It takes a country to raise an engineer.

  Britain’s bouncing back! Or so the statistics appear to indicate. The UK economy grew by nearly one per cent in the first three months of the year and is nearly back to its 2008 peak. Of course the population has also grown so we’re all still poorer, plus there are fears of a London

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REC/KPMG Report on Jobs: Growth of staff appointments accelerates sharply

Released on 9 January 2014   Key points: – Strongest rise in permanent placements since March 2010 – Temp billings increase at fastest pace in over 15 years – Permanent salary growth highest since October 2007 Summary: The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG Report on Jobs – published today – provides the most comprehensive guide

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The Relationship Between Anxiety and Performance

I choked. It was just a middle-school tennis match against a manifestly worse player, but I became overwhelmed with anxiety. Before we’d started, the most important thing was to win. But during the match, I just wanted to get off the court fast. Burping uncontrollably, afraid of throwing up, I hit balls out. I hit

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