Just because your school and university days are behind you, this doesn’t mean that it is time to put away your pencils and notebooks and settle into your career with no further thought. Learning should be a lifelong pursuit - and this is the case now more than ever. With technology advancing at such a rapid rate, you need to ensure that your skills stay relevant and you keep ahead of the curve. And thanks to online learning, it is easier than ever to study various topics throughout your life. So, here are just some of the main reasons why you should never stop learning.

No matter whether you are studying something which is directly related to your career path or not, studying helps to keep your mind active and keeps you engaged with the world around you. Perhaps you would like to study something which is directly related to the modern world - just take a look at this guns and public health infographic as an example. Otherwise, you may prefer to study a traditional subject which has been around for a long time. Whatever the case, there is plenty to be gained from keeping your mind active throughout your life.

In the modern world, people are less and less likely to have a single career throughout their entire lives. The more you learn, the more opportunities will be available to you in the future. While it is good to specialise, you don’t want to find that your knowledge and skill set becomes redundant and you are left without a Plan B and anything else to fall back on. Even if what you are studying is not directly relevant now, it may well be in the future.

We live in a more competitive world than ever in which more and more people are fighting it out for the top jobs. You need all the skills that you can get to set you apart from your rivals. You are much more likely to look attractive to potential and future employers if you have a wide range of skills from which you can draw.

The final reason why you should never stop learning is the simple one of keeping your life interesting. When you are constantly doing the same things day in, day out, this can quickly become tedious and uninteresting. With so much knowledge out there which is just waiting to be acquired, you simply have to take the opportunity to absorb some of it. This is certainly one of the best ways of staving off old age!

As you can see, lifelong learning is certainly something which is worth committing to, and these are just a few of the reasons why. It doesn’t matter what you are studying as long as you are studying something. So, now is the time to take up a new pursuit if you don’t have one already.

Sexual harassment in the workplace appears to be becoming more commonplace, especially as more details of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, and other scandals begin to emerge.

The Equality Act of 2010 has this definition of sexual harassment: “unwanted conduct of a sexual nature which has the purpose or effect of violating someone’s dignity, or creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for them.” It covers the following:

     

However, deciphering sexual harassment can be tough. It’s often difficult to decide if something is ‘banter’ or a troublesome sexual remark. Sexual harassment is often misunderstood for this reason, but here’s what you need to know to get you on the same page:

If you know that you’ve been a victim of sexual harassment, reporting it using a site like SexualHarassment.com will ensure that the issue is dealt with. However, many people don’t end up reporting it. About one in five women do report it. A huge 52% of women had experienced some form of sexual harassment at work, nearly a quarter had been touched without invitation, a fifth had experienced a sexual advance.

Estimates for how many women don’t report workplace sexual harassment also vary, but the figure of 70% seems to be in the right ballpark. That’s a huge figure and something that needs to change if sexual harassment is going to stop for both men and women.

Here is some information on various industries and what seuxal harrasment can be like in those industries.

Sexual harassment has always been around, but now people are finally waking up to how problematic this is, whether in the entertainment industry or the hospitality industry. It happens in every industry, comes from both sexes, can happen to both sexes, and doesn’t necessarily have to come from a boss or another worker. Knowing exactly what it is will help you to remain vigilant to sexual harassment in the workplace, take a stand, and stop it from happening.