My basic careers guidance is this: “There. Is. No. Harm. In. Quitting”. In fact sometimes quitting is the very best thing that you can do. Often it is the best thing for yourself. It can also be the best thing for those that you believed that you were serving. Quitting is not just ‘giving up’ […]
Defined back in the early ‘70s, Career Management was a revolutionary idea. A high level of career self-management is ordinary and essential today. There goes the career for life then, and, nobody ain’t gonna do the work for you. “Career management is the combination of structured planning and the active management choice of one’s own […]
Towards the end of our work together, when a client had decided that they may indeed extricate themselves from the working culture that has been causing them unhappiness, they suddenly realise that they have chosen to go it alone. With our working relationship drawing to a close, ‘ALONE’ can shout right out! This is the […]
Professional Development Plans: Sometimes pushing harder doesn’t get you any further than pausing, or even surrendering. Progress is enhanced by replenishing in the long run. Whilst I recognise I am stating the flipping obvious it doesn’t feel like a solution in my moments of frustration. I’m not very good at playing the long game. I […]
It might seem like there are changes with this blog, and, you’d be right in thinking so: If I seem like I am blogging less, I am. If you fear I am less committed,I am not! I have another project up my sleeve. It will take a little time to reveal. At beginning of September all […]
Smart Coaching Goals: Sometimes it is harder to meet your coaching goals than you had first envisaged. This is when it can be useful to break them down into smaller steps. What seemed like an easily achievable goal at first sight, can suddenly unravel before your very eyes. Then you can be left wondering if the […]
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 […]