Industry insight, analysis and opinion
There’s been a lot of chatter in the news recently about how women are disadvantaged in the mighty world of ‘alpha-male’ financial services. A worrying statistic revealed a 52% disparity between bonuses for women and their higher-earning, male counterparts.
Read More2019 saw the public affairs industry perform well with the general election, Brexit uncertainty and big tech fighting regulation. Here we take a quick look back but also assess what’s in store for 2020.
Read MoreA recent Monster poll showed that more than 80% of the population felt that they were not happy with their work-life balance. Quite simply, people are feeling overworked. Worryingly the UK has been named the "unpaid overtime capital of Europe" with full-time employees who worked an average of an extra 6.4 hours per week without being paid.
Read MoreIn October, the University of Sussex released a piece of research which suggested employees experienced stress when they were banned from accessing their emails outside of working hours. I take real issue with this research…
Read MoreI’ve met a fair few people over the last month and I’ve noticed that one trait that people struggle with most in the workplace, is confidence. Often, this is because overconfidence can be perceived as arrogance and we are worried about others’ perceptions.
Read MoreWe are in a tumultuous political environment and the public affairs industry has had to work hard to be prepared for the several possible scenarios we could be encountering over the next few years. With so much new territory, the focus of hiring has been to strengthen the diversity of expertise…
Read MoreThe Great Hack is a Netflix documentary that takes a look at Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in elections and referenda around the world. After Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress, Cambridge Analytica (and not Facebook!) had a reputational disaster with relentless negative press across the world.
Read MoreYou have been looking forward to this job your entire life. It is your ambition realised. You have gone through a campaign where your life has been picked apart and every element of your history examined. Added to that, it is a job many describe as a poisoned chalice at this particular point. So how on earth do you get through your first day?
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