The Work Brief

Careers, interviews and office life: practical advice for your next move at work.

employment law

Seasonal and Christmas Temp Hiring: The Rules UK Employers Get Wrong

12 Sep 2026 career planning

The Q4 Planning Window: How to Set Career Goals Before Budgets Lock In for the Year

2 Sep 2026 employment law

Neonatal Care Leave and Pay: The New Entitlement Most UK Employers Still Get Wrong

30 Aug 2026 employment law

Probation Period Reform: What the New Unfair Dismissal Rules Mean for Employers Hiring This Autumn

27 Aug 2026 career advice

Autumn Job Market 2026: How to Get Application-Ready Before September's Hiring Surge

24 Aug 2026 Tax

Side Hustle Tax Rules 2026: What HMRC Actually Wants From Your Second Income

20 Aug 2026 UK job market

The Apprenticeship Levy Just Got a New Name — Here's What Actually Changes

17 Aug 2026 employment law

Neurodivergent Staff and Reasonable Adjustments: What Employers Actually Have to Provide

14 Aug 2026 employment law

Fire and Rehire: What the Employment Rights Act 2025 Actually Bans

11 Aug 2026 employment law

Statutory Sick Pay Just Changed: What the Day-One Right Is Actually Worth

7 Aug 2026 employment law

Zero-Hours Contracts in 2026: What Guaranteed Hours Actually Means for Your Next Payslip

3 Aug 2026 employment rights

Return-to-Office Mandates: What UK Employers Can (and Can't) Force You to Accept

31 Jul 2026 employment law

The Six-Month Rule: What the Employment Rights Act 2025 Actually Means for Your Job Security

28 Jul 2026 Workplace Rights

Too Hot to Work? What You're Actually Entitled to When the Office Overheats

24 Jul 2026 career advice

Skills-Based Hiring in 2026: How to Get Noticed When You Don't Tick Every Box

21 Jul 2026 career advice

The Counteroffer Trap: What to Actually Weigh Before You Agree to Stay

18 Jul 2026 career advice

Covering for a Colleague on Annual Leave? Protect Your Summer Before You Say Yes

15 Jul 2026 career advice

Put on a Performance Improvement Plan? Here's What to Actually Do Next

12 Jul 2026 career development

Your Job Grew But Your Title Didn't: How to Renegotiate the Boundaries of a Role That's Quietly Expanded

9 Jul 2026 performance review

The Mid-Year Review Nobody Prepares For (And How to Turn "On Track" Into Leverage)

6 Jul 2026 job hunting

Job Hunting in July: Why the “Summer Hiring Freeze” Is a Myth (Mostly)

2 Jul 2026 summer at work

The Summer Lull Is the Most Useful Time of the Working Year. Here's How to Use It.

29 Jun 2026 career development

Passed Over for Promotion: How to Read the Room and Plan Your Next Move

25 Jun 2026 career break

Going Back to Work After a Career Break: Making the Return Land Well

23 Jun 2026 flexible working

Flexible Working From Day One: How to Actually Get a Yes in 2026

20 Jun 2026 career planning

Planning Your Career for the Year Ahead

19 Jun 2026 job rejection

Bouncing Back From a Job Rejection

15 Jun 2026 exit interview

Exit Interviews: What to Say and What to Skip

11 Jun 2026 wellbeing

Workplace Wellbeing and Where to Turn

7 Jun 2026 salary

Pay Transparency and Knowing Your Worth

3 Jun 2026 mentoring

Mentoring: Finding One and Being One

30 May 2026 boundaries

Saying No at Work Without Burning Bridges

26 May 2026 time management

Time Management When Everything Feels Urgent

22 May 2026 writing

Writing That Actually Gets Read at Work

17 May 2026 public speaking

Presenting at Work Without Falling Apart

13 May 2026 personal brand

Building a Personal Brand Without the Cringe

9 May 2026 office politics

Office Politics Without Losing Yourself

5 May 2026 psychometric tests

Psychometric and Aptitude Tests

1 May 2026 assessment centres

Assessment Centres and Group Exercises

27 Apr 2026 video interviews

Video Interviews: Getting the Basics Right

23 Apr 2026 CV writing

Gaps in Your CV and How to Explain Them

19 Apr 2026 references

References: What UK Employers Can and Can't Say

15 Apr 2026 resignation

The Counter-Offer Trap When You Resign

11 Apr 2026 job offers

Handling Multiple Job Offers at Once

7 Apr 2026 interviews

The Thank-You Note After an Interview

3 Apr 2026 career change

Switching Industries With Transferable Skills

30 Mar 2026 graduate jobs

Graduate Job Hunting in a Tough Market

26 Mar 2026 Apprenticeships

Apprenticeships as a Route In (and Back)

22 Mar 2026 upskilling

Going Back to Study Mid-Career

18 Mar 2026 Parental Leave

Parental Leave and Your Career

14 Mar 2026