The 10 Most Common Mistakes When Using The S.T.A.R. Model At Interview
You may have heard of the S.T.A.R. model as a tried and tested way to help you tell a clearer story for your competency or behavioural questions. You may understand how it works, and even regularly apply it in your interview answers. Yet, you’re still getting feedback...
How to create your own opportunities to develop your career
Across all sectors of the job market we face peaks and troughs, periods of temporary and ever-moving challenges. This means having to rethink, create and explore different approaches and ways of working, alongside how we manage our own expectations. In order to better...
8 ways to craft your best answer to ‘Why you want the job’.
One of the most common questions in recruitment, and one of the most difficult ones to answer for many candidates, is to explain 'why' you're applying for a job. It can be a real struggle to provide an answer which is credible, authentic and persuasive. “You’re a...
How can Retirement Coaching help me?
You may have heard of a lot of different coaching specialities that support you in different areas of your life - in your Career, Health and Fitness, Leadership or Dating. However, not many people have heard of a Retirement Coach, and might be curious about what is...
Dealing with the confidence gap – Returning to work after maternity leave
While many workplaces have made strides in recent years in addressing the gender pay gap and fighting for a more equitable workplace, there is still a ‘gap’ that doesn’t get talked about. The confidence gap describes the gap in self-confidence that many mothers...
Why changing career at 40 doesn’t need to be a midlife crisis
Forget motorbikes, marathons and drastic haircuts! Changing career in your 40s (or even 50s) doesn’t need to be a midlife crisis. As the world of employment has transformed during the last decades, and even more so during the pandemic, the idea of a ‘career for...
5 reasons why we stay in jobs we don’t like
The average person will spend 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime — that’s an awful lot of time to stay somewhere if you’re not fulfilled. Whilst we know that our jobs shouldn’t overtake our personal lives, spending all that time in a job that we don’t enjoy...
Podcast: Episode Two – From Burnout to Break through – Understanding Motivation
I came across this really insightful quote by psychologist Daniel Goleman, shared in an article on maintaining mental health during the coronavirus interview, which epitomises the theme of Episode 2 of my podcast ‘From Burnout to Breakthrough – Understanding...
Podcast: Episode One – From Burnout to Break through
The whole topic of burnout and overwhelm really resonated with me personally, as well as many of my career coaching clients. As a high achiever, doing my best to balance all the demands this new crazy pandemic world is throwing at me, takes its toll emotionally and...
How knowing your Strengths can help your career.
If you are uncertain about what job to do next, still looking to find your best career path, or are finding it hard to explain what you’re good at, knowing your strengths can be a truly insightful way to make progress. You may already be aware of some of your...