Wanted: simplified approach to solving youth unemployment

The problem has produced a fragmented mass of services. What is needed is long-term mentoring – and proper co-ordination For all the recent headlines on youth unemployment, it is neither a new or clearly understood problem. The figures are shocking: more than 1 million young people aged 16-24 seeking work. But the rise in youth unemployment actually predates the recession; it started in the ...

GET A LIFE: Showing up for success

EIGHTY per cent of success is by just showing up, said W. Mitchell. Ever get disappointed because you weren’t considered for your dream job? Didn’t quite qualify for the school badminton team? Relationships in trouble and your friends think you don’t care?

Mentoring Gone Wrong Can Create Long-Lasting Damage

Mentoring is about sharing experiences, hardships and knowledge to help others best use their innate skills to grow and advance organically.  It should represent the valuable insights and wisdom to help your mentee leap ahead authentically.  Unfortunately, too many mentors mismanage the mentee relationship as they focus their time and attention on helping their mentee become more like them ...

Tyra Banks Applauds Vogue's Efforts to Help Young Women, But Is It Really Enough?

Tyra Banks Applauds Vogue's Efforts to Help Young Women, But Is It Really Enough? Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:55 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Tyra Banks is toasting Vogue's 19 international editions for pledging to promote healthy body image, but ...

Can I teach you how to be a writer?

Jeanette Winterson believes that learning how to write, even reasonably well, gives fluency to the rest of life Hi, I'm currently doing a creative writing essay and I'd like to ask for advice on how you would describe a bomb … That is my favourite Google search for creative writing. There are hundreds of courses currently on offer in the UK, ranging from tried and tested success stories such as ...

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Media's 'Dangerous Lessons' Trick Children to Pursue Rap, Ignore School

Says media promotion of rappers and sports stars teaches a "dangerous lesson."