Here’s an article providing guidance on employability for the self employed. I bring this to the title of employability because more and of us are choosing to employ ourselves. There are plenty of good things that come with self employment, but it has its fair share of hazards too. Attending to these hazards now means the […]
Do you really need employability skills training? Or can you do the excavation work yourself to reveal your own skills and capabilities? My guess is that you are absolutely able to do just that. However, be wary, for we live in a consumer society. When we are encouraged to, and indeed are at home with, […]
Are you more than your employability skills checklist? It always a look at the 8 most important employability skills. Take a look and see if you are more than the sum of these parts…. Heres the employability skills checklist advice from a government site: “Generally speaking, there are eight skills that employers want you to […]
Never forget to check for the employability skills you already have before charging out in search of the qualification that will get you “The Perfect Job”. If you are an active personality type (by which I mean that you take action when change is required, not that you are at the gym 7 days a week….), […]
A businesslike manner is defined by Coliins Dictionary as “dealing with things efficiently and without wasting time”. While this seem pretty clear, what does ‘not wasting time’ mean for you? I held strong notions of keeping my business and my personal lives entirely separate. What is dawning on me is that that, especially in the world […]
Businesslike Synonym: The Colin’s Dictionary lists these words as similes to Businesslike: Efficient, Professional, and Practical. There are also several words regarding the thoroughness of businesslike approaches: organised, systematic and methodical. Thirdly here are those words listed that reflect the means of operating in a businesslike manner: workaday, matter of fact, routine, correct and orderly. How […]
There is many a time that working with a clients we encounter a stumbling block around the idea of being Businesslike. The stumbling block usually being around the client’s belief about what ‘businesslike‘ actually means. Often entrepreneurs, or those of you in the creative industries, those of you who are sole-traders, seem to believe that businesslike’ […]
When I was 13 I did a career change quiz. They were widely used in the 80s for kids choosing their GCSE options. I think these quizzes were probably limited in their scope. I came out as a ‘good teacher’. This information was probably none too surprising as both my parents were teachers. I was […]
I took the following paragraph from sage journals which describes Professional Identity Construction. As i read it I began to panic at the complexity of the layers of the formation of each identity. I began to feel fearful at the shifting boundaries both internally and outside of each of us. I wanted to harness and […]
Here is a definition of professional identity theory: It explores how we become, who we become, at work from Oxford Journals. Did that confuse you? It confused me too. Having worked in the professional development field for a couple of decades here is my translation. Your professional identity comprises multiple facets. Environment; Where do you […]