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Kirstie McDermott

Kirstie McDermott

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How to develop green skills

26 Apr 2024

Last year, 39% of UK residents said they were “very concerned” about the effects of climate change, with another 43% indicating that they were “fairly concerned”. Just 4% said they weren't at all concerned, according to the DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker. The figures also show that those who are the most worried tend to be in the over-65 bracket (...

How to spot a toxic workplace

01 Sep 2023

Toxic as a term has been creeping into the lexicon for a number of years. From toxic relationships to masculinity, friendships, family and more; in 2018, Oxford Dictionaries chose it as its international word of the year. The reason toxic came out on top was less to do with numbers and more to do with the variety of contexts to which it was being a...

The most AI-ready UK cities for your job hunt

04 Aug 2023

With interest in generative AI exploding–– trends site Exploding Topics reports a 1,143% increase in search interest in “AI voice generator” and a 268% increase in searches for “AI coach”––the technology has moved out of the realm of tech-savvy early adopters. So much so that recent research from CybSafe found that 52% of UK office workers have ent...

Key tech jobs to apply for this week

14 Jul 2023

An unexplored aspect of 2022 and 2023’s tech and finance layoffs is that of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that were made redundant globally, many were not across purely tech functions. Roger Lee, founder of job cuts bible Layoffs.fyi says that “sales is the most common role, accounting for 20% of the laid-off tech workers. Recruiting and HR are...