Work in the UK

If you are working at or planning on joining a corporation/larger company you will meet the performance reviews half-yearly and annually when climbing the stairs of your career. These are meant to summarise your performance, put an evaluation on your work and get back to you with a constructive feedback either praising you or critisising. …

University education is very important when looking for a job. However, it is mostly needed just to distinguish you amongst the others and that the employer in business, law or health sector would even draw an attention to what else you have to offer. And that ‘what else’ is the most important section in your …

Whatever age you are it is always important to have some spending money and financial independence. Therefore, summer jobs as well as part-time jobs in between or during the study periods are very popular amongst students. However, it sometimes may be very hard to get a short-term or flexible position when you have none or …

Simple explanation of the United Kingdom tax system. No waffle just details and facts to help you better understand how your income taxes and national insurance payments are deducted.

People have controversial opinions on employment agencies. In the UK employment agencies usually do not charge you directly for employing you but they charge your employer what as a consequence usually has a knock on effect on your pay. On the other hand they are highly motivated to employ you. These days even chief executives …

To put it simple you need to have National Insurance Number (NI) so that you could start working legally in the UK. This is basically your registration number which is needed when you sign an employment contract. It is needed by employers to deduct your taxes, by local authorities to provide financial benefits and for dealings …