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Time Kills All Deals.

Published on April 30, 2012 by in Being Successful, Career Coaching, Job Change

Recently I have been dealing a lot with the major issue of over analysis in the job search. The inability to make quick, positive and decisive decisions is one of the biggest reasons I have experienced for failure in a job search. When I was working in recruitment we had a saying that ‘time kills all deals’ often used to clarify to a new recruiter how important it was to maintian momentum it is equally important for job seekers. A successful job search is a process of building positive relationships and momentum, these two factors reinforce each other and by

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Networking for Job Seekers

Published on April 26, 2012 by in Career Coaching, Career Planning

Following on from Yesterday’s post regarding the benefits of networking on improving your own self worth. I thought it would be useful to post my Top 10 Networking tips for job seekers. 1. Create a networking strategy.  When planning a new business or project/product, coming up with an innovative marketing strategy is essential, conducting a job search is no different and Networking is one of the key parts of this. So it’s important right at the start to come up with a plan for your Networking approach. It can be as simple as defining WHO you would like to network

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Reassess your Market Value Through the Power of Networking

Published on April 25, 2012 by in Career Coaching, Job Change, Recruiters

With any candidate that I work with a very important part of the coaching process is to discuss market value, and through it self worth. I find a high percentage of candidates have a tendency to overestimate the skills, knowledge and professionalism of their peers and other companies; whilst simultaneously underestimating their own experience. One candidate I am working with in particular brought this home to me recently, we’ll call her Sally. Sally is a bright professional person with many years of experience in small businesses. Looking through her resume I can see that she has made some solid if

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Running on Inspiration from Haruki Murakami

Published on April 24, 2012 by in Being Successful, Book Reviews, Inspiration

Following on from my post yesterday I have just finished reading a book which gives great insight into using the activities and experiences of everyday life to give you inspiration and in the work place. The book is ‘What I Talk About When I Talk About Running’ by Haruki Murakami. Murakami is famous for his novels and the depth of the tales that he tells. This is his first and only attempt at an autobiographical novel, and is framed by his love for running. The aspect which interests me in the book, and which I alluded to above is Murakami’s

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Getting Educated … for a New Career.

Published on April 23, 2012 by in Being Successful, Career Coaching, Career Planning, Inspiration

Sometimes out of blue something or somebody comes along with a message which resonates with the very deepest part of your belief system, that is what happened for me this weekend. I was introduced a video of Ken Robinson, a British Education Guru who has had extremely successful speeches at TED in 2006 and 2010. The video that I was sent is below and is titled ‘Changing Education Paradigms’, it’s a speech that Robinson conducted which has been animated for visual effect as part of the RSA Animate series (which has a lot of other great stuff). The video explores

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Learning the language of Job Descriptions

Published on April 20, 2012 by in Career Planning, Job Change, Recruiters

Over the last two weeks I took some time away, traveling and speaking to people informally about the issues they have with their careers and job searches. I was surprised at how many people brought up job descriptions as an issue in their search. Whether understanding the lingo of job descriptions posted online by recruiters or finding that the requirements posted were different from those that the job actually needed and just ended up in rejection, it seems there are frequently issues with the information out there. While there is the chance that through a process of interviewing, essentially just

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Career Mentor; Stefan Van Eerde – advice for graduates and entrepreneurs

Published on March 31, 2012 by in Being Successful, Inspiration, Mentor, Recruiters

Today I introduce a career mentor from Holland Stefan Van Eerde, who has particular insight into careers and career moves for graduates. Stefan set up his company 6 years ago to help companies and graduate talent find each other and communicate effectively. By utilizing innovative communication strategies and marketing he now helps many graduates find their first career paths, whether that is as an intern or new hire. Stefan gives his insight below. How would you describe your career path to date? I see my career path as a wheel of fortune that has spun in the right way. I

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Career Mentor; Yvonne Bignall – Inspiration for your career and life

Published on March 30, 2012 by in Being Successful, Career Planning, Inspiration, Mentor

Today I have the pleasure of featuring the views of Yvonne Bignall, a leading life and career coach, based in England. Having worked through a diverse range of jobs and experiences, Yvonne now focuses solely on coaching others to improve the quality of their lives and careers. With a specific focus on empowering women to take control of their lives and careers and get to where they want to be. Through a range of media including blogging, print and 1 on 1 coaching Yvonne’s work pushes her clients to think creatively about building confidence and momentum to drive forward their

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What does your recruiter really need to know?

Published on March 30, 2012 by in Career Coaching, Job Change, Recruiters

Bob is frustrated. He’s a good candidate, he got great qualifications at school, and has many years of solid technical experience in engineering. His skills and abilities are amongst the best in his field, he knows this for sure. Every recruiter he meets with gives him some job descriptions and talks to him about jobs, he knows that there are jobs out there for him. But he’s frustrated. The problem is that he hasn’t applied to any of these positions yet. Why? Because he just can’t seem to find a recruiter worth his salt. When he meets with them he

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Career Mentor; John Lees – The Interview Expert

Published on March 26, 2012 by in Being Successful, Career Coaching, Executive Coaching, Inspiration, Mentor

Today I am featuring John Lees, one of the UK’s best known career transition specialists and careers writers. After starting out in the recruitment space, training individuals and engaging with some of the UK’s most prestigious firms John now presents his tried and tested techniques for career development through a broad range of channels.  Through his best-selling books John has become one of the leading voices on career development in the UK, his titles include ‘How To Get a Job You’ll Love’ and ‘Job Interviews: Tope Answers to Touch Questions’ - both of which have been selected as WH Smith’s Business Book of the

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