-3.7% UK unemployment rate from September to November 2022

-100,000 retail vacancies in the three months to May 2022 – 11% more than in the pre-pandemic period December in 2019 to February 2020
-June 2022 survey of 2,000 office workers that 43% ranked hybrid working among their top five considerations when applying for a new role.

Read article -Dr Angela smith
Four phases of resilience
Key notes:
Growth
-more self aware, different perspective, purpose/meaning, more authentic
Recovery
-connected and consistent, less avoidant, curiosity increasing, increased empathy, self compassion and hope
Adaptation
-psychological responsibility, consistent with route, acceptance and control, little more curious around choice
Survival
-stress symptoms, curiosity low, empathy and compassion low, worried/anxious/fearful/upset


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Decision making
Key notes
- reflect, explore and experience before you leap
-do jobs beneath you to get your foot in the door
-Think about, needs and wan, motivations and values, likes and dislikes, strengths and skills
-take the leap and learn what you can from that experience

Resilience 
Key notes:
-often referred to ‘bounce back ability’
-allows you to easily adapt and cope with changes 
-interview questions focus on how you have been knocked down and got back up again 

-be conscious of the difference of constructive criticism and unproductive self-deprecation 

Embrace learning 

-set yourself, goals and stick to them

Move on from failure 

-use failure as a learning opportunity and come back stronger 

Take inspiration 

-Seeing other people work, hard and succeed is a powerful motivator

Practice 

-make a conscious effort, for positive self talk, building your resilience

Read guardian article
Surprising truths- is modern life ruining our powers of concentration?
Key notes:
-widespread reports of a post-pandemic “brain fog”
-49% of 2,000 adults surveyed felt their attention span was shorter than it used to be
-2012, the average time spent on any screen before switching was down to 74 seconds. Since then it has declined even further. Research by Mark and others from 2016 to 2021 put it relatively consistently at just 47 seconds – “crazily short”, she says
-email trumped social media as a source of interruptions
-People are saying we have this ‘epidemic of ADHD’, but we should hold back on making that claim.” More research is needed into any relation between ADHD and use of personal devices

-managers asking people to work effectively with others all over the world 

-global mindset is a set of individual qualities that make someone more effective working with others worldwide 

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LinkedIn
Why and how to connect on LinkedIn ?
-connecting on LinkedIn helps build your network
-follow people first
-connect with individuals most relevant to you
-personalise your connection request
-follow the content followed by individuals your interested in
-interact with peoples posts
-keep relationships warm

Social media
Use of social media to grow your commercial awareness
-don’t focus solely on LinkedIn
-follow certain hashtags your interested in
-follow industry bodies and associations

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Overall I have learnt, I am motivated by the idea of more money and rewards, along with being praised and recognised for the good work I produce. I am not motivated by the idea I might fail as I tend to run away from it, along with the risk of being let go by a company. Showing aspects I need to work on to increase my motivation in all areas and not get afraid and unmotivated by ideas of failure. 

To increase my score on self awareness I could focus on the present moment and how I am feeling, keep a journal, or do a personal SWOT and ask for feedback from colleagues to aid improvements. 
Self regulation is about being in control, try to learn your own triggers and use techniques such as deep breathing to calm yourself down. Also taking responsibility for your actions and behaviours. 
You can increase motivation by developing self discipline and celebrating small winds this will give you a sense of achievement and help you set a longer term goals.
Empathy is understanding how other people feel this can be developed by, using active listening skills and looking at peoples body language during conversations.
To develop good social skills you can first start by developing trust with people and building good working relationships. With this you should learn how to deal with conflict and put yourself in uncomfortable social situations to work on self-confidence.

To improve my problem-solving skills I could do more practice interview questions to be more prepared, workout pros and cons of available options and when in a challenging decision create a problem step plan breaking down the problem and making it easier to tackle. 

To improve my self-confidence I can make an effort to learn peoples names, talk about the things I do well and the qualities I have, and try to have helpful voices in my head rather than undermining voices. 

To improve my working with others I could practice active listening skills, try putting myself in other peoples shoes, and think about how to respond towards aggression from other people.

I believe if I follow these improvement points I will increase my personal resilience however I believe that this just grows as you develop in your working career and it is a long-term goal rather than a quick fix.

-machines learning started in the 1990s but has become more capable of hard tasks 

-humans have no chance competing against machines on frequent high volume tasks

-Machines, learn from large volumes of prior data, humans do not

ReadDrapers article 11th January 2023 – M&S trials virtual try on with Jaeger collection
Key notes:
-M&S partnered with Zyler technology to deliver in store virtual try on experiences 
-Allowing the customer to try on the whole Jäger range including items which are not currently in store in that location