7th February 2020
2019 saw the public affairs industry perform well with the general election, Brexit uncertainty and big tech fighting regulation. Here we take a quick look back but also assess what’s in store for 2020.
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12th December 2019
A recent Monster poll showed that more than 80% of the population felt that they were not happy with their work-life balance. Quite simply, people are feeling overworked. Worryingly the UK has been named the "unpaid overtime capital of Europe" with full-time employees who worked an average of an extra 6.4 hours per week without being paid.
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26th November 2019
In October, the University of Sussex released a piece of research which suggested employees experienced stress when they were banned from accessing their emails outside of working hours. I take real issue with this research…
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29th October 2019
I’ve met a fair few people over the last month and I’ve noticed that one trait that people struggle with most in the workplace, is confidence. Often, this is because overconfidence can be perceived as arrogance and we are worried about others’ perceptions.
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25th September 2019
We are in a tumultuous political environment and the public affairs industry has had to work hard to be prepared for the several possible scenarios we could be encountering over the next few years. With so much new territory, the focus of hiring has been to strengthen the diversity of expertise…
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23rd August 2019
The Great Hack is a Netflix documentary that takes a look at Cambridge Analytica’s involvement in elections and referenda around the world. After Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress, Cambridge Analytica (and not Facebook!) had a reputational disaster with relentless negative press across the world.
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24th July 2019
You have been looking forward to this job your entire life. It is your ambition realised. You have gone through a campaign where your life has been picked apart and every element of your history examined. Added to that, it is a job many describe as a poisoned chalice at this particular point. So how on earth do you get through your first day?
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13th June 2019
It is a stat we repeat on an almost daily basis that 8 out of 10 people we speak to only want to consider making a move in-house. We hear phrases such as “I want to get under the skin of one brand”, “I want to be involved in the decisions that are made”, “I am tired of spinning lots of plates”, “I have no interest in going down the new business route in agency.” But do expectations and reality match up?
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