What Do I Need to Start a Career in the Home Care Sector?

Working in people’s homes to provide them with the care they rely upon can be a very rewarding experience. As a care provider in Essex that has invested greatly in its staff, both in terms of ongoing training and rates of pay, we get many enquiries from people who are considering applying for care worker jobs with us but who don’t know whether they have what it will take. Of course, if you already have experience in care work – whether that’s been delivered in care recipients’ homes or not…

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Interview with Piyali Ganguly | IELTS and PoSH Trainer | Consultant | Life and Soft Skills Trainer

Piyali Ganguly

At BrilliantRead Media, our aim is to bring to our community some of the finest stories from the startup ecosystem. As part of this endeavour, we invited a passionate women entrepreneur – Piyali Ganguly for an exclusive interview with us. She is an Entrepreneur, Leader, Coach, Mentor, Trainer, and Consultant. Let’s learn more about her exciting journey, her background and her advice for our growing community. Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Piyali: Talk us through your background and your journey, please; My professional journey so far has helped me…

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Fast Ways of Shipping Freight to Norway

Fast Ways of Shipping Freight to Norway As a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), Norway lies outside of the European Union. As such, numerous British exporting firms have been targeting the Scandinavian country as one of their favored potential international markets. However, when sales are made to Norwegian customers, some UK-based firms struggle to fulfill their orders in a timely manner. This tends to lead to a loss of reputation and a lack of willingness to place repeat orders down the line. However, British firms should…

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Interview with Mary Griffin | Associate Advisor at IA Business Advisors

Mary Griffin

Mary is an editor and content provider for a management consulting firm, IA Business Advisors, working with CEOs, entrepreneurs, managers, and employees worldwide. She is Co-Author with her father, Brian Smith, of the new book, Individual Influence: Find the “I” in Team, which shares how to become our best self with everyone we influence. Let’s learn more about her background, her journey so far, and her advice for our growing community. Excerpts from our exclusive interview with Mary: Please tell us about your background and your journey.    I’ve been a bit…

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What Are the Top Things to Think About When it Comes to Getting Employee Feedback?

To begin with, all systematic employee feedback exercises ought to be anonymous. If not, then you simply won’t get the sort of usable data that you need to make informed decisions about your organisation. Simply put, people will tend to say what they think is what ought to be said when they’re asked in an open way, such as in team meetings. Therefore, anonymised questionnaire surveys should make the feedback senior managers receive more honest, pointing out the good and the bad in equal measure. According to WorkBuzz, an employee…

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The Environmental Impact of Plastic Waste

Plastic packaging waste usually ends up in landfill or is incinerated. Plastic takes hundreds of years to biodegrade, and it breaks down into harmful microplastics which negatively affect reproduction, growth and also cause organ damage. Landfill has a devastating impact on the environment: it destroys wildlife habitats with its physical presence and toxins leak into the soil disrupting land and water biodiversity as well as polluting human drinking water supplies. Landfill also creates greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., carbon dioxide and methane) which contribute to climate change. Further habitat destruction is…

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Is There Increasing Pressure On Teachers After Covid?

There’s no denying that the covid-19 completely changed the face of education in the UK, and worldwide. Overnight, they sent school children home and teachers had to adjust to quickly teaching lessons online, and adjusting their lesson plan to suit this new way of life.  Returning to schools was a key priority during the lockdowns, but even two and a half years later schools struggle because of covid-related absences in both staff and pupils.  As time has passed, there’s been the question about whether teachers face additional strain in the…

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