AgeWise Network at Hachette UK

The AgeWise Network celebrates our intergenerational business and works to ensure that the over-50s have proper representation in training, benefits, development, recruitment, and promotion.

In-person event with Michael Mosley talking about his book Just One Thing: How simple changes can transform your life.

“In conversation with the entertaining and inspirational Kit de Waal” talking about her book Without Warning and Only Sometimes; an extraordinary memoir of her childhood in an Irish-Caribbean family of Jehovah's Witnesses.

More than 300 people at Hachette have participated in Espresso Mentoring

Espresso mentoring is a one-hour one-off confidential mentoring session (over Teams or IRL) open to anyone at Hachette. Whether you would like to learn more about a different area of the business or talk to a more experienced colleague to help you with your career path, it is a great way to build confidence and contacts.

The responses from those who have already taken part say it all:

‘I thought espresso mentoring was absolutely brilliant’

‘I found the session really helpful and it left me feeling really inspired and motivated’

‘Fantastic . . . led to great opportunities and a great long-term professional relationship for me’

‘I loved it! It’s so great to be able to have an informal chat and learn from someone with more knowledge and experience in the industry’

‘It was an excellent match and really valuable for me’

‘It was particularly good being matched with someone from another part of the company as I felt I had more freedom to talk about my career, concerns, ambitions and so on without judgement’