Work
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Is it time to change tack and steer your career in a new direction?
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Xenia Tchoumi: 'Sucess is about focusing on your unique personal strengths'
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Marcus Rashford becomes the first-ever winner of the MC Future Shapers Male Ally award
The Marie Claire Future Shapers awards are back for 2020 – and in a seismic year for activism, we've honoured Marcus Rashford MBE with our first-ever Male Ally award for his tireless campaigning towards positive change.
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How we're shaping the future, by the Marie Claire Future Shapers of 2020
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Marie Claire Future Shapers 2020: Meet the judges
For this year’s Future Shaper Awards, we presented five women with a crucial task: to find 10 winners who are breaking the mould by making the world a brighter, safer and more equitable place for women in 2020. Here we introduce them and ask them the one career lesson they'd pass on…
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Jess Phillips on how to take a stand against workplace inequality
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Taking the leap to go freelance? Emma Gannon offers her top 8 budgeting tips
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Pandemic proof your career by showing your true worth
Establishing your value as an employee or freelancer is vital in these tough economic times. Business coach Shilpa Panchmatia shares the six skills that will pandemic proof your career.
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Five free expert-approved career courses to help you upskill from home
Whether you want to brush up on digital marketing skills, learn a new language, or master the art of photography, there's a free online course out there for you, writes entrepreneur and upskilling queen June Angelides MBE. Here are five of the best.
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Why diversity is crucial in our post Covid-19 workplace
Companies have long paid lip service to diversity. But in a year that saw the world changed by Black Lives Matter and the inequality of the pandemic, we need less talk and more action if we're to create a truly diverse post Covid-19 workplace, writes award-winning business strategist Melanie Eusebe.
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Coronavirus: your rights around returning to work explained
From PPE to pay cuts, an employment lawyer answers our burning questions on returning to the workplace
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Is self-employment the way forward for women?
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I work at Dorothy Perkins. I heard about my possible redundancy on the 6 o’clock news
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So your colleagues are toxic? It’s not you - it’s them. Here’s how to cope, mentally
The home secretary, Priti Patel, avoided the sack despite an inquiry reportedly uncovering evidence of bullying. So how do you protect yourself from toxic colleagues? These experts can tell you
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What is a 'she-cession' and how will we recover?
Today is Equal Pay Day and it couldn't have come at a more crucial time. With the pandemic already heavily impacting the gender pay gap, its time to demand the government take action to avoid a she-cession
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Accent bias: Is yours a problem and should you change it?
Speech therapist Shermeena Rabbi explains why accent bias is still a thing and what to do if you're being judged negatively
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The married couple behind the Covid-19 vaccine
As news broke that a vaccine could be rolled out by Christmas - Emma Mason looks at the hard-working couple in lab suits we need to thank
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LinkedIn Stories: The new update making WFH a lot less lonely
LinkedIn Stories is the latest update by the professional social network, that allows you to post photos and videos to your users - keeping people connected as they work from home
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New stats show post-furlough unemployment hit young and ethnic minorities hardest
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10 ways to beat workplace burnout
The rise in carefully curated career porn, 24/7 connectivity and #sidehustles have lead to workplace stress and desktop drop outs. Here resilience coach Jo Owen reveals how to build your mental strength and form healthy work/life habits
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Joanna Payne: 'Women are too good at talking themselves out of bold ideas'
Next up in our Women Who Win series is Joanna Payne, founder of Marguerite, a network for women who work in art, design, fashion and photography with a desire to lift one another up
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Online meetings: how to hold the room and stop men taking over
Because there are only so many times you can switch off the camera so they can't see you silently screaming. Here are five bullet-proof ways a business consultant and leadership coach deals with mansplainers
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Shackelia Jackson: ‘People thought I was obsessive, but that activism helped me to heal'
With one of the worlds highest rates of fatal police shootings, racially motivated police brutality continues to wreak havoc on Jamaican communities. We spoke to Shackelia Jackson, a human rights defender, about why she'll never stop fighting for judicial reform
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Meet the woman on a mission to inspire the next female leaders
Author, entrepreneur and Women Who founder Otegha Uwagba is kick-starting a new conversation around work and the unavoidable facet of the Black female experience
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Why 10 years on the Equality Act is as relevant as ever
With reports that female employees are being advised to dress provocatively for video meetings to impress clients, lawyer Alex Christen explains why this is an act of discrimination and why we need to know our rights
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Ola Ince: 'Achieving what you want just means you get to dream bigger'
With as many as 92% of the UK’s top theatre leaders are white, many Black theatre makers still feel unwelcome in major venues. We sat down with Ola Ince, a British Theatre Director, to discuss the power of storytelling in helping white audiences confront their own prejudices
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