Supporting young workers to build an independent career

It’s that time of year when schools are back and graduates are looking for a job while their elders are mentoring and supporting — trying not to worry too much. In a fast-changing world, what advice can we give to those setting out?

Here is a way of thinking about it. It seems to me that every generation of workers has a possible gift — and a potential curse. I can see that in my dad’s generation. Working in the 1960s and 1970s, the gift (certainly from my perspective) was a job that was technology-light: no endless evening emails, no smartphone calling for attention, no profile to be constantly worried over and updated. A pace that seemed more human. The curse? The incipient globalisation of

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