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Getting a Job

Leader of the pack: Mark with his four-legged friends

I Want Your Job: Dog walker

Mark Forsythe, 45, is a professional dog walker who lives in London and walks up to 18 dogs a day, charging £10 per walk

Inside Getting a Job

Spellman says: 'I'm interested in people who haven't had a smooth path but had to deal with tricky environments.'

My Way: Ruth Spellman, chief executive of Chartered Management Institute

Thursday, 13 May 2010

'This generation assumes equality – we had to fight for it'

Graduate news: Employers plan on raising graduate recruitment targets

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Almost 40 per cent of employers are planning to raise graduate recruitment this year, according to research by the Association of Graduate Recruiters. A snapshot survey of almost 100 companies taken in April, found that almost 60 per cent say they are still open for applications and 55 per cent are more confident about the economy compared to three months ago.

To the manner born: Anthony Seddon-Holland comes from three generations of butlers

Middle-aged and crusty? Not us, says the king of British butlers

Thursday, 6 May 2010

Anthony Seddon-Holland is seeking to revive one of the country's quirkiest professions. Hazel Davis reports

Clifton says: 'I've never seen myself as successful; you become complacent if you think you're successful.'

My Way: Rita Clifton, UK chairman of Interbrand

Thursday, 6 May 2010

'You should listen, ask questions and radiate a positive attitude'

My First Job: Wayne Hemingway, designer and Red or Dead founder

Thursday, 6 May 2010

'We started with nothing. We never borrowed money, so there was no fear'

Taste of a rewarding occupation: How dietitians are striving to improve the nutrition of the nation

Thursday, 6 May 2010

"When I qualified, doctors were so ignorant about dietitians, they thought it was our job to cook food," says Chris Cashin. Fed up with such misconceptions, dietitians have worked tirelessly to raise the profile of the profession, and finally, she says, it's paying off, with dietitians now enjoying high status and recognition that they improve nutritional well-being, prevent food-related problems and treat diseases. "One of my colleagues recently received an OBE for their services."

Hard lesson: teachers can face a steep learning curve in countries such as Japan

Teach English and see the world, but choose your Tefl placement with care

Thursday, 6 May 2010

Two months into her teaching placement in Japan, Holly Catling was pulled aside by a colleague who gently informed her that, by pointing at students to answer questions in class, she was inadvertently making a very rude hand gesture.

Speak easy: communication difficulties affect large numbers of children growing up in Britain

Speech and language therapy: Help children, dementia sufferers and many others to communicate their needs better

Thursday, 6 May 2010

By the end of today, John Bercow, the former Speaker of the House of Commons and MP for Buckingham, may find himself unemployed. Traditionally, the Speaker's seat is uncontested but Bercow, a controversial figure for many MPs, is facing a range of opponents in today's general election. Before he became Speaker in June 2009, few outside Westminster knew of Bercow; few, that is, other than the UK's 11,500 practising speech and language therapists (SLTs). Indeed, should Bercow find himself on the wrong side of the count tonight, he can take comfort from the fact that, in this small and female-dominated segment of the health service, the Bercow Review lives on.

Podiatry: Life as a foot expert keeps you on your toes

Thursday, 6 May 2010

It may not be the most glamorous part of the body, but, to the UK's 14,000 practising podiatrists, the human foot stands centre stage when it comes to our overall health and well-being. "People don't much like feet," says Lorraine Jones, a member of council at the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, "and podiatry doesn't tend to make it into the papers unless it's something like David Beckham's Achilles tendon injury or a celebrity's bunions. Yet despite our low profile, as many as four in five adults will need to seek help from a foot specialist at some stage in their lives simply to stay mobile and independent."

The Grand Place in Brussels, where people gather to network

Brussels wants you to apply: The European Union has abolished its archaic test

Thursday, 29 April 2010

If you're a British graduate with an interest in languages and policy, you should consider crossing the Channel in the direction of Brussels, the capital of Belgium. At a time when job opportunities for graduates appear bleak in the UK, the European Union wants new recruits to work in the "capital" of Europe where there are scores of other young people and plenty of cafes and restaurants, not to mention large quantities of good beer and chocolate as well as delicious mussels and snails.

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