’ is sadly neglected in the wider sense of what is perceived to be business. Yet myself and a lot of other actors put in countless hours online, meeting people, shaking hands, impressing, giving ‘presentations’ etc. And get overlooked. It’s somewhat a harsh business; no one on […]

This year’s Oxford and Cambridge interviews are going on as we speak. Thousands of nervous teenagers will be chatting away, hundreds of dons will be nodding sagely. And guess what? Most of those kids will be rejected. It’s simple maths. There are far more applicants than there are places. This […]

Having very recently graduated from a well-respected English university, it is with a relatively small amount of regret that I admit; I have not yet found myself a place on the much-revered graduate employment scene. I am currently working part-time at a supermarket, as I have been doing since I […]