Midwifery team is recruiting

Recruitment drive – head of midwifery Colleen Begg

10:23am Friday 24th May 2013

The success of TV shows such as Call the Midwife and One Born Every Minute means careers in midwifery are now much in demand.

Mike was fit for civilian life

Heavy work – Mike Kinsey’s military training regime includes hauling telegraph poles

10:20am Friday 24th May 2013

The frontline soldier in the thick of the action; the electrician who arrives to rewire your house; the hard-driving fitness instructor working in Southend’s Cecil Jones Memorial Park – they are all the same man, 30 year-old Mike Kinsey.

Offshore wind brings more jobs to Essex

Green energy expertise – Peter Richards and Sally Arthey at CWind

10:16am Friday 24th May 2013

Firm takes on 12 new technicians

Depression inspired me to help others to cope

Take a seat – Ian Argent in his counsellor’s office

10:11am Friday 24th May 2013

Knowing someone was really listening and wanting to understand him helped Ian Argent through his period of depression.

Pub pulls in ex-bank boss

Joint enterprise – Daniel Denton-Ridgewell, right, with business partners Lewis Parker and Adam Swinbourne, who set up LAD Roofing

1:59pm Friday 17th May 2013

Landmark local is now a family affair for former City worker

Who wants to be in an office? Not us roofers!

Joint enterprise – Daniel Denton-Ridgewell, right, with business partners Lewis Parker and Adam Swinbourne, who set up LAD Roofing

1:56pm Friday 17th May 2013

Pals set up their own roofing business after previous employer called it a day

County’s cash offer to attract new teachers

Scheme – County Hall is offering grants to attract new teachers to working in Essex

1:49pm Friday 17th May 2013

IN a bid to attract teachers to Essex schools, resettlement grants are being offered to qualified professionals from outside the county.

A need to serve people led me to the ministry

From insurance to serving God – the Rev Howard Thompson gave up his career after Sunday worship fuelled his interest in the Church

5:36pm Thursday 9th May 2013

Dad-of-three Howard spent 20 years working in insurance before career switch

Luck’s not enough for a hit casino

Place your bets – Joanna Johnstone, director of the Rendezvous casino in Southend

5:25pm Thursday 9th May 2013

One-of-a-kind Joanna has risen from croupier to director in charge of 83 staff

Treatment after a back injury led me to a new career

At her work – shiatsu massage practitioner Alison Hosking

1:11pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

51-year-old Alison offers shiatsu massages after complementary medicine training

My agency is booming, thanks to finance sector

Here to help – Matthew Smith, Darren Buckley, Gavin Coleman, Nicholas Hawkes and recruitment agency owner Andrew Hilliard

1:07pm Thursday 2nd May 2013

People skills more important than qualifications, says self-made businessman

Teacher’s love of dogs led to a new job in classroom

Trailblazer - Maria Gill is the Dogs Trust's first education officer in Essex

1:21pm Friday 26th April 2013

As a schoolteacher, Maria Gill taught maths, English and IT. Classrooms are still her forum, but now she instructs in a different subject - dogs

Where pupils switch on the world of work

Just the job? Teachers say the films help pupils relate their learning to the real world of work and help them connect to it

12:21pm Friday 26th April 2013

Essex schools pioneer career – related films project

Sven rocks it.... in the garden

Landscape designer - Sven Wombwell loves his TV work but his passion is in the garden

12:15pm Friday 26th April 2013

For a landscape designer, you would think Sven Wombwell's garden was a work of art.

When work is hypnotising

Relax – hypnotherapist Alison Bird at work in her practice in George Williams Way, Colchester

10:46am Friday 19th April 2013

Ever since she was a child Alison Bird has been fascinated with hypnosis.

Engineering jobs fair at super port

London Gateway – the £1.5billion port is due to open at the end of the year

10:42am Friday 19th April 2013

London Gateway, the £1.5billion new super port at Corringham, is holding an on-site engineering jobs fair on Saturday.

Sign writing goes hi-tech

Creative – Andy Wightman of sign-writing firm ASG.

10:36am Friday 19th April 2013

Sign-writing was once the preserve of a man with a brush, a paint can, a bike and some stencils. Nowadays, IT skills may be the first requirement.








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