Dear Jeremy
Problems at work? Our agony uncle – and you the readers – have the answers. Send your queries to dear.jeremy@ theguardian.com
Chosen problems will appear on the Work blog where readers will offer their thoughts. The best advice, along with Jeremy's own insights, will appear in Saturday's Guardian Money section.
Please note Jeremy is unable to answer questions of a legal nature or reply personally to your email
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – advise a school librarian who wants to visit their prospective employer and someone whose job will end after Brexit
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I have been doing this work for nearly 30 years, and he regularly comes to me for advice
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I don’t like the job anyway and long to work in the creative field, but where do I start?
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a freelance business analyst struggling to find work, and someone who is applying for a job they don’t want
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I was just researching the place and people, but I didn’t get the job and fear my actions created an atmosphere of mistrust
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My role seems to have been combined with IT functions, where I am out of my depth, so am seriously considering a career change
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – advise a worker whose confidence has been knocked by a bullying boss, and someone who is being denied vital training
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I fear it’s a benchmarking interview as my skills aren’t a perfect fit, so how should I tackle the application and interview?
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The IT instruction I asked for in interview has since been refused, and things are going wrong that I can’t fix
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – advise a worker with a disability who wants to restart their career, and an exhausted commuter
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Her bullying is making my working life miserable, and I feel trapped in a job that I have held for 15 years
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I have a disability and am trapped in a cycle of losing jobs and winning payouts. But I’m tired of fighting
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – advise an aspiring agony aunt, and a mother who wants to help her daughter choose a degree course
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I have given up my hobbies and am tired a lot of the time, but working from home isn’t an option
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She is interested in a range of subjects from journalism to Greenpeace, but can’t decide which path to choose
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a worker who feels like an old person in a new world, and someone trying to break into recruitment
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I have spent my whole life helping others and now want to do it publicly
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I’ve worked for many years in helping unemployed people find work. Now I want to move on, but those who’ve interviewed me think I am not evil enough
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help two readers whose previous employers won’t provide references, and a parent concerned about their daughter’s probation service role
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I’ve worked in several sectors but now feel stuck as a doctor’s receptionist
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My previous employer won’t act as my referee. I admit we never got on, but I worked well and was never absent
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a graduate struggling to get a job in finance, and a worker whose company is undergoing extensive restructuring
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The recently privatised service employed her in a new post intended for ‘service users’ and she is given nothing to do
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My colleagues and I have been told we are surplus to requirement but won’t get redundancy, so are stuck in limbo
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a copy-editor who wants to build a client base, and a teacher who’s worried about a nine-year break for illness
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What advice do you have for a young graduate looking for a position in their field?
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I was ill for a number of years but have fully recovered, so how can I avoid doing myself down?
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a reader whose mum is unhappy working in the NHS, and someone whose colleagues don’t listen to their suggestions
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I’m struggling to identify my transferable skills
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How can she change careers, especially given her limited IT skills?
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a worker trying to cope after their firm was taken over, and another who is unsure about working out their notice
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My contributions are always ignored and it’s eroding my self-esteem
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We were a happy team working for the NHS, but now everyone appears withdrawn. How can I make things better?
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Our careers expert – and you the readers – help a support worker who is reluctant to compete for jobs, and someone looking for creative work without a degree
I work in HR and want a change of direction