Create A Fantastic Elevator Pitch To Land Your Next Job
What is an elevator pitch? The term elevator pitch evolved as a way to describe a 30-second spiel about who you are, what you have to offer and why someone should hire you. The premise is that if you were ever lucky enough to share a 30-second elevator ride with someone with the potential to […]
Flexible Working and Working From Home
Flexible working and working from home is a growing trend with more employers offering employees greater flexibility in how they work. Working from home or remote working, is gaining in popularity as workers try and cut down on travel time and reduce their carbon footprint. In addition to home or remote working, flexible working can include […]
Are You A Portfolio Careerist?
Portfolio careerists enjoy a satisfying life by having more than one job. Our fast-paced lifestyles, quest for work-life balance and economic uncertainty has led many of us seeking alternatives to traditional ways of working. For a growing number of people, the answer has been to adopt a portfolio career. What is a portfolio career? A […]
8 Ways to Spot a Job Scam
Do you know how to spot a job or employment scam? As if job searching isn’t challenging enough, there are a growing number of job or employment scams you need to look out for. In this blog post we share what you need to know about how to spot job scams and how to avoid […]
Remote Working: Good or bad for business?
It was interesting reading the BBC News article Teleworking: The myth of working from home in response to the Yahoo! Memo informing staff that from June, those with work-from-home arrangements will be required to work from a Yahoo! Office. In the memo, Yahoo!’s head of HR Jackie Reses announces: “To become the absolute best place […]
Is it time to quit your job?
People often reach out to a career coach as they are looking to change something in their lives; to get happier. Some are keen to identify a new career path as they feel they’ve made a wrong choice, believing doing something different will lead to career happiness. Sometimes, it’s not a wrong career path that’s making […]
Powerful Questions To Transform Your Career
Questions to answer As each year draws to a close many of us start to reflect on the year that was. Perhaps you feel you’ve accomplished all you set out to achieve, or maybe you’re beating yourself up for not getting to where you wanted to be. Whichever is true for you, now is the […]
How Social Media Can Affect Your Career
An online survey of over a thousand hiring managers and human resource professionals across a variety of industries and company sizes was conducted by CareerBuilder (now monster.com). It found that 70% of employers use social networking sites to research job candidates during the hiring process. It also found that 48% of employers admit to monitoring employees […]
Networking Activities to Boost Your Career
Want to know the best networking activities to boost your career? Boost your career through networking When I talk with my clients about networking, they often describe the terror they experience as they enter a room full of strangers and awkwardly try to network. But I’m quick to reassure them that networking has changed a lot […]
Self-employment: Is it the Right Choice for You?
Not sure if self-employment is the right choice for you? Many of us consider self-employment during our working lives. But how do you know if self-employment is the right choice for you? People consider self-employment for a variety of reasons. For some it may be the promise of freedom, the potential to earn more money […]