Tag Archive | "career motivations"
Blog, Career Coaching, Resources
In a volatile global economy, thousands of people are facing uncertain futures. In times of reorganisation, redundancy and change, many individuals use the opportunity to review their career and choose career coaching to help them assess their options and create an action plan for moving forward.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development report more than a [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation
If you are either at crossroads in your career or still figuring out what ‘ladder you really want to climb’, a dream job may well be just what you should be looking for. However, many people are unprepared to contemplate the idea - well, it’s just a dream, isn’t it?
The short answer is - it [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
Have you found yourself being stuck in a relationship with your boss or colleagues? Or stuck in a job you no longer enjoy? You hear yourself saying “well that’s the way it is”, ” that’s the way he/she is”, “I can’t because ….” “that’s reality” or “I wanted this promotion so….”
The stuckness can bring up [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
At Figuring Out we believe that rewarding work and high performance are closely linked. Work is more likely to be rewarding if it gives you what you want from it and you are more likely to perform at a high level if your work is rewarding.
It is a reinforcing cycle because performing at a high [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
Nine out of 10 organisations are now using coaching to help boost staff performance, despite a cut in budgets for training according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development ’s annual survey Taking the Temperature of Coaching, which found a sharp increase in the use of coaching as a training tool. Previous surveys found that only [...]
Resources
When you do something different with your career – it is a big change! This is true whether the change is planned or unexpected, and whether it is positive or negative.
We anticipate what will change as a result of us being in a different role, company, team, industry sector, self-employment or unemployment. We will work [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation
Its that time of year again. The summer is over and its back to school, the start of a new term. Teachers and students all over the UK are setting goals for the new academic year. So its a good time to set your career goals for the next year too.
Perhaps you have heard of [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation
Recruiting in the downturn and coaching clients through career transition, I’ve talked to many people who’d love to leave the shackles of their corporate role and set up on their own.
So when you take that leap, whether it’s due to redundancy, threat of redundancy or simply the time is right, how do you make [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
A recent report revealed that people facing redundancy are turning to travel - creating a generation of “grown-up gappers”.
The research showed that three-quarters of those hit by job losses are planning to use the time to take a version of the traditional student gap year.
This could be a great way for people to find [...]
Career Preparation, Resources
Last weeks episode of the Apprentice showed the last 5 in the gruelling CV and interview round. What are the lessons to be learned?
Lesson One from Yasmina “The Entrepreneur”
Get you numbers straight
Employers love to see numbers on a CV; it shows quantitative evidence of your achievements. So include figures and percentages such as, how much [...]
