Coaching Goals: Coaching is a goal oriented process. It is also important however to recognise when the goals you need have changed. In my experience we humans tend to evolve way faster than we expect. Therefore, if we continued to head towards our original destination, we risk atrophying our real possibilities. It is really important to […]
Interview Rejection Feedback Nobody wants to get rejected from their interview. Sometimes an interview can be really useful in showing you why you don’t want that job or to work with that particular organisation. Sometimes the interview confirms exactly why you DID want the that job or to work with these people. If this is […]
Interview Rejection There are three types of interviews that I know of: There is the ‘Successful Interview”: Congratulations; You got your job! There is the “This Ain’t It Interview”: This is the one you attend, and you kind of know that this isn’t for you. The pleasantries are made, the questions answered. The spark just […]
Here’s a little bit of guidance on you job application supporting statement from the Guardian What goes in this bit? Yourself. What’s it’s purpose? It’s purpose is to entrap the reader into continuing. Your statement needs to be short and punchy and clear and eye catching Like any opening paragraph of an essay, it is often […]
I learned something yesterday that might help raise the impact of of your job application letter. I had a surprise: I was ‘confessing’ a couple of new business propositions to a colleague of old. I did have to laugh at our unexpected responses. I was telling her in secret because, whilst I’m all for accountability, I’m also […]
If, when writing your job application cover letter, you find yourself saying something akin to the following phrases, then I have some guidance for you. “Good god! Not only have I filled in their online 8 page application form (& probably wasn’t the first!) but now they want me to send a cover letter too! […]