Securing a job reduces the chance of prisoners reoffending, but rather than applying around, new research suggests that the majority want to start a business after release. And they might hold some of the qualitites that aid entrepreneurship, such as independence and personal innovation.

While spending time behind bars in Brazil, you can learn how to lay bricks or design windows. This new initiative in Rio de Janeiro’s prisons is hoping to educate the country's huge population of inmates while they serve time by introducing job-focused training courses.

Brazil is living through its worst recession in history and in response to the tumult, many people are turning to life coaching for guidance. The São Paulo branch of The School of Life is among the organisations aiming to improve their soft skills, helping them find happiness and fulfilment at work.

Brazilians are not unfamiliar with national crises, but amid rising crime, high unemployment, a series of political scandals, and a recession fresh in people’s memories, things are taking a heavy toll on the population. How are they reacting to the difficulties? And how do they see the future?