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! […]
Here’s a good job application sample. In your Job application, please remember to say what you can do and not what you can’t. It might sound daft but really, the British can be shockingly bad at self-promotion, and, what is a job application, if not self-promotion? Claim and rename those skills: Own them, for they […]
Before filling in any job application I believe that you need to know why you are applying in the first place. If you are not wholly congruent, then, at some level the recipient will ‘get’ that! It always amazes me that whatever platform we use to communicate, our true selves are reflected there. “Always be […]
I read somewhere that peace lies in “Taking the action and letting go of the outcome”. But, isn’t that hard? How can you not mind where your action leads? But equally, might this ‘letting go’ also the best way to take any professional risk? Managing Professional Risk The only way to grow professionally, in salary, […]
What’s differentiates career counselling Bristol, from anywhere else in the world, is the energy and dynamism of this city. What people might not risk starting elsewhere, is begun here. That which people might struggle to sustain in other cities, goes right on developing here in Bristol. Whatever might not flourish in other cites grows on to be […]
Recently I received a disarmingly honest request from a client for ‘a combination of career advice, coaching and career counselling please”. I was eager to meet this individual because this request summarised exactly what is needed, in differing proportions, within this career coaching remit. However much you may wish it, it is nigh on impossible […]
There is an echo chamber in job satisfaction improvement: The question is, do we get more heard, becoming more impactful because we have status and earn more money, or, do we earn money because we get heard and are thus valued as more potent and impactful? The more you are heard the more you can […]
This exploration of job satisfaction theory references Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. But, what does the pinnacle of ‘Self actualisation’ really mean? And what does to actually look like in work??? For me it means be of real service out in the world. For me this manifests in work as don’t undersell yourself. Why? Because if you […]
The chances are that if you are taking a job satisfaction survey then you are probably not as satisfied at work as you wish. Either someone else has asked you to do it, in which case that is about their satisfaction with your work, or, you are so bored and disconnected at work then you can […]