career Archives - Empoword Journalism https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/tag/career/ Led by women. Uniting and empowering journalists across the globe. Sun, 22 Jun 2025 03:31:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Periods Are Quietly Derailing Women’s Career Progression https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/periods-quietly-derail-womens-career-progression/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/periods-quietly-derail-womens-career-progression/#respond Sat, 31 May 2025 03:27:25 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=68492 Periods are disrupting women's career progression as the workplace fails to reflect the fluctuation of the menstrual cycle, a new survey has revealed. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/periods-quietly-derail-womens-career-progression/feed/ 0 My Journalism Journey: Chloe Reynolds https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/my-journalism-journey-chloe-reynolds/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/my-journalism-journey-chloe-reynolds/#comments Mon, 18 Dec 2023 14:24:14 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=51827 My journey into journalism hasn’t been an easy one, that’s for sure! I got into football quite late in life, while also struggling to decide what I wanted to do at university. A lot of my college friends had already decided where they were going: drama school. But I decided to do something different...

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/my-journalism-journey-chloe-reynolds/feed/ 1 Girlboss: What Does it Mean to be a Feminist in a Capitalist World? https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/girlboss-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-feminist-in-a-capitalist-world/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/girlboss-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-feminist-in-a-capitalist-world/#respond Sat, 25 Mar 2023 13:05:18 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=38282 Although the nearly decade-old term 'girlboss' may receive an eye-roll or be commonly tied to ironic jokes, the notion of what it means to achieve the ideals of 'girlboss-ism' is detrimental to the feminist cause.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/girlboss-what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-feminist-in-a-capitalist-world/feed/ 0 How Wellness Programs are Revolutionizing the Workplace in 2023 https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/how-wellness-programs-are-revolutionizing-the-workplace-in-2023/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/how-wellness-programs-are-revolutionizing-the-workplace-in-2023/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:30:56 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=37033 As Millennials and Gen Z have replaced baby boomers as the bulk of the workforce in recent years, workplace attitudes have noticeably changed. Work-life balance and overall wellness are among younger employees’ top priorities, and companies are reacting accordingly with some thoughtful wellness initiatives.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/how-wellness-programs-are-revolutionizing-the-workplace-in-2023/feed/ 0 Reality Check: Navigating Graduate Job Anxiety https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/reality-check-navigating-graduate-job-anxiety/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/reality-check-navigating-graduate-job-anxiety/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:47:45 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=30320 It's back to school, work, and grad scheme season. But for those of us who, for the first time in a long time, don’t have a plan for the next phase of our lives, it’s also major graduate anxiety season.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/reality-check-navigating-graduate-job-anxiety/feed/ 0 Honest Takeaways From Dr. Taylor Alison Swift To Lift Your Spirits https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/entertainment/honest-takeaways-from-dr-taylor-alison-swift-to-lift-your-spirits/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/entertainment/honest-takeaways-from-dr-taylor-alison-swift-to-lift-your-spirits/#respond Mon, 20 Jun 2022 14:38:07 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=24687 Taylor Swift is now a doctor. Yes, you read that right. No, not a medical doctor, but she earned an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from New York University to celebrate her accomplishments in the music industry and beyond at the Yankee Stadium on May 18, along with the class of 2022. 

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/entertainment/honest-takeaways-from-dr-taylor-alison-swift-to-lift-your-spirits/feed/ 0 Finding an Internship: My Advice https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/finding-an-internship-my-advice/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/finding-an-internship-my-advice/#respond Mon, 23 May 2022 16:41:56 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=24682 Maggie John Finding an internship is hard and, unfortunately for us, in a post-Brexit and post-Covid world, it’s even harder. What I will say is, keep trying and you will end up where you’re supposed to be and don’t give up faith, even when it feels impossible not to. I’m

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/features/finding-an-internship-my-advice/feed/ 0 The Issue of Society’s Stigmatised Milestones https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-issue-of-societys-stigmatised-milestones/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-issue-of-societys-stigmatised-milestones/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2022 21:12:58 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=22959 We all have an idea of how our lives 'should' pan out. There are timings that shouldn’t be missed, steps that shouldn’t be skipped and this pre-formulated plan of what the rest of our lives should structurally look like from the day we are old enough to understand it.

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]]> https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/the-issue-of-societys-stigmatised-milestones/feed/ 1 The Reality of Juggling Motherhood and a Career https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/lifestyle/the-reality-of-juggling-motherhood-and-a-career/ https://empowordjournalism.co.uk/all-articles/lifestyle/the-reality-of-juggling-motherhood-and-a-career/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:44:02 +0000 https://www.empowordjournalism.co.uk/?p=22516 A 2020 YouGov poll shows that nearly two in five mothers admit that having a child has negatively impacted their career. Yet only one in seven new fathers felt the same. In a life after Covid-19, can mother's have a family and a career? 

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