The Best Second Careers for Teachers Leaving Education

Teachers leave the classroom for a lot of different reasons: burnout, pay, workload, a sense that the system has stopped working. What they carry out with them is often underestimated, both by employers and by the teachers themselves. The skills that make someone an effective teacher are genuinely transferable, but they don’t always translate neatly … Read more

What Hiring Managers Actually Notice on a Resume in 2026

Recruiters and hiring managers say they spend an average of seven seconds scanning a resume before deciding whether to read further. That number comes from a TheLadders eye-tracking study that has circulated so widely it’s become almost mythologised. The more useful question isn’t whether the seven-second figure is exact — it’s what those seconds are … Read more