Achievements, Career Story, CV, News, Researching Industry, Self awareness
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...
Achievements, Career Story, Self awareness
Are you frustrated that your manager or company is not ‘developing you’? Do you feel you’re being held back from exciting and interesting projects? Are you waiting for the ‘right’ job to come along, or moaning that no one is recruiting right now? Across all...
Achievements, Feedback, Self awareness
If you’re finding it difficult to reflect on what you’ve done, or perhaps you’re curious about how others see you, it can be invaluable to seek out feedback and ideas from colleagues, managers, clients, friends to get their honest and objective insights into what they...
Career Story, Job Search, Researching Industry, Self awareness
Do you feel inspiration has taken a detour and left you stranded? Do you feel you have absolutely NO ideas about your next step or the possibilities out there for you? Stop waiting for other people to TELL you what you’d be perfect for, or complete dozens of profile...
Achievements, Career Story, CV, Self awareness
Outlining what you do in your job role is an important part of being clear about the work you do, but it’s only part of your story. A common mistake people make on their job applications is to list only WHAT they did and not HOW they did it or what IMPACT it made....
Achievements, Feedback, Self awareness
When a colleague returned her completed performance review form to me before our annual meeting, her response to the question: “How do you feel you’ve met your objectives in the last 12 months?’ was ‘I feel I’ve done well.’ Arrgghhh! It went straight back! Some...
