Tag Archive | "Networking"
Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
In the last article, we talked about common CV mistakes and in this article, we’re covering the two most common pitfalls:
Achievements: Surprisingly, many people do not list achievements on their CV. Most employers, want to see how you SOLVE problems. What have you achieved? An achievement-based CV ABSOLUTELY critical in today’s marketplace.
Your achievements are made [...]
Blog, Career Coaching, Resources
Is it who you know, on-line networking or more traditional methods that are best to find out about vacancies?
Here are top ten tips that harness all three approaches.
Ten Top Tips
1. Work out what you can offer to employers and design your personal brand statement
Your personal brand statement needs to possess three qualities according to Career [...]
Blog, Career Coaching, Career Preparation
As a leader it is important to establish personal power to achieve the success you want.
Power gives you the confidence and ability to make decisions, to influence, to negotiate, to lead a team, and to ultimately fulfil your potential.
So how do you generate personal power as a leader in your field? Read on to find out more:-
Clarity [...]
Blog, Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
In last weeks post we discussed how to optimize job hunt research techniques in the digital age. This week we show how you can make the most of digital job hunting.
Job-hunting
There are so many online job-hunting resources out there - too many it seems at times - that you could spend all your time just [...]
Career Coaching, Career Preparation, Resources
Ten years ago iPlayer, iTunes and YouTube didn’t exist. Hard to believe isn’t it? And the same digital revolution that hit the entertainment industry is having a big impact on job hunting and recruitment.
Online job boards, recruiters on Twitter and professional social networking sites are just some of the changes that have taken place. Overwhelming? [...]
Career Preparation, Resources
Its tough out there on the open job market, so accessing the unpublished or hidden job market is all the more important!
Social networking using Linked In and Twitter can be a pivotal strategy for tapping into the unpublished market.
According to UK Recruiter , recruiters and potential employers are using both Linked In [...]
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
“Whether we face a recession or prosperity, whether times are hard or easy, the major difference between successful and unsuccessful job-hunters is not some external factor out there (such as a tight job market), but the way we choose to go about our job hunt.” (taken from What Color is your Parachute)
And that means finding [...]
Career Preparation
Be Curious, Be Kind, and Be Focussed
Be Curious
Walking into a room of new people can be a little daunting so where do you start?
· Find the person that seems most available for conversation.
· Be curious about others and ask what they do.
· Ask them what they most enjoy about what they do?
· Listen for [...]
