Judging by the awful examples we receive on a daily basis, not very! Spelling mistakes, grammatical errors, inconsistent font sizes and continuity errors and all this in the profile description. I should just bin them when they arrive like this, but can’t help thinking that maybe with some tweaking I...

Wow Jess, I think your story is inspirational. You took very brave steps, but it shows you took back control of the situation and weren't afraid to take risks. I think this is where potentially a lot of others may fall down, because they start feeling trapped and don't know how to get out of...

Hi Natalie Thanks for sharing your experiences too. Sadly I think there are lots of similar ones out there. The important thing to remember when you are in a situation in which you are not feeling supported and out of your depth is that sometimes the grass is greener! Making the decision to move on in...

Hi Jessica, After reading through your posting on your experience as a graduate finding work , then falling into roles and organisations that failed to bring out the best in you got me thinking about my own experience. I was fortunate enough to secure my first job while I was still at university. I did...

Name of weekly column: Purple Patch Name of this week's contributor: Jessica Cain , business development manager, learnpurple While there are many successful and fulfilled recruiters around working in well run and professional companies, I found this was one career that wasn¹t for me and that things...