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Welcome to our career advice hub, where your professional success is our top priority.

Navigating the ever-evolving landscape of careers can be a daunting task, but with the right guidance and insights, you can confidently stride towards your dream career goals. Whether you’re a recent graduate taking your first steps into the job market or a seasoned professional looking to make a strategic career pivot, our expertly crafted resources are here to empower you with the knowledge, tools, and strategies you need to make informed decisions and achieve lasting career fulfilment.

 

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Chronoworking, flexi-spaces and AI takeovers: Making sense of the 2024 workplace trends

Posted 14 days ago, James Kenealey

With the workplace undergoing probably the most dramatic change in trends, culture and practices since the initial ...

chronoworking future office
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  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Career Advice

Will artificial intelligence persuade Gen Z to return to the office?

Posted 19 days ago, James Kenealey

With artificial intelligence replacing a lot of the entry-level roles that younger workers cut their teeth on, this...

AI working from home
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  • Career Advice

Optimising your CV summary for maximum exposure in 2024

Posted 3 months ago, James Kenealey

For those coming back from a career break in 2024 or changing your career path entirely, we look at how to organise...

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  • Career Advice
  • Jobs

Struggle with work-life balance? Try work-life fluidity

Posted 3 months ago, James Kenealey

Rather than struggling with work-life balance, how about work-life fluidity? In today's dynamic and fast-paced worl...

work life fluidity
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  • Career Advice

Star performers - how to progress if you don't want to be a manager.

Posted 6 months ago, Harry Norton

In the world of corporate ladder climbing, there’s often an assumption that career progression inevitably leads to ...

Morson Screening
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  • Career Advice

Why you should stay picky during your job hunt

Posted 6 months ago, Katie Marshall

If you’ve been looking for a new role for a while, applying for anything and everything that comes your way can be ...

Stock image Young business people in office
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  • Morson sport
  • Leadership
  • Career Advice

Lessons in Leadership: Alex Sanderson highlights leadership vital leadership traits for World Cup stars

Posted 6 months ago, Jamal Niaz

Ahead of the 2023 Rugby World Cup, we caught up with Sale Sharks’ Director of Rugby, Alex Sanderson to find out mor...

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  • Jobs
  • Apprenticeships
  • Career Advice

Degree or not to degree? Is a degree essential for career success?

Posted 6 months ago, Andrew Jones

In an era characterised by ever-changing industries and shifting employment landscapes, the perennial question ling...

Person holding their degree
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  • Career Advice

Goodbye career ladder... hello 'squiggly' career path

Posted 11 months ago, James Kenealey

In a candidate-led recruitment market, people are saying goodbye to the traditional career ladder, and instead, emb...

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  • Career Advice

Mid-career CV as stale as an old loaf? Here's how to revive it.

Posted 11 months ago, Katie Marshall

Does your CV still list your bronze lifesaver swimming award? What about that summer job collecting glasses at your...

Mouldy slice of bread Mid-career CV as stale as an old loaf? Here's how to revive it.
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  • Professional Services
  • Career Advice

Creating a personal 'Board of Directors' for your career

Posted 1 year ago, Rebekah Lee

​We live in a world full of information, decisions, and unlimited choices. With all this noise, it can often be har...

Creating a personal 'Board of Directors' for your career
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  • Engineering
  • Career Advice
  • ED&I
  • Diversity and inclusion

From aspiring teacher to setting up an engineering consultancy: Becky Veal, Morson Projects | International Women's Day

Posted 1 year ago, James Kenealey

Becky Veal is Associate Director for Engineering Delivery at Morson Projects. Despite aspiring to be a teacher, Bec...

From aspiring teacher to setting up an engineering consultancy: Becky Veal, Morson Projects | International Women's Day

​George Naylor is a Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Morson Group company Waldeck. He spoke to us for National ...

George
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  • Career Advice

Job search anxiety is real: tips on how to overcome it

Posted 1 year ago, Katie Marshall

The prospect of a new role, with new opportunities, responsibilities and, dare we say it, a higher salary, can be t...

Job search anxiety is real: tips on how to overcome it
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  • Career Advice

​How to… self-promote if you’re an introvert

Posted 1 year ago, James Kenealey

Sweaty palms and nervous laughs, thoughts receding out of reach in your increasingly blank mind. You’ve been asked ...

​How to… self-promote if you’re an introvert

The number of UK mothers in work has reached the highest level in 20 years. Families where both parents work full-t...

Navigating the new role of mum | Kirsty Hodgson, Morson Talent’s Head of Bids, discusses returning to work after maternity leave.
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  • Career Advice

How to… stop feeling awkward at events: Five networking hacks

Posted 1 year ago, Rebekah Lee

As Covid restrictions completely ease in the UK, a trend towards in-person events will start to manifest. For those...

People at a networking event
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  • Career Advice

Is self-care, selfish?

Posted 1 year ago, Rebekah Lee

​2020 and 2021 saw seismic socio-economic changes across the globe, with an upsurge in remote, hybrid and flexible ...

Is self-care, selfish?
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  • IT & Digital
  • Professional Services
  • Career Advice

How to get your CV noticed

Posted 1 year ago, Rebekah Lee

Searching for a new job? It's a great time to reflect, take stock and start thinking about personal and professiona...

How to get your CV noticed
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  • Career Advice

From fizzle to sizzle: 5 fail-safe ways to fall back in love with your job

Posted 2 years ago, Katie Marshall

Remember your first? The excitement, the butterflies, telling your family and friends. Now the spark has gone and y...

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