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Detectives of the music business Free gigs, the hottest new bands as your best mates, and the chance to discover the next Arctic Monkeys: the life of a record-label scout appears terribly desirable. But is the reality as glam as the dream? Marc Jones, 25, is a scout for Columbia Records, one of the world's most famous labels,.. |
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How to crack the office dress code The thing about getting dressed for work - the thing that makes it so very difficult - is that work is definitely not about clothes. On the contrary: in the world of earnest employment, such frivolities are almost frowned upon. At the very least, they should appear secondary to one's commitment to.. |
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The gifts of sense and sensitivity Most little girls dream of being Darcey Bussell or the next Mariah Carey. But while her friends were singing into makeshift microphones, the 12-year-old Vicki Fraser was dreaming of coffins and caskets. Now 27, Fraser works for the Highlands-based funeral service John Fraser & Son, founded in 1884.. |
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Madrid this year, China next... Colette Walsh, 25, giggles when I ask whether she worked part-time during her Tefl course in Brighton. "I barely had time to eat!" she says. "That course was the hardest thing I've ever done. The learning curve was incredibly steep. It was much harder than A-levels or the degree I'm doing now.".. |
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A job in debt? You owe it to yourself Personal debt is at record levels, and with a recession seemingly on the horizon, things can only get worse. That means there's a growing need for free and impartial money advice. Recent government funding aimed at tackling financial illiteracy has resulted in more job opportunities in this.. |
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If you don't ask, you won't get A friend who had swapped teaching law at university to practising law at a firm of City solicitors told me that he was going to apply to become a partner. I laughed. He had been there just 18 months, and despite his obvious talent for making money, there were plenty of longer-serving and more.. |
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Asda to create 9,000 jobs n Asda is to create more than 9,000 jobs through store openings, extensions and business expansion in its biggest jobs programme for a decade. The supermarket chain said 7,000 jobs will be created over the next 12 months through the opening of 10 to 12 superstores, 10 Living stores and 12.. |
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300 jobs safe as Dolcis is rescued n The footwear retailer Stylo, which trades as Barratt Shoes and PriceLess, has taken its struggling rival Dolcis out of administration, saving about 300 jobs. Stylo is to buy Dolcis' trading stock and brand name for an undisclosed fee. Its executive chairman, Michael Ziff, will keep 10 Dolcis.. |
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My brilliant TV career So I'm lying there, right, and my regular osteopath says to me "Got any telly lined up this year then?" - actually let me stop there. I ought to clarify the situation otherwise you're going to think a) I'm turning into a chronic hypochondriac, or b) that my osteopath, Richard May, is rubbish at.. |
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'What jobs could I do with a social science degree? Where can I do a public health PhD?' Media guide I'm taking a combined social science studies honours degree. The focus is on media studies and I'm not sure what jobs I could do with this degree. I chose it because I enjoy it and am good at the subject, but now need guidance about career opportunities or maybe the experience I should.. |
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