I had the pleasure to speak to Ciara O’Riordan about young people, politics and tech. Ciara works for Ecanvasser in Ireland – an app that helps political candidates organise their campaign by connecting the offline- with the online world. Ciara
What does it mean to be political these days? How can someone get politically engaged – especially if they don’t know where even to get started? I spoke to Ciara O’Riordan about all these things recently. Read here some excerpts,
Young people don’t care about politics, right? Ah these Millennials, they just want their daily dose of Instagram – and otherwise be left in peace from all your talk of political parties, populism or pensions. Well, actually, that is simply
During my university studies I did two traineeships. One was underpaid, the other one was unpaid all together. But hey, beggars, eh, young professionals can’t be choosers, and thanks to the German system of affordable student loans, I didn’t have
Dear working mum colleague, I have had the honour of meeting you in almost every of my jobs so far. You are an intelligent woman, good at what you do, and you have a kid (or more than one). You’re
When I first signed up for LinkedIn – I believe it was towards the end of my Bachelors degree – I didn’t really know why I was doing this, I mean, what I would use it for. In my eyes
Eight months have passed, since I left Bonn/Berlin behind. Back then, I had decided to quit my job, which I liked a lot, to take on a new one here in Brussels. So I began my new job as press officer
It is such a tempting thought, isn’t it: if only we had a few more hours in the day. Just three additional hours every day, and I would be doing all the beautiful things that I never get to find the time
Moving to a new city for studies or an internship for a while is the new normal for our globalisation-tormented generation – just like backpacking across a strange continent or the good old long-distance relationship. We’ve all been there, done
