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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
I don’t want anyone else’s job satisfaction definition! I want SO much more than that! I want the kind of Job-excitement that has me almost unable to choose my keyword search in pursuit of the information I need in order to inform my next business decision. I want the kind of job challenge that has […]
Whatever gives you job satisfaction will be entirely unique. Yep! We have personality traits or preferred ways of being that might lead us into particular sectors or roles, but ‘the thing’ that satisfies us, ‘the thing’ that gives us joy will be entirely different from another human being. One definition of job satisfaction is contentment […]
Have you gone looking for one simple item on the t’interweb, only to emerge a couple of hours later feeling drained, scattered and still unsure of the best deal overall? If this can happen whilst I am seeking a paddling pool for the boy. The potential for confusion is increased tenfold, when seeking the job […]
Where should you be conducting your job search? Nope, it’s not in the outside world to begin with. Initially, there needs to be an internal job-search. Your first question needs to be: “what gives me joy?”. This is NOT cosmic waffle. This is a genuinely valuable question considering that you will be spending around a […]